Berta Hernandez

Berta Hernandez

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Berta Hernandez was a candidate for the District 11 seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California. She was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Although elections for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are officially nonpartisan, Hernandez describes herself as a leading member of the international socialist organization the Left Party.

Biography

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As of her 2016 run for the board of supervisors, Hernandez was a public health worker and immigrant rights advocate. Her professional experience includes work for the Instituto Familiar de la Raza, the Real Alternatives Program, San Francisco Suicide Prevention, La Clinica de la Raza, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

Hernandez has also participated in campaigns against the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant in Veracruz, Mexico, and in favor of the Mi Pueblo workers' unionization effort and local ballot initiatives for reparations for Bay View Hunters Point and voting rights for noncitizens.

Elections

2016

See also: Municipal elections in San Francisco, California (2016)

This is the final round of voting. To view previous rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 11, General Election, 2016, Final Round
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Ahsha Safai - Winner	51.9%	9,236	0
Magdalena De Guzman	0%	0	0
Francisco Herrera	0%	0	0
Berta Hernandez	0%	0	0
Kim Alvarenga - Eliminated	48.1%	8,558	0
Write-In	0%	0	0
Exhausted		2,776	0
Total Votes		20,570	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 11, General Election, 2016, Round 4
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Ahsha Safai - Most votes	42.4%	8,455	781
Magdalena De Guzman - Eliminated	19.1%	3,813	−3,813
Francisco Herrera	0%	0	0
Berta Hernandez	0%	0	0
Kim Alvarenga	38.5%	7,687	871
Write-In	0%	0	0
Exhausted		615	2,161
Total Votes		20,570	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 11, General Election, 2016, Round 3
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Ahsha Safai - Most votes	39.3%	8,001	454
Magdalena De Guzman	13.9%	2,829	984
Francisco Herrera - Eliminated	11.9%	2,421	−2,421
Berta Hernandez	0%	0	0
Kim Alvarenga	34.8%	7,082	605
Write-In	0%	0	0
Exhausted		237	378
Total Votes		20,570	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 11, General Election, 2016, Round 2
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Ahsha Safai	38.2%	7,815	186
Magdalena De Guzman	11.9%	2,445	384
Francisco Herrera	10.1%	2,076	345
Berta Hernandez - Eliminated	6.3%	1,282	−1,282
Kim Alvarenga - Most votes	33.5%	6,858	224
Write-In	0%	0	0
Exhausted		94	143
Total Votes		20,570	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost

This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 11, General Election, 2016, Round 1
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Ahsha Safai - Most votes	38.2%	7,815	0
Magdalena De Guzman	11.9%	2,445	0
Francisco Herrera	10.1%	2,076	0
Berta Hernandez	6.3%	1,282	0
Kim Alvarenga	33.5%	6,858	0
Write-In - Eliminated	0%	0	0
Exhausted		94	94
Total Votes		20,570	94
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Campaign themes

2016

Hernandez's 2016 campaign website listed the following priorities:

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Building a party of workers and the oppressed to represent their interests against the twin parties of North American imperialism—the Democrats and Republicans. Solidarity with the struggles of the workers and the oppressed at home and abroad. Declaring a housing emergency in order to make all evictions illegal, to freeze and roll back outrageous rents, and to legalize homeless encampments. Levying a heavy progressive tax on downtown big businesses and real estate transactions to pay for public services and to anchor San Francisco's communities of workers and people of color who are vulnerable to displacement. Re-assessing all downtown properties for the benefits they receive from city services and increasing their taxes accordingly. Guaranteeing full access to free healthcare for all. Free and safe abortions on demand for all women. Full access for all to free education from preschool through university in autonomous, state-funded institutions. Teaching children about sex and sexuality—including about birth control and family planning—in schools with or without parental consent. Legalizing all drugs and providing a full range of reflexive, individualized treatment programs available on demand for addicts and their families paid for by progressive taxation. Disarming the Police and Sheriff's department, disbanding these departments, and making administration of justice the responsibility of elected community representatives subject to immediate recall by their constituents. Developing alternatives to the polluting fossil fuel based energy sources we use now for our homes and transportation systems. Guaranteeing full domestic and civil rights for the LGBTQ community. An unconditional amnesty for all undocumented immigrants. Reparations to Native Americans for the expropriation of their land and to African-Americans for slavery.

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See also

• San Francisco, California
• Municipal elections in San Francisco, California (2016)
• United States municipal elections, 2016

External links

• City and County of San Francisco, California