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Jane Kim
Jane Kim was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 6. Kim left office in 2019.
Kim ran in a special election for Mayor of San Francisco in California. Kim lost in the special general election on June 5, 2018.
Before becoming a Supervisor, Kim was a member of the San Francisco Board of Education from 2007 to 2010. During the last year of her tenure, she served as the board president.[1] Kim was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 11 of the California State Senate.
Biography
Kim obtained a B.A. in political science and Asian American Studies from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her professional experience includes working as a civil rights attorney and as a Senior Community Organizer for the Chinatown Community Development Center.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
Special general election for Mayor of San Francisco
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Mayor of San Francisco on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | London Breed (Nonpartisan) | 36.6 | 91,918 |
 | Mark Leno (Nonpartisan) | 24.4 | 61,276 | |
 | Jane Kim (Nonpartisan) | 24.2 | 60,644 | |
| Angela Alioto (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 17,447 | ||
 | Ellen Lee Zhou (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 9,521 | |
 | Richie Greenberg (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 7,016 | |
 | Amy Farah Weiss (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 1,661 | |
 | Michelle Bravo (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 890 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 495 | ||
| Total votes: 250,868 | |||
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Campaign finance
Mayoral candidates in San Francisco may apply for up to $950,000 in public funds to aid their campaigns. In order to qualify for this aid, they must reach a threshold of $50,000 made in contributions or expenditures and then file a notice of reaching that threshold within 24 hours with the San Francisco Ethics Commission.
As of January 22, 2018, three candidates had filed that paperwork with the Ethics Commission: London Breed, Jane Kim, and Mark Leno.[2]
May 19 report
The chart below details the campaign finance reports of the candidates in this race as of the May 19, 2018, filing deadline.[3]
Endorsements
| Mayoral candidate endorsements | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorsement | Angela Alioto | Michelle Bravo | London Breed | Richie Greenberg | Jane Kim | Mark Leno | Amy Farah Weiss | Ellen Lee Zhou | |
| State officials | |||||||||
| State Sen. Scott Wiener (D)[4] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| State Assemblyman David Chiu (D)[5] | ✔ | ||||||||
| State Treasurer Betty Yee | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| Local officials | |||||||||
| Former San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos[6] | ✔ | ||||||||
| Former San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez[6] | ✔ | ||||||||
| San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer[7][8] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin[7][8] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safaí[7] | ✔ | ||||||||
| San Francisco Supervisor Norman Yee[7] | ✔ | ||||||||
| Organizations | |||||||||
| Our Revolution[9] | ✔ | ||||||||
| San Francisco Democratic Party Central Committee[10] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| United Democratic Club[11] | ✔ | ||||||||
| Harvey Milk LGBTQ Club[12] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| Alice Toklas LGBT Democratic Club[13] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
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✔ | ||||||||
| San Francisco Democratic Party[14] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| Equality California[15] | ✔ | ||||||||
| San Francisco Firefighter's Union[16] | ✔ | ||||||||
| San Francisco Berniecrats[16] | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| American Federation of Teachers[16] | ✔ | ||||||||
| Community Tenants Association[16][17] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| Service Employees International Union[6] | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| Small Property Owners of San Francisco | ✔ | ||||||||
| San Francisco Tenants Union[18] | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| PAC's | |||||||||
| Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund[15] | ✔ | ||||||||
| Publications | |||||||||
| The San Francisco Chronicle[19] | ✔ | ||||||||
To see more endorsements for London Breed, click here.
To see more endorsements for Jane Kim, click here.
To see more endorsements for Mark Leno, click here.
2016
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[20] Incumbent Mark Leno (D) did not seek re-election.
Scott Wiener defeated Jane Kim in the California State Senate District 11 general election.[21][22]
| California State Senate, District 11 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Scott Wiener |
50.99% | 209,462 | |
| Democratic | Jane Kim | 49.01% | 201,316 | |
| Total Votes | 410,778 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
Jane Kim and Scott Wiener defeated Ken Loo in the California State Senate District 11 Blanket primary.[23][24]
| California State Senate, District 11 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jane Kim |
45.31% | 118,582 | |
| Democratic | Scott Wiener |
45.06% | 117,913 | |
| Republican | Ken Loo | 9.63% | 25,189 | |
| Total Votes | 261,684 | |||
2014
The city of San Francisco, California held board of supervisors elections on November 4, 2014. In District 6, incumbent Jane Kim defeated Michael Nulty, David Carlos Salaverry and Jamie Whitaker in the general election.[25][26]
| San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 6, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Jane Kim Incumbent |
67.4% | 8,827 | |
| Michael Nulty | 11.2% | 1,467 | |
| Jamie Whitaker | 11.1% | 1,458 | |
| David Carlos Salaverry | 9.2% | 1,210 | |
| Write-in | 1% | 130 | |
| Total Votes | 13,092 | ||
| Source: San Francisco Board of Elections - Official 2014 election results | |||
Endorsements
In 2014, Kim's endorsements included the following:[27]
- Former Mayor Art Agnos
- Mayor Edwin M. Lee
- State Senator Mark Leno
- State Assembly Member Phil Ting
- California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton
- Treasurer and Tax Collector Jose Cisneros
- Carmen Chu, Assessor-Recorder
- Sandra Lee Fewer, Board of Education President
- Matt Haney, Board of Education
- Hydra Mendoza-McDonnell, Board of Education
- Rachel Norton, Board of Education
- Rafael Mandelman, Community College Board Trustee
- Jeff Adachi, Public Defender
- David Chiu, San Francisco Supervisor Board President
- John Avalos, San Francisco Supervisor
- David Campos, San Francisco Supervisor
- Mark Farrell, San Francisco Supervisor
- Eric Mar, San Francisco Supervisor
- Katy Tang, San Francisco Supervisor
- Norman Yee, San Francisco Supervisor
- Black Young Democrats
- Building and Construction Trades Council
- California Nurses Association
- Carpenters Local 22
- Community Tenants Association (CTA)
- FDR Democratic Club of San Francisco
- Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
- International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21
- Laborers Local 261
- Operating Engineers Local 3
- San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
- San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco Democratic Party
- San Francisco Firefighters Local 798
- San Francisco Labor Council
- San Francisco Latino Democratic Club
- San Francisco League of Conservation Voters
- San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters
- San Francisco Municipal Executives Association
- San Francisco Police Officers Association
- San Francisco Rising Action Fund
- San Francisco Tenants Union
- San Francisco Women’s Political Committee
- San Francisco Young Democrats
- SEIU Local 87
- Sierra Club
- UFCW Local 648
- UNITE HERE! Local 2
- Willie B. Kennedy Democratic Club
- Women’s Campaign Fund
- Asian Pacific Democratic Club
- West-Side Chinese Democratic Club
- City Democratic Club of San Francisco
Campaign themes
2018
Kim's 2018 campaign website highlighted the following campaign themes:[28]
| “ | Jane Kim is a proven progressive leader who is committed to making San Francisco work for all of us.
San Francisco is home to innovation, and it will require big ideas and an innovative mind to address our cities most pressing issues. In this election, we have the opportunity to make San Francisco a beacon for the nation. We are not only a progressive city, we have the resources to implement progressive policies which invest in people and infrastructure to create fundamental change. With courageous leadership and vision, we can demonstrate what a city which invests in childcare, education and housing looks like as Washington DC continues to divest from communities and dismantle programs which strengthen our working and middle class. Jane has a plan to make San Francisco work for all of us As our Mayor she will:
San Francisco Loves Clean Streets Jane Kim understands that waste on our streets isn’t just an eyesore, it’s an economic and environmental disaster and a public health crisis waiting to happen. As a Supervisor, she has pushed for additional funding to step-up street cleaning this year and as our next Mayor, she will implement an aggressive plan to clean our streets. Over the last three years, there has been a sharp uptake in reports of trash, feces, needles, glass and other materials on our street. Data compiled by the city indicates this problem has gotten worse over the last three years with 311 service requests more than doubling. Her San Francisco Loves Clean Streets plan includes three immediate steps to address this problem:
In the longer term, she will appoint a Clean Streets Director and work with business leaders, non-profits, city agencies and community health experts to put in place the preventative and enforcement measures to stop public street disposal. Read more about San Francisco Loves Clean Streets. Jane Kim has fought for our city because she loves our city – and she knows San Francisco won’t be the place we all know and love if city government doesn’t work for all of us.[29] |
” |
See also
| San Francisco, California | California | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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- California State Senate
- California State Senate District 11
- California State Senate elections, 2016
- California State Legislature
External links
- Mayor of San Francisco
- Profile from the City of San Francisco
- Campaign website
- Social Media
- California State Senate
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Francisco Board of Supervisors, "District 6," accessed December 1, 2014
- ↑ San Francisco Ethics Commission, "Browse Candidates & Measures by Election," accessed January 22, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco Ethics Commission, "Welcome to the City and County of San Francisco Public Portal for Campaign Finance, Lobbyist and Campaign Consultant Disclosure," accessed May 27, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "In SF mayor’s race, Breed gets Wiener’s endorsement, but Leno has it too," April 2, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco Examiner, "California Assemblymember David Chiu endorses London Breed for mayor," March 10, 2018
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 San Francisco Chronicle, "Jane Kim keeps head down, piles up progressive endorsements," February 11, 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 San Francisco Chronicle, "Concerns raised over Breed serving as both SF mayor, supervisor," December 14, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jane Kim for Mayor, "Endorsements," accessed May 31, 2018
- ↑ Our Revolution, "Our Revolution Endorses Jane Kim for Mayor of San Francisco," March 16, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco Democratic Party Central Committee, "Official Tally Sheet," accessed May 27, 2018
- ↑ The United Democratic Club, "June 2018 Endorsements," accessed May 27, 2018
- ↑ Harvey Milk LGBTQ Club, "Endorsements for June 5, 2018," March 23, 2018
- ↑ Alice B. Toklas, "June 5, 2018 Endorsements," April 2, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Leno gets backing of SF Democratic Party in SF mayor’s race — Kim No. 2," March 29, 2018
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Bay Area Reporter, "Political Notebook: Leno secures LGBT backing in SF mayor's race," March 8, 2018
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 SF Weekly, "Breed Wins Firefighter Union’s Support For Mayoral Run," February 19, 2018
- ↑ Jane Kim for Mayor, "Community Tenants Association Endorses Jane Kim for Mayor," accessed May 31, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco Tenants Union, "ENDORSEMENTS FOR JUNE 2018 ELECTIONS," accessed May 31, 2018
- ↑ The San Francisco Chronicle, "Chronicle recommends: London Breed for San Francisco mayor," April 12, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ City of San Francisco, "Official candidate list,"
- ↑ San Francisco Board of Elections, "2014 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Jane Kim, "Endorsements," accessed September 30, 2014
- ↑ Jane Kim 2018 campaign website, "Issues," accessed February 27, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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