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Magdalena De Guzman
Magdalena De Guzman 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, De Guzman is known to be affiliated with the Democratic Party.[1]
Biography
De Guzman received an undergraduate degree in business and management and music from Northeastern Illinois University and an M.A. in multicultural education from the University of San Francisco.[2]
As of her 2016 run for the board of supervisors, De Guzman was a teacher in the San Francisco public school system. She has also served as a teachers union official, a delegate to state and national education conventions, and a co-founder of the community organization Filipino Educators of San Francisco.[2][3]
De Guzman and her husband have a son and a daughter.[2]
Elections
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. | |||
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
De Guzman's 2016 campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
As your next supervisor, I want our citizens, city departments, and non-profit organizations TO HAVE FREQUENT DIALOGUES to address all concerns regarding SAFE STREETS AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, and to build TRUST. This is how we will come up with effective solutions to make our neighborhood safe—when all the stakeholders are working TOGETHER. Our City and District 11 are aging. In 15 years, the senior population will expand to 30% of the population. As I campaign for District 11 Supervisor, I meet with many seniors and I have nothing but the most profound respect for them. They remind me of my 89-year-old mother who is trying to do her best to live with purpose and dignity. I find seniors in District 11 eager to talk. Some are healthy, some are not; some can manage their homes, some cannot. Some of our seniors are renters, and are frustrated when they can no longer afford the rent. As your next supervisor, the well being of our seniors will be one of my top priorities. I want to make sure that they are not neglected or isolated. District 11 has its share of garbage. Not everyone can afford to pay for the service and some poor residents of District 11 discard their garbage on sidewalks and streets. I don't think they are doing it to make the other neighbors angry. The system of collecting garbage using one standard to service the rich and the poor is not working. The amount of $50 for the poor resident is a lot of money to pay for the garbage, while it is probably a minuscule amount and affordable for the others. As your next supervisor, I want to work with the stakeholders—residents, Recology, and the City—to truly solve the problem and stop the dumping of household garbage on sidewalks, islands, streets, and other public land. The City has changed so much—more cars, more upscale condos and apartments which displace our old time residents. There is no social justice when we allow the displacement of so many of our families who live in the City because of the economic policies of the City which encourage so many companies, workers and 50,000 new residents to converge in the City without thinking ahead on the ramifications of such economic policies on longtime residents. For the last four years, the residents of San Francisco had to deal with increasing rents, and the inability to pay them. Some teachers who find it difficult to stay and work in the City due to salary that cannot pay the rising rent have to leave San Francisco and live somewhere else where a teacher salary may be a little higher, and the rent a little lower. As your next supervisor, I will support the 100% affordable housing bonus for low and middle income residents. It is a welcoming news that cities, regions and the state of California have propositions on the ballot that address $20 billion worth of affordable housing. I think that this issue has finally hit home and can no longer be ignored.[2][4] |
” |
Endorsements
2016
De Guzman received endorsements from the following in 2016:
- Friends of the Filipino-American Community Political Action Committee[5]
Recent news
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See also
- San Francisco, California
- Municipal elections in San Francisco, California (2016)
- United States municipal elections, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Francisco District 11 Democratic Club, "Questionnaire for Candidates - November 2016 Candidates," accessed November 2, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Vote Magdalena, "About," accessed November 2, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Magdalena De Guzman," accessed November 2, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Vote Magdalena, "Updates," accessed November 2, 2016
