Norman Yee

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Norman Yee

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

San Francisco Unified Board of Education

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 7

Successor: Myrna Melgar

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Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Berkeley

Graduate

San Francisco State University

Personal

Profession

Nonprofit management

Contact

Personal website

Norman Yee was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 7. Yee assumed office on January 8, 2013. Yee left office on January 1, 2021.

Yee ran for re-election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to represent District 7 in California. Yee won in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Although elections for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are officially nonpartisan, Yee is known to be affiliated with the Democratic Party. He was elected to the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee on June 7, 2016.

Prior to his election to the board of supervisors in 2012, Yee served two terms on the San Francisco Board of Education. He was first elected to that position in 2004 and won re-election in 2008.

Biography

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Yee earned a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.A. in education from San Francisco State University.

Prior to his election to the board of education in 2004, Yee was the executive director of a social service organization. His professional experience also includes work as a foundation program officer and a community college and elementary school teacher.

Yee has served on the board of directors of the San Francisco Child Care Providers Association and the Chinese Culture Foundation and been involved with the San Francisco Early Head Start Program, the Asian Parent Education Network, and the Chinatown Beacon Center. He and his wife, Cathy, have two daughters.

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 7, General Election, 2016, Final Round
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Joel Engardio - Eliminated	42.6%	10,034	0
John Farrell	0%	0	0
Mike Young	0%	0	0
Norman Yee - Winner	57.4%	13,534	0
Ben Matranga	0%	0	0
Write-In	0%	0	0
Exhausted		3,897	0
Total Votes		27,465	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 7, General Election, 2016, Round 4
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Joel Engardio	28.3%	7,465	2,569
John Farrell	0%	0	0
Mike Young	0%	0	0
Norman Yee - Most votes	45.7%	12,064	1,470
Ben Matranga - Eliminated	26%	6,844	−6,844
Write-In	0%	0	0
Exhausted		1,092	2,805
Total Votes		27,465	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 7, General Election, 2016, Round 3
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Joel Engardio	22.7%	6,181	1,284
John Farrell - Eliminated	16.1%	4,383	−4,383
Mike Young	0%	0	0
Norman Yee - Most votes	41.3%	11,221	843
Ben Matranga	19.9%	5,401	1,443
Write-In	0%	0	0
Exhausted		279	813
Total Votes		27,465	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 7, General Election, 2016, Round 2
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Joel Engardio	21.6%	5,926	255
John Farrell	14.3%	3,924	459
Mike Young - Eliminated	5.6%	1,522	−1,522
Norman Yee - Most votes	39.6%	10,857	364
Ben Matranga	18.8%	5,154	247
Write-In	0%	0	0
Exhausted		82	197
Total Votes		27,465	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 7, General Election, 2016, Round 1
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Joel Engardio	21.6%	5,926	0
John Farrell	14.3%	3,924	0
Mike Young	5.6%	1,522	0
Norman Yee - Most votes	39.6%	10,857	0
Ben Matranga	18.8%	5,154	0
Write-In - Eliminated	0%	0	0
Exhausted		82	82
Total Votes		27,465	82
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Campaign themes

2016

Yee's 2016 campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

A Champion for Westside Homeowners and Renters Giving our neighborhoods a strong voice on the Board of Supervisors by defending CEQA and advocating for participatory budgeting Standing against Secondary Units in RH1-D neighborhoods Opposing Illegal Short Term Rentals, like AirBnB, in RH1 and RH1-D neighborhoods Preventing Clustering of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries on Ocean Avenue Creating Stronger Regulations of E-Cigarettes and Tobacco Increasing Public Safety Increasing pedestrian safety through holding the very first hearing on pedestrian safety, securing additional funding of $250,000 in Fiscal Year 13/14 and $200,000 Fiscal Year 14/15 to further address pedestrian safety issues in District 7, and expediting safety measures along Sloat Boulevard Lowering the speed limit to 25 miles per hour along the first mile stretch of Monterey Boulevard from the freeway to Plymouth Avenue Reviving the Student Crossing Guard program, which trains young students to help fellow classmates get to and from school safely at Commodore Sloat Elementary, Alice Fong Yu Elementary, and Lakeshore Elementary Fighting for Our Fair Share of the City Budget Securing a more equitable share of the city budget has been one of the priorities of the Supervisor since taking office, securing more than 650,000 in his first year and $730,000 in the 2014/15 fiscal year. Initiating District 7's first-ever participatory budgeting process that allows residents to decide where $350,000 could be used for neighborhood and Pedestrian Safety improvements. Creating a Better Life for Families and Our Children Establishing the Office of Early Care of Education in San Francisco and creating its first Citizens Advisory Committee to focus on the expansion of early care Bringing together Supervisors, the Mayor, City Departments, and community based organizations to successfully pass Proposition C, a charter amendment to renew the Children and Youth Fund and Public Education Enrichment Fund and authoring the charter amendment to call for the city to better coordinate and align services through the creation of the Children and Families Council to develop a strategic plan for the City's growing family population Looking Out for Our Aging Community Securing funding for senior services in District 7, including supporting senior programs at the West Portal Clubhouse Working with the SFMTA Board of Directors to implement the Free Muni for Seniors and People with Disabilities program Improving Our Parks, Playgrounds and Open Space Jumpstarting the Ingleside garden project bringing together the Public Utilities Commission, Rec and Park, and Department of Public Works to work together Working with the community and advocating for funding to improve our local parks and open space including: beginning the first phase of the West Portal Playground renovation, putting in a new boat ramp at Lake Merced, and working closely with residents in the Golden Gate Heights Park to create a functional playground Supporting Local, Small Businesses Meeting with business owners and pushing City departments to bring them back to their feet after fires on the West Portal and Ocean Avenue Corridors Working with Safeway, the City and SFMTA to work out disagreements and create a path that will allow Safeway on Monterey Boulevard to expand so that it can better serve the community Supporting the efforts of West Portal neighbors and merchants to form a Community Benefits District Supporting local events to bring attention to our small businesses, such as the Taste of West Portal event in West Portal and the Ocean Avenue Arts and Cultural Festival on Ocean Avenue

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Endorsements

2016

Yee received endorsements from the following in 2016:

• San Francisco Democratic Party
• AFT Local 2121
• I.B.E.W. Local 6
• SEIU Local 87
• SEIU Local 1021
• Teamsters Joint Council #7
• Unite Here! Local 2
• Carpenters Union Local 22
• United Educators of San Francisco
• Tenants Association Coalition SF
• San Francisco Trades Council
• AFL-CIO Local 21
• San Francisco Fire Fighters, Local 798
• San Francisco Labor Council
• Planned Parenthood of Northern California
• San Francisco Tenants Union
• National Union of Healthcare Workers
• California Nurses Association
• Sierra Club
• SF Tomorrow
• Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club
• New Avenues Democratic Club
• San Francisco Young Democrats
• League of Pissed Off Voters
• San Francisco Women’s Political Action Committee
• San Francisco Bike Coalition
• LIUNA, Local 261
• Bay Guardian
• San Francisco for Democracy Political Action Committee
• San Francisco Affordable Housing Alliance
• San Francisco Berniecrats
• San Francisco League of Conservation Voters
• San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance
• Tenant Rights Association
• Bay Area Reporter
• Evolve
• Sing Tao Daily
• UFCW Local 648
• Professional & Technical Engineers, Local 21
• U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
• California Controller Betty Yee
• California Sen. Mark Leno
• California Assemb. David Chiu
• California Assemb. Phil Ting
• San Francisco Supervisor London Breed
• San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim
• San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin
• San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar
• San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos
• San Francisco Supervisor David Campos
• San Francisco Supervisor Katy Tang
• Former California Assemb. Tom Ammiano
• Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos
• Former San Francisco Supervisor Angela Alioto
• Former San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
• Former San Francisco Supervisor Jake McGoldrick
• Former San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty

See also

• San Francisco, California
• Cities in California

External links

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 7 2013 - 2020	Succeeded by Myrna Melgar