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Richard Woon
Richard Woon ran for election for San Francisco City Attorney in California. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Woon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Richard Woon was born in San Francisco, California. He earned a high school diploma from James Logan High School, a bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego in 1995, and a law degree from Golden Gate University in 2000. His career experience includes working as an attorney and football coach. Woon founded the Patriot Pub Crawl.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2024)
General election
General election for San Francisco City Attorney
The ranked-choice voting election was won by David Chiu in round 1 .
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Total votes: 329,174 |
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Woon in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Richard Woon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Woon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I come from working class roots. My father came to SF Chinatown from Toisan, China in 1937. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and became a Merchant Marine thereafter. When he came back to San Francisco he joined ILWU Local 34 and worked on the docks until he retired. My mom was a civilian employee at the Oakland Army base for her entire career. I am the great-grandson of Chamorro hero, Vicente Baza, who was executed at Ta'i for aiding U.S. Navy Radioman George Tweed against the Japanese in Guam.
At heart, I'm an old school hippie and 49er faithful. I am a co-founder of Black Rock City Ice Cream at Burning Man. I love spending time with my family, coaching football and directing youth camp programs. I attended and volunteered with the Chinatown YMCA from 1984-1995. I have been a volunteer with CampSF from its' inception in 1995 - 2019. My passion is coaching youth sports and mentoring kids. I never sought public office, but I'm fed up! I can't stand idly by while our city is devastated by ridiculously poor judgment.- I promise to be a ferocious advocate for the PEOPLE of San Francisco, to defend their rights, protect city funds and finally establish transparent government with checks and balances.
- Public safety and law enforcement are my priorities, and I'll enable them to provide health, safety, prosperity and order.
- I am committed to working-class values. I am pro-family, pro-common sense and anti-fake politicians.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
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