General election for San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 9
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Trevor Chandler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chandler's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
Trevor is a nationally recognized LGBTQ+ civil rights activist with the proven experience of taking on tough fights and winning. He’s running for Supervisor
because City Hall is broken and D9 is demanding commonsense solutions that only an outsider can bring. Trevor knows we can deliver clean streets, safer neighborhoods, thriving small businesses, and fight for our progressive values at the same time.
Tre3vor is serious about safety and supports a responsive, accountable, and fully staffed police department.
He is also the leading pro-housing candidate and wants to streamline our broken City Hall processes to ensure we can comprehensively address our housing shortage at all levels.
Trevor is serious about safety. We can maintain our San Francisco values while also having safe and clean streets. Trevor believes in an accountable, responsive, and fully staffed police department
Trevor believes in balancing compassion and accountability when it comes to addressing our addiction and mental health crises. He believes we must ensure the billions we are spending on this epidemic get results, not simply maintain a failing status quo.
Trevor is the change candidate. City Hall is broken and electing another establishment insider will only make the very real challenges our city is facing worse. It's time to change course and trust Trevor to bring an outsider's perspective to implement the reasonable changes City Hall so desperately needs.
As someone in long-term recovery I know how complicated our addiction and mental health crises are, and I also know we can overcome them with reasonable policies that balance compassion and accountability.
San Francisco holds a special place in the soul of California and the country as a city on the cutting edge of progress, what starts in San Francisco regularly moves nationwide and even globally. The Board of Supervisors can set groundbreaking precedents that will improve the lives of everyone in California and the United States.
I am proud of my reputation as a problem solver and coalition builder to get real results, not just talk about goals. It's a reputation I earned passing and defending LGBTQ civil rights across the country, bridging the partisan divide on an incredibly tense and divisive issue at the time.
It's why Governor Newsom appointed me to the California State Board of Pharmacy which oversees a $30 million organization but had trouble achieving it's legislative priorities. Within a year in collaboration with Assemblymember Matt Haney we got AB1286 passed, the largest expansion of pharmacist worker protections in a decade which also made California a leader in medical error reporting.
Those running for office must genuinely believe they can solve the problems their city faces. Too often those running for office in San Francisco don't believe local government can solve local problems. Instead they blame and lay responsibility solely at the state and federal level. While coordination at all levels of government is essential, we cannot surrender the responsibility to solve our own problems. Taking this positive, proactive view will allow San Francisco to become a leader in solving our countries most intransigent problems like housing, mental health, and addiction.
I would like to leave a legacy of a functioning city government that empowers the incredible change makers of San Francisco to bring our city back and show why San Francisco is the greatest city in the world.
September 11th occurred in my freshman year of high school. I still remember sitting in Ms. Aberg's classroom as she was called to the office for a phone call from her son who lived in New York to tell her he was okay. We would learn more throughout the day and I skipped lunch to join teachers in a classroom to listen to radio reports of the latest news, it had a significant impact on my life.
My first job was working for Democratic Congressman Paul Hodes in New Hampshire. Congressman Hodes was a key vote for Obamacare and I was proud to work for him during such a pivotal moment in our country's history. I stayed there for a year before moving into a senior staff role on his US Senate campaign.
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community by Martin Luther King Junior is a book a regularly go back to as it delves intricately with the nuances and complexities of the Civil Rights Movement at a pivotal point in time. I believe his lessons are just as important today.
I'm proud to be in long-term recovery from alcoholism. Given San Francisco's pressing challenges with mental health and addiction I believe my firsthand experience in recovery and helping others in their own journeys is an essential perspective to have at the decision making table.
Supervisors have a unique ability to coordinate City resources and advocate for their individual districts to ensure important quality of life issues are addressed quickly and comprehensively by City departments.
It is certainly beneficial to have previous experience in government and politics, especially given the serious issues San Francisco is facing and the urgent need to get solutions through City Hall. My background in advocating for LGBTQ civil rights and public safety technology has given me his experience and I feel confident I can get to work on day one.
Given the significant challenges San Francisco faces, our next Supervisor must be a coalition-builder who can bring people together to solve our pressing challenges. My background of bringing people together, particularly around divisive issues, gives me the experience necessary to get to work on day one.
State Senator Scott Wiener, Assembly Member Rick Chavez Zbur, CA DNC Committeewoman and Labor Leader Sandra Lowe, Latino LGBTQ political organization HONOR PAC, Brownie Mary Democratic Club, Supreme Court Marriage Equality Lead Plaintiff Jim Obergefell
Government spending must be transparent and held accountable to results. San Francisco City Hall has gotten too comfortable spending money without insisting on metrics for success to continue funding. This has resulted in waste, bloat, and outright corruption. All City departments and contractors must be regularly audited to ensure they are delivering for taxpayers and not wasting or embezzling City funds.
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