Jeff Sheehy
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Jeff Sheehy is the former District 8 representative on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California. He was appointed by Mayor Ed Lee in January 2017 to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Scott Wiener for the California State Senate and sworn in to office on January 8, 2017.[1][2] Sheehy lost a re-election campaign in the special election on June 5, 2018.
Although elections for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are officially nonpartisan, Sheehy is known to be affiliated with the Democratic Party. He has served as president of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club and a member of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee.[1]
Biography
Sheehy earned a B.A. in history from the University of Texas, Austin.[3]
As of his appointment to the board of supervisors in 2017, Sheehy was the communications director for the AIDS Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. His experience also includes work as an HIV/AIDS advisor to then-Mayor Gavin Newsom and a victims' advocate in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.[4][5]
Elections
2018
San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 8 Special Election, 2018 | ||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
Rafael Mandelman | 60.46% | 12,547 |
Jeff Sheehy Incumbent | 37.61% | 7,804 |
Lawrence Dagesse | 1.93% | 401 |
Total Votes | 20,752 | |
Source: San Francisco Department of ElectionsThese election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. |
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
The figures in the tables below were from reports submitted by the candidates for 2017. They are reproduced below as presented by the candidates in their report summaries.[10]
San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 8, Special Election | |||
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Candidate | Total contributions received | Total expenditures made | Ending cash balance |
Jeff Sheehy (i) | $182,435.91 | $116,942.62 | $71,238.19 |
Rafael Mandelman | $165,482.39 | $135,625.41 | $32,683.53 |
Lawrence Dagesse | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Campaign themes
2018
San Francisco Bay Times questionnaire
The San Francisco Bay Times asked Sheehy for his positions on multiple issues facing the 8th District. Click "show" on the boxes below to view Sheehy's responses to select questions from the Bay Times' questionnaire. To view his responses to all of the questions, click here.
Several San Francisco neighborhoods comprise District 8, such as The Castro and Noe Valley. What do you believe are the most pressing issues facing some of these neighborhoods, and how might the issues overlap or, conversely, be unique to each location? |
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"I am honored to represent District 8, and have worked to respond to the unique needs in each neighborhood. In Mission Dolores and Dolores Heights, we convened the Recreation and Park Department, Police Department, Public Works and Public Utilities Commission to improve the area around Dolores Park. In the Castro, we’ve partnered with the Castro Merchants, Community Benefit District and local realtors to fill retail vacancies and improve public spaces. We’ve helped deliver pedestrian improvements in Diamond Heights, increase safety at Twin Peaks and bring the quality-of-life Fix-It team to Glen Park, the Castro and Duboce Triangle.
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Cleve Jones told us that he believes housing is the LGBTQ community’s most pressing need now in San Francisco. What do you specifically plan to do to address that need, while also maintaining quality of life, giving attention to environmental concerns and keeping reasonable levels of density? |
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"The first and most important thing we need to do is to protect people in existing housing and preserve rent-controlled housing. I worked to pass crucial legislation to reduce fraudulent owner-move in evictions and strongly support our City’s small sites program, which buys properties to protect existing tenants. In the budget, I secured millions to fund housing subsidies for seniors, people with disabilities and people with HIV/AIDS.
I also support housing development in the City’s pipeline that will add thousands of units at Pier 70, Mission Rock and right on Market Street where the Plumbers’ union hall current sits next to an underused parking lot. Mayor Lee’s Executive Directive to build at least 5,000 units per year and accelerate bringing these units to market is a great first step and I wholeheartedly support that approach." |
There is concern that San Francisco is losing its diversity in all respects: racial, economic, age-related, LGBT and more. What specifically can be done to help improve overall diversity within District 8 and the city as a whole? |
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"We are working with the Human Rights Commission to convene a community meeting to address issues of racial and socio-economic diversity in District 8 and welcome ideas from the community.
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The Castro feels less safe to us lately. Members of our team have experienced multiple instances of theft, expensive-to-repair car window breakages and intimidating encounters with mentally ill people. Discussions with store owners reveal that many share our concerns. In fact, while we were having one such discussion, a store owner had to stop a gang of shoplifters. To what do you attribute the perceived increase in crime, and what steps do you plant to take to make The Castro and other neighborhoods within District 8 safer for residents and visitors? |
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"Multiple factors drive the increase in crime. One is what you mention, people in acute states of behavioral health distress, which can include severe, chronic mental illness and substance use, especially crystal meth. One need is for additional behavioral health beds, which are coming online. We also need more cooperation from the conservator and judges in assisting those with severe chronic mental illness to stay on their medications.
I support the Adult Probation Department in their pilot to intensely monitor repeat offenders out on probation. This program is so far trending positively in reducing incidents of re-offending. I also strongly support community organizing via neighborhood watches (SF SAFE groups) to enhance prevention. I have worked with several SF SAFE groups in District 8 and I included a SFPD community liaison position to work with SAFE groups and help establish new ones and also coordinate with SFPD." |
Biographical information submission
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
“ | What is your political philosophy?
I’m honored to represent District 8 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. As a father and husband, a healthcare activist and a pioneer for LGBT equality, I have spent my life fighting to protect vulnerable communities and serving others. I am proud to be the only candidate in the race endorsed by Senator Scott Wiener and the only San Francisco candidate in the June election endorsed by Gavin Newsom. I am also honored to be endorsed by Mayor Mark Farrell, San Francisco Assemblymembers Phil Ting and David Chiu, Assessor Carmen Chu, our city’s first responders, the Firefighters and POA, the Building Trades and Equality California. In just the past year as District 8 Supervisor, I have fought every day to make San Francisco a “City For All”, including: Creating the “Housing For All” initiative to build affordable, middle-income and teacher housing and end homelessness. Initiating foot patrols in the Castro and around the District. Increasing safety around Dolores Park by adding patrols, lighting and security cameras. Banning bicycle chop shops on San Francisco sidewalks Installing speed bumps, stop signs, crosswalks and added traffic officers in Diamond Heights and Glen Park. Stopping monster homes in Corona Heights Activating Town Square in Noe Valley to help local businesses and provide family-friendly entertainment. Fighting Trump Administration attacks on health care and immigrants My “Housing For All” legislation will generate $1 billion over ten years from a tax on downtown skyscrapers’ commercial rents to create affordable housing and end homelessness with: $450 million for expanding access to housing and expanded mental health and drug treatment programs so that those who are so obviously ill don’t slowly die on our streets. With this funding, San Francisco will be able to house 23,000 people with compassion and care. $350 million is dedicated to create housing for teachers, nurses, firefighters, and other middle-income individuals and families. Every fall, fewer teachers are in place at the start of the school year in my daughter’s school. We need to make it affordable for teachers to live here and our first responders need to be here in the City in the event of a disaster. We also have targeted $100 million to create senior housing to support our city's aging population. I also recently introduced legislation entitled, “Breaking the Cycle”, to make sure homeless people who we are treated for mental health and substance use issues get housing when they finish their programs and don’t end up turned back out onto the streets without a place to live. Prior to becoming Supervisor, I served as Mayor Gavin Newsom’s AIDS Czar. I also worked to create and defend San Francisco’s historic Equal Benefits Ordinance making San Francisco the first city in the United States to require all city contractors to offer domestic partner benefits. I live in the Glen Park neighborhood with my husband, Billy, and my 13-year-old daughter, Michelle, who attends a public middle school.[11] |
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—Jeff Sheehy[12] |
2017
According to SF Gate, one of Sheehy's goals for his tenure on the board of supervisors was to reduce the incidence of car break-ins in the city. He said, "Why I want to serve is not for grandiose purposes, but as the mayor said, to take care of people's problems, and where there is broader policy that will make things better for the people in my district, then to advance those."[1]
See also
San Francisco, California | California | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 SF Gate, "AIDS activist Sheehy to succeed Wiener as SF supervisor," January 6, 2017
- ↑ San Francisco Examiner, "Four new supervisors sworn in to office Sunday," January 9, 2017
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Jeff Sheehy," accessed January 8, 2017
- ↑ University of California San Francisco, "Jeff Sheehy, of UCSF AIDS Research Institute appointed as San Francisco supervisor," January 6, 2017
- ↑ Jeff Sheehy - District 8 Supervisor, "About Supervisor Sheehy," accessed January 27, 2018
- ↑ Staff communication with Sheey Campaign on May 8, 2018
- ↑ Rafael Mandelman for Supervisor, "Endorsements," accessed May 25, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Chronicle recommends: Mandelman for District 8 supervisor," March 9, 2018
- ↑ Bay Area Reporter, "Editorial: Mandelman for D8 supervisor," May 9, 2018
- ↑ City & County of San Francisco Ethics Commission, "Public portal for campaign finance, lobbyist and campaign consultant disclosure," accessed March 13, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on May 8, 2018
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