We’ve started to hear rumblings from candidates that are running for the soon to be vacant District 1 (Richmond District) Board of Supervisors seat. The race will conclude with the election on November 8, 2016 (please Register to Vote!).

The field may get bigger as the filing deadline isn’t until June 14, 2016 (candidates have to pay $500 and get 20 signatures to officially enter the race), but here’s who has signed up to battle so far, presented in alphabetical order.

We encourage you to click the links on these candidates names to check out their websites.

Sherman D’Silva

We know D’Silva from his runs in the 2008 and 2012 District 1 Supervisor races. He’s a life long Richmond District resident and works as the Manager at Shermsonia Cleaners on Geary. His priorities if he gets elected are traffic lights-major corridors, cleaner streets, repairing sidewalks, repaving streets, graffiti abatement, and recycled water distribution. Interesting tidbit: D’Silva will not accept any donations and will not spend more than $1,000 on his campaign.

Sandra Lee Fewer (Democrat)

Fewer is a fourth generation Chinese American San Franciscan, and has lived in the Richmond District with her husband and children for over 50 years. She was elected to the School Board for the San Francisco Unified School District in 2010 and has served two terms. “As Supervisor, I would be a caretaker for the residents of the Richmond District. I know the Richmond inside and out and will work hard to preserve the wonderful neighborhood we live in.” Interesting tidbit: Fewer’s husband was a SFPD officer for 35 years.

Richie Greenberg (Democrat)

Greenberg is a business advisor and startup consultant that has lived in San Francisco for 15 years (he hails from New York originally). He has a passion for small businesses and wishes “to streamline the often archaic and confusing process of starting a business with City Hall.” His priorities if elected are public schools, renters, public transportation, safety, business, and homelessness. He is a strong supporter and active member of San Francisco’s Jewish community, especially in The Richmond. Fun fact: He is a fan of Italian motorcycles.



Jason Jungreis

Jungreis is a civil attorney including 17 years as a judge in San Francisco Superior Court, and 15 years as Director of Planning Association for the Richmond. He sums up his agenda as “lean, clean, and green”, which includes more trees, more bike lanes, individual property tax base basis to support renewable energy, repealing the 2003 Prop K sales tax, location-tracking of non-office City employees, and many other items which are detailed on his website. Fun fact: He has a chicken coop (with 3 chickens) and he built his own electric motorcyle.

Brian J. Larkin

Larkin received 995 votes in the 2008 District 1 Supervisor election (3.47%). Here’s what we were able to find out: He’s married with three daughters, has lived in the Richmond District since 1985. He’s also served on some transportation committees. He currently is Principal at Larkin & Associates, where he provides construction management and construction dispute resolution & claims analysis services. Interesting tidbit: For 12 years he commanded the Civil Air Patrol squadron in the San Francisco National Guard facility.

David Lee

David Lee is back for another run after losing the District race in 2012. Lee owns an insurance business in the Richmond District and also teaches at SF State. He is a former chair of the Richmond Police Community Advisory Board, and is executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee which works to register Richmond District residents to vote. He has also served as a Rec & Park Commissioner. Lee’s key issues are affordable housing, transportation and pedestrian safety.

Jonathan Lyens (Democrat)

Lyens is President of the Board of the Richmond District Neighborhood Center, President of the FDR Democratic Club, and has experience in city government with the Mayor’s Budget Office, Department of Human Resources and currently the Department of Public Health. Interesting tidbit: Lyens has been blind since childhood and features a guide dog on his campaign logo (he has two black Labrador guide dogs). We saw him cross the Jog in the Fog finish line in its first year too. 🙂

Marjan Philhour (Democrat)

Marjan was born in the Richmond District and started her career in DC working for Congressman Tom Lantos and then moved back to California and worked in Governor Grey Davis’ administration. She currently runs her own consulting firm, Philhour & Associates, working with nonprofits and local, state, and federal candidates. Her key issues are housing affordability, transportation infrastructure, and local businesses. Interesting tidbit: If elected, she would be the first Filipino-American, and the first Iranian-American woman, to serve on the Board of Supervisors.

Andrew Pierce Thornley

Thornley has lived in the Richmond District for 30 years and currently works in the Sustainable Streets Division of the SF Municipal Transportation Agency, managing streets and curbs and sustainable mobility. His priorities are housing that’s affordable and available, safe, healthy streets, excellent transit and transportation, and strong, reliable infrastructure. Interesting tidbit: He appears to be an avid cyclist (spoke cards are one of the first campaign collateral pieces he produced).

UPDATE 6/20/16: There are two other candidates registered for the election – Jason Jungreis and Samuel Kwong. We have been unable to find any information online about these candidates but will update as we learn more.

UPDATE #2 6/20/16: We located a website for Jason Jungreis so his profile has been added above.