Sep 24, 2009 11:29 am US/Pacific
San Francisco Supervisor Dufty Running For Mayor
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / BCN) ―
-
-
San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty.
CBS
The election is more than two years away, but as CBS 5 first reported Wednesday, San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty is making his run for the Mayor's seat official. Dufty filed papers Thursday morning to run for mayor in 2011.
For Dufty, it's a natural next step: trying to become the city's first openly gay mayor. He isn't alone in eyeing to replace Gavin Newsom, who is termed out. One of the candidates also expected to run in 2011 is City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
Dufty is serving his second and final term as supervisor of District 8, which includes the Castro, Noe Valley and Glen Park neighborhoods.
Dufty, a former aide to Mayor Willie Brown, is considered one of the board's moderate members and is often allied with current Mayor Gavin Newsom.
As supervisor, he has worked on issues including public safety, solar power projects, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, same-sex marriage, and HIV/AIDS program funding.
Dufty recently sided with seven other supervisors, and split with Newsom, on the high-profile issue of reforming the city's sanctuary policy. Dufty supports a proposal to allow undocumented juveniles arrested for felonies not to be reported to federal immigration authorities until conviction.
Only one other person, Antonio Mims, has officially filed for the Nov. 8, 2011, mayoral election, according to the Elections Department.
(© CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Bay City News contributed to this report.)
Click to enlarge
Stumble It!
Reporting
Comments