State of CaliforniaCandidate for Governor

New Transformational Leadership & Fundamental Change is Coming.

Since 1995 as a San Francisco peaceful warrior champion, I fearlessly battled the Most Corrupt Machine in America that amassed unprecedented power & wealth, rigged the economic & political system to make the superrich richer, and caused ever-expanding criminal prosecutions.

34 Years of Exceptional Award-winning Public Service: Administrator, Safety Security Risk Expert & Analyst building the industry-leading City and County of San Francisco International Airport into an economic powerhouse creating 300,000 jobs & $62.5 billion in business sales annually (1987-2018); Department Head Assistant & Aging Specialist reorganizing the City and County of San Francisco Aging Commission into a model city department (1981-1984).

Prior Impactful Leadership Positions: 2021 Most Qualified California Gubernatorial Democratic Candidate; 2019 Democratic Party Runner-up for San Francisco Mayor; City and County of San Francisco Environmental Commissioner; President, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods; Executive Board Member, Service Employees International Union (790); Environmental Justice Pioneer; Nationally-known Successful Community Organizer.

50 Years of Activism & Accomplishments: Organized the winning coalition that passed the most restrictive commercial office highrise growth control law in the nation; Started term-limits for politicians on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Defeated corporate welfare sports facilities promoted by the superrich; Headed the public power movement in San Francisco; Testified before Congress against privatization of national parks; Led the effort to close the last two fossil-fueled burning power plants in San Francisco; Crafted open government law; Drafted detailed plan to cleanup radioactive-contaminated closed military bases; Adopted the first landmark City and County of San Francisco Sustainability Plan.

Media Characterizations: “hero”; “incorruptible”; “courageous”; “tough”; “principled”; “honest”; “liberal”; “left”; “empathetic”; “personable”; “knowledgeable”.

Family & Education: Son of extraordinary mother &  Italian American science teacher; Married Asian American immigrant; Step-grandfather to African Americans, Cambodian Americans & Filipino Americans; Related to signers of the Declaration of Independence & Constitution; Jesuit-educated; Master in Public Administration, University of San Francisco.

As a prominent, popular, public-interest 99% game-changer Inclusive-Populist-Progressive-Democrat, who received over 297,000 votes in California elections, I will govern as America’s most effective progressive governor.

Incorruptible*Independent*Berniecrat*Democrat.

The governor of California, the most populous state in the nation with the fifth largest economy of the world, has executive authority to lead state government while working with the state legislature and the electorate. The California Governor works to change legislation, regulation, and policy.

As the new Democratic Governor of California, I will restore, reinvent, and reimagine the Golden California Dream by implementing a new groundbreaking Equal-Opportunity-for-All-to-Succeed Platform.

As governor, I will:

Enact free, universal, high-quality healthcare, education prekindergarten-through-college, childcare & job training fully-funded by wealthy individuals & corporations, government revenues, and high-income workers.

Raise minimum wage to $18.50-an-hour with no exceptions & annual upward cost-of-living adjustments.

End homelessness, poverty, gender-based violence, mass incarceration, death penalty, war-on-drugs & institutional racism.

Pass best tenant protection, civil rights, gun safety & police reform laws in the nation.

Build large-scale multi-unit permanent affordable housing.

Eliminate taxes & fees on small businesses for 5 years.

Increase taxes on wealthy individuals & corporations.

Reverse economic inequality & expand economic democracy.

Disempower top 1% economic elite.

Empower nonviolent mass movements.

Reinvent California into the first zero-carbon-emissions state in the nation.

Restructure energy utilities into one full-service consumer-owned statewide public power system that operates efficiently, reliably, sustainably & safely with 15% lower rates.

Convert to non-nuclear 100% clean renewable energy.

Establish free public transit.

Cease fracking & oil drilling.

Reduce inequities, disparities & the gap between rich & poor.

Challenge corporate & tech agendas.

Rejuvenate inclusive & diverse participatory democracy. 

Remove corrupt influence of private money from politics by mandating 100% publicly-funded candidate campaigns & elections.

Prohibit elected representatives from meeting with lobbyists.

Halt government waste, fraud, abuse, inefficiency, mismanagement & corruption.

Make safety, security, opportunity & well-being accessible to all.

Confront bias, discrimination & bigotry.

Reopen Robert Kennedy murder investigation.

Launch advertising-free, public interest-oriented, high-value alternative media (television, radio & print) completely-funded by taxing corporate media & big tech 2.5% of gross sales in California annually.

Create just, livable & flourishing California for all.