City Experience: 

·         Finance Director – Treasure Island Development Authority

·         Assistant Assessor – Budget and Special Projects

·         Mayor’s Budget Analyst

·         Senior Analyst for Harvey Rose, Budget Analyst for Board of Supervisors

·         Sr. Management Assistant to Port

·         Park Director – Recreation and Parks Dept.

Specialized in streamlining and identifying new revenue sources.  I have a track record of bringing millions to the City.

Small Business Owner/Real Estate Broker.  Over the past 10 years my company has helped families with affordable housing, in foreclosure and assisted displaced tenants.

I have written articles for the past three years for our neighborhood newspaper Westside Observer on issues facing our City.  I have identified over $200 million in overlooked revenues.

St. Ignatius (’77), USF (’81), and Golden Gate University (’86 MBA).

My family has served the public for nearly a century. My grandfather was a Muni driver; my father was appointed Controller by Joe Alioto; my uncle was an SFPD Sergeant.

I have been married 28 years, have two grown daughter's and three dogs, two are rescues.

I raised my family in district 7 and I understand the challenges families face, such as safety and affordability. I want to give back to our community and build a sustainable future for generations to come.  I work for you.

Mike Young is running for District 7 Supervisor. He was born in San Francisco and attended Roosevelt Middle School and Lowell High School. At Berkeley he studied Economics and Chinese Studies and went on to earn a masters degree at the Harvard Kennedy School. His professional career has been devoted to public service, serving two years in the San Francisco Mayor’s Budget Office, ten years as an officer in the army reserve, and ten years as a U.S. Diplomat in South Korea, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and Pakistan. Mike is the oldest of four children and was raised by his mother in a single-parent household. On his spare time, he's an avid CrossFitter, loving kettlebells but hating burpees.

Let us have the strength to be courageous in the face of fear, to choose the harder right over the easier wrong, to be true to ourselves and the principles we have chosen to uphold. Let us protect the weak, shield the poor, and always remember to be gracious with our bounty; for only in doing so can we collectively contribute to the greater common good for our families, our city, and our country.

Learn more at www.engardio.com/about-joel

Joel Engardio grew up in the General Motors factory town of Saginaw, Michigan — raised by his mom and grandmother. They didn't have much money, education or connections. But they taught Joel how to get things done by being smart with their resources.

Joel started working at age 12 delivering newspapers. At 16, he got a second job at McDonald's. He studied journalism at Michigan State on scholarship.

Joel won many awards as a journalist — giving people a voice, asking tough questions and holding government accountable. As supervisor, he will do the same from inside City Hall.

Joel also worked at the American Civil Liberties Union with a focus on free speech, immigrant and LGBT rights. He currently works for a telemedicine company that makes healthcare more affordable and accessible.

Joel has lived in San Francisco for 18 years. He married Lionel Hsu soon after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it. They own a home near Stonestown Mall.

Joel earned a Masters in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School on scholarship. He serves on the boards of the Alice. B. Toklas Democratic Club and SF Moderates. He also served on the San Francisco Demoratic County Central Committee.

Learn more at www.engardio.com

Investigate the budget
At $9.6 billion, the city budget has doubled since 2004.  Is anything twice as good? We need to investigate how our money is being spent, measure for results and then use fiscal discipline to only pay for what works.

Build transportation for the future
Invest in subways we regret not building decades ago.

Focus on middle-income housing
Preserve neighborhoods of single-family homes while helping families stay in San Francisco. With community input, build housing for families and seniors above retail along Muni train lines. The new residents will revitalize commercial districts and we’ll create housing for our kids.

Put recreation first in our parks
Recreation for people and pets must be the priority for open space in an urban city.

Let parents walk kids to school
Our confounding school assignment process makes families commute across town and produces schools less diverse than a simple neighborhood system would.

Stop the westside crime wave
With car break-ins up 163 percent and police staffing down by 18 percent, we need a strong supervisor who  will push for more police resources in District 7.

Address homelessness
One-third of homeless people in San Francisco have a mental illness and we must treat the underlying condition. Tent cities and unruly behavior cannot be allowed. Our policies should be compassionate and accountable.

Endorsed by the San Francisco Chronicle:

• “Engardio has the intelligence and manner that can introduce change where it fits.”
• “He’s eager to tame a soaring city budget.”
• “He shows the potential to add seriousness and problem-solving skills to a board that could use more of each.”
• “On both local and citywide issues, Engardio is the best choice.”

Endosed by the San Francisco Examiner:

• "Engardio's sound judgment, commitment to transparency in government and sense of fairness will serve the city and his district well."
• "Engardio would be an independent supervisor and bring more city attention to issues that matter to District 7, such as crime, affordability, housing and fiscal responsibility."

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I have served my community my whole life, from helping my parents running a small business, to teaching at city college, to running a nonprofit that fought to provide needed quality early care and education services, all the way to holding elected office, both, on the Board of Education and on the Board of Supervisors. Always to serve to make a difference in the lives of our children and families. As a father and a granddad, the future of San Francisco is really important to me. I want to be a part of making this place even more welcoming, fair and equitable for all people.

Ben Matranga’s family arrived in San Francisco with the wave of Southern Italian immigrants around the turn of the century. From selling fruit at the waterfront to running local small businesses, Ben’s family demonstrated that with hard work, faith and a love of San Francisco, anything is possible.

Ben became interested in public service early, watching his father work for the Controller to safeguard taxpayer funds. He learned from his mother’s stories about working to ensure public safety with the Chief of Police. His parents’ hard work and sacrifice allowed them to purchase a home in Forest Hill, where they raised four children and reside today.

While attending Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, Ben earned an internship with the San Francisco Ethics Commission, where he filed lobbyist reports and became concerned about the role of special interest money in elections.

Ben was appointed to the San Francisco Youth Commission by Barbara Kaufman. He discovered that collecting fees for public swimming pools cost more than the revenue it generated and denied low-income kids the chance to swim. Through the work of Ben and his colleagues, the City eliminated the wasteful fees for youth summer programs.

Ben earned his BA in Economics and Political Science and his MPA in Public Policy and Finance from New York University. For nearly a decade, he worked with entrepreneurs rebuilding vital infrastructure in war-torn countries in Africa and Latin America. Ben served on the Board of Directors for four companies, alongside representatives from the World Bank and sovereign governments.

Ben knew he could use this infrastructure building experience to benefit his hometown and accepted a position created to tackle a sharp increase in pedestrian fatalities. Joining the City to oversee the Vision Zero plan to improve street safety, Ben cut red tape and delivered more than 13 miles of street safety improvements on time and under budget.

Despite making significant progress, leaders across District 7 consistently reported that our neighborhoods weren’t getting our fair share of resources or respect, and that the current representation is out of step with our values and inattentive to quality of life concerns. Ben Matranga is running for neighborhood Supervisor to reclaim our neighborhood seat.

Ben and his wife Daniela met in high school and are homeowners in the West Portal neighborhood.

San Francisco deserves energetic, honest and hardworking leadership that represents our shared values. Together, I know we can keep San Francisco safe and successful for generations to come. That’s why I’m running for Supervisor.