Myrna Melgar is an urban planner, economic development and housing policy expert, and dedicated public servant running for Supervisor in District 7.  Myrna has worked to expand access to homeownership opportunities for San Franciscans, improve rent control protections for tenants, provide technical assistance and access to capital for small businesses, support the rights of workers and expand education opportunities for disadvantaged San Francisco youth and families. 

Myrna and her husband Sean Donahue have made their family home in Ingleside Terraces for the past decade. Sean is a public interest lawyer focused on climate change and Clean Air Act litigation.  Myrna and Sean’s youngest daughter attends Commodore Sloat Elementary School, sings with the SF Girls Chorus, and is a member of the scout troop 88 based at the Forest Hill clubhouse. Their two older daughters attended Lick-Wilmerding High School and Lowell and Mission High Schools before attending UC Santa Barbara. Myrna has dedicated herself to public service, working in and out of government for the past thirty years to improve the lives of San Franciscans:  

• As Director of Homeownership Programs for then Mayor Gavin Newsom, Myrna created and managed innovative housing programs that expanded homeownership opportunities for low-income and middle class San Franciscans, including teachers, nurses and firefighters.
• As Executive Director of the Jamestown Community Center, Myrna managed critical afterschool programming for San Francisco kids, to support them academically and socially, encourage their success and keep them safe.
• As Deputy Director for the Mission Economic Development Agency, Myrna helped create jobs and revitalize neighborhoods by providing technical and financial assistance to hundreds of local small businesses.
• As President of the San Francisco Planning Commission, Myrna created and protected much-needed housing for San Franciscans at all income levels, while preserving our neighborhood character.
  

I am a proud Democrat who believes our government should be responsive, transparent, and accessible.  I believe in civil rights and human rights for all regardless of gender, gender orientation, sex, or race.  I believe in sustainable, responsible stewardship of the earth and will work to reverse climate change.

I have over 20 years of experience serving the City & County of San Francisco as a Commissioner on
the Status of Women (6 years) and as Director of the Department on the Status of Women (15 years)
focused on ending violence against women and advancing gender equity in the workplace. In
partnership with community-based organizations and law enforcement officials, I contributed to the
historic elimination of domestic violence homicides (to zero) in San Francisco between 2010-2014
through policy reforms and training of 435 frontline personnel. I secured $10 million in federal, state,
and private grants to fight domestic violence and human trafficking.

My work was recognized by the California State Legislature, the National Association of Counties, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the United Nations. I was twice elected to the San Francisco Board of Education (2010, 2014) and
became the first Japanese American to ever serve on the school board. I led anti-bullying efforts and
championed world languages. Earlier this year, I co-founded Resilient Lakeshore, a neighborhood response to the pandemic, and organized volunteers to deliver 1200 door hangers about COVID-19 resources to residents, donated 1200 gloves to Kaiser and UCSF, and conducted wellness checks for seniors.

Stephen Martin-Pinto is a fifth generation San Franciscan. His great great grandmother, Guadalupe Miranda, was born here in San Francisco in 1848. His great grandmother was a survivor of the 1906 earthquake. His grandfather was an engineer for the city for 30 years, and his mother was a nurse at San Francisco General Hospital. His other grandparents were immigrants from Ecuador, and his grandfather was one of the first Hispanic doctors in the Mission District.

​Stephen attended St. Phillip's Elementary, Lowell High School, and University of California at Davis, graduating with a degree in Environmental Engineering in 2001. While at Davis, he was a member of the Men's Crew team for 4 years, and had a late night music radio show on KDVS 90.3FM, the college radio station.

After graduation, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps, inspired by the events of 9/11. He was given the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) of 7051, Aircraft Firefighter and Crash Rescue Specialist. He was stationed at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego, California for 5 years, deploying to Iraq and promoting to the rank of Sergeant. After Iraq, he was selected to attend Officer Candidate's School in Quantico, Virginia. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, given the MOS of 0602 Communication Officer, and deployed to Afghanistan and Georgia (the country) as a foreign military advisor and trainer. He promoted to Captain, left active duty in 2014, and returned to San Francisco.

He was hired by the San Francisco Fire Department in August 2014, transferred to the Marine Corps Reserves, and also became an apprentice Pile Driver with Local 34. As a firefighter, he has worked at nearly every station, and has been assigned to Pacific Heights, Inner Sunset, Bernal Heights, Civic Center, and Chinatown Stations. He did a deployment to the wildfires in Southern California in 2018. He is a certified fire instructor, and teaches fire control at locations around Northern California. He is a NERT and Listos SF instructor, and is a member of the department's Vision Zero and Tactical EMS committees. He was promoted to Major in the Marine Corps reserves in 2019, and has done short deployments to Canada, Korea, and attended the Captain's course at Camp Pendleton. As a union pile-driver, he worked as a welder on the Central Subway project in San Francisco, as well as various other projects around the bay area.

He has been very active in the community, serving as president of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association from 2016-2020, secretary of the West of Twin Peaks central Council since 2019, and Commissioner of the San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Commission since 2019. He has served on the district 7 participatory budget committee, and has been active as a neighborhood voice for the Balboa Reservoir Project, the Detroit Steps project, and the Circular Avenue Ribbon Garden cleanup. 

He currently lives in the Sunnyside neighborhood with his family, two dogs, and three chickens. His hobbies include playing the banjo, guitar, and harmonica. He likes to travel and has been to nearly every state and major city in the US. He is fluent in Spanish, and proficient in Russian and Georgian (the language) from his time in the military and time at SFFD Station 14 (mid-Richmond district).

Service before self, ideology before identity, integrity above all else.

Maximum freedom to the point where your freedom does not interfere with my freedom. Maximum personal responsiblity entrusted to each individual unless that person proves him/herself incapable to the point in which it causes undue harm to self or others.

All governance begins and ends with the US Constitution.

Ben Matranga, a District 7 native, has worked for over 15 years with entrepreneurs building affordable housing, hospitals and transportation networks around the world. Today, he runs a small business in San Francisco that helps connect underserved communities to affordable high-speed Internet, which is especially critical in this time of working from home and distance learning.  

Ben served as the City’s first-ever Street Safety Director under Mayor Ed Lee, tackling a sharp increase in pedestrian fatalities. He oversaw the launch of the Vision Zero plan to improve street safety, cutting red tape and delivering more than 13 miles of street safety improvements - on time and under budget.

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ben founded Resilient West Portal, which has distributed 5,000 masks and personal protective equipment to District 7 families and businesses.

Ben and his wife met at St. Ignatius high school. They are first time homeowners, and are raising their daughter in West Portal.

Ben has been endorsed by a growing list of elected officials, organizations and community leaders including Senator Dianne Feinstein, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, Former District 7 Supervisor Tony Hall, Former Board of Supervisors Presidents Angela Aliota and Barbara Kaufmann, Westside Democratic Club, Chinese American Democratic Club, San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, San Francisco Labor Council #3, IBEW Local 6, IUEC Local 8, UA Local 38 and hundreds of neighbors across District 7. 

Learn more at https://www.benmatranga.com/endorsements