Several people have asked me about the results of the election for CCSF Board of Trustees, so I want to report that even though our candidate, Anita Martinez, didn't win, she came very close to winning.
I think that's an enormous accomplishment for a grass-roots campaign, and I think the time we spent supporting her everywhere we went was time very well-spent. It was an intergenerational campaign too.
Other candidates had more political connections and money. What Anita had and has is first-hand knowledge from 25 years at CCSF as both an instructor and an administrator and at Skyline and College of Marin. She wants to keep CCSF a community college, and she has extensive experience with budgets.
I feel very grateful to her for being willing to run for this office and put all the time and energy she put into it. Kudos to her and to her campaign manager Leslie Simon as well as to Eira Kien, Jess Nguyen, and Stephanie MacAller.
Here are some numbers:
Our campaign managed to win 116,967 votes (10.82%) while the third and fourth place finishers earned 126,281 (11.68%) and 122,893 (11.37%) votes respectively. This represents only about a half percent (.55) difference between fourth and fifth places, not bad given the forces we faced at the start of the campaign. (The winners were incumbents Shanell Williams and Tom Temprano and newcomers Aliya Chisti and Alan Wong.)
Of course we'd have preferred that Anita win! City College needs her on the Board of Trustees. But there's something very invigorating in supporting someone we believe in, regardless of the outcome.
I want to thank all of you who voted for her and donated to her campaign. One more thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving!
I enjoyed walking around the city and beautifying scenic spots with Anita Martinez signs! I met a lot of Anita Martinez admirers along the way!
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