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Tony
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Supervisor, District 7
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
(415) 554-6546 - fax
Email-Tony_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us
Press Releases
District Meetings
Aides: Sean Elsbernd and Mary Landers
Committee and Board Assignments:
Member:Transportation Authority
Vice-Chair: Neighborhood Services and Parks Committee
Rules Committee
Elected 2000
Term ends January 2005
Representative on the Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers
Board
Representative on the Association of Bay Area Governments
(ABAG)
Occupation
Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Employee, City
and County of San Francisco (over 25 years) in 7 Departments
in all 3 Branches of City Government
Community and Civic Activities
Graffiti Task Force
Mayor's Criminal Justice Citizen Advisory Council
Former Homelessness Advisory Task Force
Former Drug Task Force
Former Citizen Advisory Task Force
Extensive Outreach Programs for Neighborhoods and Schools
Outreach Programs for District Attorney and Civil Service
Commission
New Courthouse Building Project
Minority Recruitment Program for Civil S for Neighborhood
Outreach
Volunteer Coach at St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Carol Ruth Silver:
Carol Ruth Silver is presently a proud grandmother, and
a San Francisco lawyer. She was educated at the University
of Chicago College, BA with honors, the University of
Chicago Law School, JD, and Harvard University, Fellowship,
Kennedy School of Government.
 Carol
Ruth Silver spent her early legal career as a civil rights
lawyer in the South (she had been a Freedom Rider in Jackson,
Mississippi during college) and fighting for the rights
of impoverished farmworkers with California Rural Legal
Assistance (CRLA).
Carol Ruth Silver was elected to the San Francisco Board
of Supervisors for three terms, where she helped write
and strengthen the rent control laws (together with her
friend and colleague, Harvey Milk).
She also helped write the laws restricting condo conversions
in order to protect tenants from evictions. She has embraced
the HomeOwnership for Tenants (HOT) program as a necessary
exception to the restriction on condo conversions, because
HOT will aid tenants to purchase the units in which they
reside.
Gary Virginia
EDUCATION
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
B.A. Psychology; minors in Business Administration & College
Administration
Point Park College, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate credits toward M.A. in Communications
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Columnist, San Francisco Frontiers news-magazine (1997-2000)
Gallery Director, Lahaina Galleries, San Francisco (1989-95)
Assistant Director of University Development, San Francisco
State University (1987-89)
Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, The University
of Charleston, WV (1985-87
) Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving,
Duquesne University (1983-85)
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Candidate, San Francisco Board of Supervisors/District
8 (2000)
Board of Directors, Positive Resource Center (1996-present;
President 1998-99)
San Francisco Human Rights Commission LGBT Advisory Committee
(2000-present)
Member, American Civil Liberties Union
Member, Human Rights Campaign
Member, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Member, Amnesty International
Member, Sierra Club
Member, San Francisco Imperial Court
Member, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
National Stonewall Democratic Federation
Member, Radiant Light Ministries
Member, Castro Area Planning + Action (CAPA)
Member, Eureka Valley Promotion Association (EVPA)
VOLUNTEER/FUND RAISING
SF Municipal Utility District Campaign, United Against
United Boycott, Lambda Letters Project, No on Knight Campaign,
Save Laguna Honda Hospital, Build Octavia Boulevard Campaign,
AIDS Emergency Fund/Breast Cancer Emergency Fund, Ammiano
for Mayor, Godfather Service Fund, Folsom Street Fair,
Leatherwalk, San Francisco Center for Living, The Healing
Circle, AIDS Walk San Francisco, AIDS Bike-a- thon, AIDS
Candlelight Vigil March, Metropolitan Community Church,
Castro Lions Club, Harvey Milk Flag Dedication, Inter-Club
Fund, Women's Cancer Resource Center, Family Link, Leather
Archives & Museum
HONORS & AWARDS
AIDS Hero Award, AIDS Candlelight Vigil (2000) Man of
the Year and Western Regional Award Nominee, Pantheon
of Leather ('98, '99, '00) Honorary Grand Marshall, San
Francisco LGBT Freedom Day Parade (1999) Certificates
of Honor, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1997, '99,
'00) Peter J. Austin Memorial Leather Brotherhood & Achievement
Award (1998) "Gary Virginia Day" Proclamation by San Francisco
Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. (1997) Man of the Year , Inter-Club
Fund of San Francisco (1996)
Most Supportive Past Titleholder, Inter-Club Fund (1998)
Mr. San Francisco Leather (1996); Mr. Daddy's Leather
(1996) Man of the Year Nominee, Cable Car Awards (1996)
National Silver Medal, Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education (1986)
Sarosh Kumana:
On the mountain slopes of California, or before a group
of students in a school in Bombay, India, Sarosh Kumana
is focused on global sustainability and how to salvage
the world for the many generation to come. This commitment
grew after the birth of his son Kevin in 1988.
Sarosh Kumana grew up in Bombay. He graduated from St.
Xavier's Boys Academy in 1970. After a degree in Economics
from Sydenham College, he furthered his education in England
and the United States. Sarosh obtained an MBA, on scholarship,
from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1977, where he was
awarded the prestigious "Entrepreneur of the Year" prize.
Sarosh Kumana has worked in various parts of the real
estate industry since then. After a few years with Citicorp
in Product Development and Financial Management in their
Mortgage Banking subsidiary, Sarosh moved to San Francisco
as Controller for Crocker Bank.
He has worked in Property Management, Real Estate and
Loan Brokerage, Construction Management, Syndication etc.
He is actively involved in civic, community and political
affairs, particularly in housing issues, and his current
project is to enable homeownership for thousands of San
Francisco tenants through the Affordable HomeOwnership
Alliance program known as HomeOwnership for Tenants (HOT).
Sarosh's lifetime commitment is to ensure a sustainable
future for our planet. To this end, he has, over the past
few years been shifting his focus from business activities
towards making sustainability-consciousness part of the
context within which people all around the world live
their daily lives.
He presently sponsors a number of projects in rainforest
preservation, wetlands and open spaces, biodiversity,
species protection, recycling, renewable resources, and
particularly in education on global sustainability.
Sarosh enjoys skiing, travel and making a difference.
Affiliations:
5Together
Affordable HomeOwnership Alliance
Alamo Square Neighborhood Association
Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods
Defenders of Wildlife
District 7 Housing Advisory Committee
Earth Island Institute
Foundation for a Sustainable Future
PAWS
NEEF
PETA
WorldWatch
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Foundation for a Sustainable Future:
The FSF Mission Statement: "The Foundation for a Sustainable
Future is dedicated to the proposition that human beings
can cause and design, by their conscious action and behaviour,
permanent sustainability of the ecosystems that support
all life on the planet.
Ask yourself: How does every one on the planet have to
live, if our collective commitment is to preserve life
on earth for ever?"
FSF Projects: "FSF is committed to educating people so
that their mind-set encompasses the nature and the extent
of the sustainability threat facing the world.
Specific alleviation measures seem to be more in the nature
of a band-aid on an individual sore spot, whereas a major
cancer has infected the body, and needs to be recognized
and understood.
Only then will the world have the political will to address
the problem and make the necesary global changes."
D. Andrew Sirkin
D. Andrew Sirkin is a San Francisco real estate attorney
specializing in real estate co-ownership. His practice
areas include condominium formation and conversion, tenancy
in common, equity sharing, real estate investment partnerships,
and co-housing. His practice also involves mediation of
real estate disputes.
As an accredited instructor with the California Department
of Real Estate, he frequently conducts workshops for attorneys,
real estate agents, corporations, and prospective home
buyers. He has made numerous appearances on San Francisco
Bay Area television and radio, and addressed the Commonwealth
Club of California.
His first book, The Home Equity Sharing Manual, was published
by John Wiley & Sons in October, 1994, and his most recent
book, The Condominium Bluebook, was published by Piedmont
Press in January 2001.
Roland Washington
The Isaiah Project, Co-President
Ron Brown Democratic Club, Co-Founder, PAC Chair
African-American (AFRAM) Caucus SEIU Local 250, Co-Chair
SEIU Local 250, Shop Steward
Continuum of Care, Co-Chair, Diversity work group
Community Housing Partnership, former member, Board of
Directors
SOMA Foundation, former member, Board of Directors
A Philip Randolph Institute (AFL-CIO)
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (AFL-CIO) Tom Ammiano
election campaign committee
Rose Chung election campaign committee
Julie Lee
Julie
Lee, a San Francisco Housing Authority Commissioner, is
also a longtime community activist. A native of Shanghai,
Julie has lived in San Francisco for over thirty years.
Like most Asian American immigrants she started out with
very little and worked hard to establish herself as a
successful small business owner. Julie is profoundly
grateful for the life she and her family have been able
to build in the United States. She and her husband, Lucas,
have four children.
Because she was thankful for all she has been able to
accomplish in this country and was committed to helping
others, Julie looked for ways to contribute to the Asian
American community. As her children began entering college,
she found the time to put her ideas into action. She
co-founded San Francisco Neighbors Association in 1994
and started her nightly radio program, Voice of the Neighbors,
which focuses on a variety of local and national issues.
Julie is the founder of the Sunset Resources Center, an
organization dedicated to providing childcare and elder
care assistance. The mayor has recently granted the center
a site on which to build a new neighborhood resource center.
This will enable it to expand its services to the Asian
American community in the Sunset.
In 1997 Julie was instrumental in organizing an education
and voter registration drive in the Asian American community.
At the same time, she led the effort to get Proposition
H, an initiative to save the Central Freeway, on the election
ballot. Proposition H was passed by the voters and marks
the first time Asian Americans were organized into a local
political force.
Jim Rodriguez
Jim Rodriguez is a military
veteran, San Francisco homeowner and very active in local
San Francisco communities. He is  involved
in numerous community organizations, including, but not
limited to:
Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserves, Inactive
Status
Volunteer, San Francisco Aids Foundation (14 Years)
Member, Portola Place Homeowners Association
Member, Treasure Island Museum Board of Trustees
Member, Committee of Latino Professionals
Treasurer, Mexican-American Political Association (MAPA)
Member, Latino Steering Committee
Member, Harvey Milk G/L/B/T Democratic Club
Member, San Francisco Organizing Project
Member, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Member, Sierra Club
Member, Residents of the Southeast Sector (ROSES)
Member, American Legion, Alexander Hamilton Post 448
Member, Restoration Advisory Board, Hunter's Point Naval
Shipyard (RAB)
Spokesperson, Muwekma Ohlone Pocket Park Project
Jim has over twenty four years of experience in occupational
medicine and rehabilitation, receiving his Master of Science
degree in Physical Therapy from
the University of the Pacific, Stockton, California in
1991 and a second Masters in Public Administration/Health
Services Administration from the University of San Francisco
in 1997. With a strong back ground in occupational, orthopedic,
and sports medicine, Jim has served as the director and
consultant at several successful bay area occupational
medicine and rehabilitation facilities. Jim speaks fluent
Spanish and Italian.
Jim's first attempt at public office was last year, as
a candidate for Supervisor, San Francisco District 10.
He has been encouraged, and plans to run for the 13th
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