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District 11 Supervisor John Avalos, with his wife Karen Zapata by his side (right), posed for a photo outside the San Francisco Department of Elections Friday following the filing of required paperwork for his re-election bid. Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

March 18, 2012<\/p>\n

Undeterred by unrelenting downpours, dozens of high-spirited supporters attended District 11 Supervisor John Avalos\u2019s filing of paperwork Friday at the Department of Elections, officially declaring his bid for re-election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n

Elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2008, Avalos was joined by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting, Treasurer Jose Cisneros, Supervisors David Campos and Eric Mar, as well as union reps, community organizations and residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel pretty confident that with the folks that are backing me that we could put together a strong campaign,\u201d Avalos told Fog City<\/em>.\u00a0 \u201cAn electoral campaign can be a great opportunity to reconnect with neighborhoods and residents and issues, at people\u2019s homes and cafes.\u00a0 I\u2019m looking forward to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coming off a second-place finish in last year\u2019s mayor\u2019s race, Avalos, a progressive, said his biggest accomplishments so far includes balancing a $500 million budget deficit when he served as Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, restoring funding to critical services cut by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom; sponsoring and passing the city\u2019s first local hire ordinance; and organizing with community groups in his District around efforts to improve services for senior citizens and youth, as well as helping small businesses survive in a difficult economy.<\/p>\n

Asked what he hopes to accomplish in the next four years, Avalos said, \u201cWe have a foreclosure crisis in San Francisco.\u00a0 It\u2019s really strong in my neighborhood.\u00a0 I want to figure out how we can create measures to support households against defaults and foreclosures.\u00a0 I also want to look at this municipal bank idea, something that I\u2019ve been pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n

During opening remarks, Ammiano, who championed Healthy San Francisco and the Rainy Day fund when he served on the Board of Supervisors, said of Avalos, \u201cThe progressive movement started about a thousand years ago.\u00a0 We\u2019re used to being shut out.\u00a0 We\u2019re used to having things watered down, but we are always there and we are sustainable and John [Avalos] has been that protector, a protector of things that we have worked for like Healthy San Francisco, like the Rainy Day fund, campaign reform and District elections and Ranked Choice Voting. And the termites on the other side keep nibbling, nibbling, nibbling \u2013 and it\u2019s up to us to spray \u2018em.\u00a0 Nobody leaves the roach motel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taking a shot at unnamed progressives on the Board, Ammiano added, \u201cThere is a great humanity to being progressive but to those others that we have supported who ran under a progressive banner, please stick to your principles.\u00a0 Let John lead.\u00a0 Let David Campos lead.\u00a0 We\u2019ll take your lead if you are consistent and if you are principled.\u00a0 John should be chair of the Budget Committee.\u00a0 But, again, we are used to being shut out but that doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re not productive. But, as an example, we need to hold the other progressive members of the Board responsible for a progressive message that makes San Francisco the great city that it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (second from right) with Supervisor David Campos (left), Assessor-Record Phil Ting (second from left) and Treasurer Jose Cisneros (far right).<\/p><\/div>\n

Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, who ran as a progressive and was elected to the Board in 2008 in large part with progressive support, stacked this year\u2019s Budget and Finance Committee, which is tasked this year with closing a $165 million budget deficit, with moderate-conservative Supervisors.\u00a0 Though Chiu assigned Avalos to the Budget committee, he named District 4 Supervisor Carmen Chu, who was appointed to the Board by Newsom, its chair.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Avalos has demonstrated the kind of leader he is,\u201d said District 9 Supervisor David Campos.\u00a0 \u201cHe was the progressive standard bearer in the mayor\u2019s race.\u00a0 He has, I think, become the conscience of the Board in so many respects and he\u2019s been a truly effective District supervisor, and I think that\u2019s why you have so many people behind him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn has proven to be someone who is cool under pressure, someone who has\u00a0 a lot of responsibility and who has handed himself really well with a lot of poise and integrity, and he\u2019s very responsive to the needs of the community, so I\u2019m very proud to support him,\u201d Campos added.<\/p>\n

Avalos has been early endorsed by United Educators of San Francisco, SEIU 1021, and the Coleman Action Fund for Children.<\/p>\n

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John Avalos signs on the dotted line officially declaring his bid for re-election.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Avalos shakes hands with San Francisco Bayview newspaper publisher Willie Ratcliff.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2008, Avalos was joined by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting, Treasurer Jose Cisneros, Supervisors David Campos and Eric Mar, as well as union reps, community organizations and residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,17],"tags":[1016,1010,618,799,1158,1234,308,1235],"class_list":["post-3494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-david-campos","tag-eric-mar","tag-john-avalos","tag-jose-cisneros","tag-phil-ting","tag-seiu-1021","tag-tom-ammiano","tag-uesf"],"yoast_head":"\nSupervisor Avalos Declares Re-Election Bid - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/3494\/supervisor-avalos-declares-re-election-bid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supervisor Avalos Declares Re-Election Bid - 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