Candidate Name: Dean Clark
Phone Number: 415-240-2433
Web site: http://www.deanmichaelclark.com
E-mail: clark_dean@sbcglobal.net
Name of Campaign Manager: Dean Clark
Are you receiving public financing? No, funds should be used for non profits not for campaigning through the city
Signed voluntary spending limit? no
Campaign Manager: None
2nd, 3rd endorsements in District: None
Major Endorsements: None
Favorite Incumbent Supervisor: None
Least favorite: None
If the election were held today, Who would you support as Board President? Bevan Dufty
Who would be your second and third choices? Campos, Avalos
Who would you choose as interim Mayor, if Newsom is elected LG? Bevan Dufty
1) Grassroots Democracy: What are your thoughts on Instant Runoff
Voting, and District Elections? How have they worked to date? What
would you change in the future?
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[ X ] [ ] [ ] Sub-government such as Neighborhood Assemblies, Networks or District Councils
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Some commissions should be democratically elected.
[ ] [ X ] [ ] The Mayor should appoint all commissioners.
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Residency requirements for elected officials should be strictly enforced.
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Ethics Commission should be disbanded.
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Ethics Commission meetings should be televised.
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Ethics Commission should prioritize investigating violations from well-funded campaigns.
[ ] [ X ] [ ] My campaign accepts corporate contributions
[ ] [ X ] [ ] My campaign accepts contributions from paid lobbyists or related entities having any interest in City and County of San Francisco
[ ] [ X ] [ ] My supervisorial campaign is using leftover funds from a DCCC campaign
2) Ecological Wisdom: Please outline your view of the major
environmental and ecological issues facing San Francisco and your
proposed policies to address them.
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[ ] [ ] [ X ] I voted/would have voted to approve the EIR for Lennar construction in the Bayview
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Phasing out diesel tour buses
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Public Power
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Community Choice Aggregation
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Tidal power that might be harnessed in San Francisco Bay should be publicly controlled.
[ ] [ X ] [ ] New runways in the bay at SFO
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Reducing or eliminating parking minimums in new housing and commercial developments
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Congestion tolls on Doyle Drive
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Natural Areas Program
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Artificial turf on City-owned athletic fields
3) Social Justice:
A) What is your assessment of homelessness in San Francisco, and what
solutions do you propose?
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[ X ] [ ] [ ] Project Homeless Connect
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Care Not Cash.
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Community courts
[ X ] [ ] [ ] SF’s minimum wage law
[ X ] [ ] [ ] SF’s health care mandate
[ X ] [ ] [ ] SF’s sick leave requirements
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Law against sitting down on SF sidewalks
B) What are your views on housing affordability, what public sector
strategies have worked, which have failed, and what are your proposals?
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[ X ] [ ] [ ] Impacts of all new development should be paid for in advance by fees on developers
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Community Land Trust
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Rent Control is too strong
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Elected Rent Board
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Amnesty for illegal in-law apartments
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Condo conversion is currently too difficult
4) Nonviolence: What are your solutions for SFPD accountability while
making the streets safer?
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[ X ] [ ] [ ] Prioritize SFPD enforcement of moving violations
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Support expansion of foot patrols
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Demand stricter accountability in future MOUs with the SFPD
[ X ] [ ] [ ] The Board of Supervisors should be able to set policies and priorities for the SFPD through legislation
5) Decentralization: What are your thoughts on the Kaufman Charter
of 1996? Does it need revisiting?
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[ X ] [ ] [ ] Bring the Housing Authority under the Board of Supervisors
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Bring the Redevelopment Agency under the Board of Supervisors
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Will you create formal district councils to advise you?
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Two aides for each Supervisor are sufficient
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Charter amendment allowing voters to choose the replacement of an elected official being recalled on the same ballot as the recall vote
6) Community Based Economics: What economic policies, including
taxation, land use from the Planning Department, and investment from the
Redevelopment Agency would you propose that would drive capital into our
communities and keep that capital here for residents?
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[ X ] [ ] [ ] Legislation limiting formula retail outlets/chain-stores
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Conditional Use permit required for big box stores
[ ] [ X ] [ ] The biotech payroll tax break
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Municipal broadband
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Local hiring requirements should be enforced
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Conversion of some golf courses into soccer fields
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Prop 13 limits on tax increases should apply only to residential properties
7) Feminism: Do you believe women are underrepresented in city
government? If so, why do you believe this is the case? Is this a
bad thing, and if so, what would you do to remedy the situation?
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[ X ] [ ] [ ] The City should help SFUSD provide child care for children of working parents
[ X ] [ ] [ ] The DPH should provide reproductive health services
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Require parental consent for minors seeking an abortion
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Require parental notification for minors seeking an abortion
worst aspects of San Francisco’s diversity. How would you try to
protect the best while trying to change the worst?
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[ X ] [ ] [ ] Multilingual government and education
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Undocumented immigrants should have equal access to education and health care
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Non-citizen residents should be able to vote in all local elections
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Full rights for transgender persons
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Boards and commissions now reflect the ethnic diversity of San Francisco
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Boards and commissions now reflect the political diversity of San Francisco
[ X ] [ ] [ ] My campaign reflects the diversity of San Francisco
9) Global and Personal Responsibility: What are your thoughts on the
Board of Supervisors taking positions on state, national and
international issues?
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[ ] [ X ] [ ] City government cooperating with the PATRIOT Act
[ ] [ X ] [ ] City government cooperating with ICE
[ X ] [ ] [ ] City government should boycott Arizona until policies are changed
[ X ] [ ] [ ] City government should boycott Israel until policies are changed
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Fleet Week and the Blue Angels flyover
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Business taxes are too high
[ ] [ X ] [ ] In a severe recession, environmental regulations should be suspended to create jobs
[ X ] [ ] [ ] SF supervisors should take a position on offshore oil drilling outside CA If it effects San Francisco
10) Sustainability: What does the Transit First City Charter provision
mean to you? How has Transit First fared in recent years, and how would
you enforce that Charter Provision if elected?
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[ ] [ X ] [ ] MUNI should be funded greater levels and be free to the rider
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Downtown Transit Assessment Tax to support MUNI
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Citywide Transit Assessment Tax to support MUNI
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Higher residential construction along neighborhood transit corridors, which may include raising height limits by two to three stories.
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Diversion of money set aside for seismic retofit projects into a solar energy incentives program
[ ] [ X ] [ ] State law change that lets bicycles treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs
[ X ] [ ] [ ] I ride MUNI, bicycle and/or walk instead of driving on a regular basis
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Bus Rapid Transit on Geary
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Allow residents to park on the sidewalk without getting a ticket, unless their neighbors complain
[ ] [ ] [ X ] I agree with the recommendations in the Peak Oil Task Force Report
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Congestion pricing for parking
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Power more City vehicles using corn-based ethanol
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Residents should be allowed to park in the street in front of their own driveway for free
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Oppose expanding parking meter hours to include later evening hours and weekends
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Remove parking spots and car lanes to create dedicated bike and bus lanes or wider sidewalks
Your positions on selected current and past Propositions:
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2007 Prop E (Question Time)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2008 Prop 8 (Limit on Marriage)
[ ] [ ] [ X ] 2010 Prop AA (Local VLF)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop B (Adachi Pensions)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop C (Question Time)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop D (Non-citizen voting for School Board)
[ X ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop E (Same-day voter reg)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop G (Elsbernd MUNI)
[ X ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop J (Hotel Tax)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop K (Newsom Hotel Reform)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop L (Ban on Sitting on Sidewalks)
[ X ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop M (Foot Patrols)
[ X ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop N (Real Estate Transfer Tax)
[ X ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop 19 (Legalize Marijuana)
[ X ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop 21 (Vehicle License Fee for Parks)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop 23 (Suspend Greenhouse Gas law)
[ X ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop 25 (Majority rule on budget)
[ ] [ ] [ X ] 2010 Prop 26 (2/3 requirement for new fees)
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