From the San Francisco November 2020 Nonpartisan Voter Guide.

Dozens of candidates are vying for local offices, including seats in six supervisorial districts, two seats on the BART Board of Directors, and four seats each on the boards for City College of San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District. In lieu of interviewing each candidate, “Civic” reached out to candidates in each race with a specific question pertinent to their contest.

In this race, we asked candidates: “What have you learned, six months into the pandemic, that will help you govern City College and help guide it out of this crisis?”

We were unable to reach or did not receive statements from these candidates also on the ballot:

  • Anita Martinez
  • Shanell Williams
  • Randy Menjivar
  • Han Zou
  • Geramye Teeter    
  • Victor Olivieri
  • Dominic Ashe
  • Dawson Cooper  

I host and report for “Civic,” a San Francisco public affairs radio show and podcast from the Public Press. I've been a multimedia reporter and producer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've reported on housing, health, immigration and homelessness for local news site Mission Local and produced conversations about local, regional and national current affairs for “Your Call,” a live call-in program on KALW-FM public radio.

Mel Baker is the producer and a contributor to The San Francisco Public Press radio program/podcast Civic. He has worked as a national network and Bay Area broadcaster for many decades. From early training in National Public Radio’s newscast unit, to stints in the newsrooms of KGO radio and KTVU-TV, and as a news anchor and reporter at KALW and other Bay Area stations, he has embraced the responsibility of broadcast media to “enlighten and inform” the community.