District 9 Supervisor David Campos has officially declared that he is seeking another term on the Board of Supervisors and held an outreach event at the Blue Macaw, Feb. 9.
So far, no viable candidate has stepped forward to challenge Campos and no incumbent supervisor has been voted out since the adoption of ranked-choice voting in 2008.
Campos, a Guatemalan immigrant brought to the United States as a child, has been an outspoken advocate of due process rights for undocumented immigrant youth and laborers. He was instrumental in the passing of city laws that increased employer accountability and reinforced the Sanctuary City policy.
“What we have done in District 9 in the last four years in this office is to simply follow the mantra that government, to work, has to work for everyone,” he said in a speech at the event. “Government has to work for the wealthiest person to the poorest person … every single person who calls SF home.”
Campos is considered a leader of the Progressive faction of the Board, but he has created alliances across ideological lines and reached out to small business owners, in addition to his base of progressives and Latinos.
“We support our small businesses,” he said. “But they also need to treat their workers well, and we are proud that most of our businesses do that.”
He also highlighted his involvement in legislation that lead to an SFPD departmental ordinance that he said “requires police officers to be connected to the community… It’s the first time any big city has done that.”