{"id":61060,"date":"2024-06-05T12:51:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=61060"},"modified":"2024-06-05T12:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:51:34","slug":"district-9-supervisor-election-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/district-9-supervisor-election-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"District 9 candidates: Why should immigrant communities support you?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Six candidates in San Francisco\u2019s District 9 supervisor race participated in a town hall meeting Tuesday to make their case for why Latinx communities in the Mission District, Bernal Heights, and Portola neighborhoods should vote for them in the high-stakes November election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The town hall was hosted by the San Francisco Latinx Democratic Club and five other local organizations that serve the city\u2019s street vendors, immigrants and working-class communities. Trevor Chandler was the only supervisor candidate who did not attend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The candidates addressed myriad issues, including how they plan to support affordable housing<\/a>, the Mission\u2019s street vendors<\/a> and the city\u2019s broader Latinx communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid the city\u2019s influx of homeless migrant families<\/a> and President Joe Biden\u2019s recent executive order <\/a>to temporarily block migrants from seeking asylum at the border when crossings surge, here\u2019s how candidates answered the critical question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why should District 9 immigrant communities support you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian Bermudez<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m Julian Bermudez. And why District 9 immigrants should support me is because I’m a first generation, Mission born. But anyways, my grandpa and my dad escaped the tyrannical government in Nicaragua in the 70s and ended up here in San Francisco. And they worked every single day to give me the life that I have the privilege to live, so I can be up here fooling around and trying to be here in the Board of Supervisors. And if I really want to make my grandpa and my parents proud, I’ll do the best that I can. Even though every single day I go through adversity from the color of my skin to my last name, because that last name is a barrier. Being from the Mission, I went to St. Peter’s. I didn’t go to see St. Ignatius. I didn’t go to [a] top school. But I’m still out here trying to do my best. And that’s why I’m trying to make every immigrant know that you can do your best. And I am here as a visual representation, as a product of what you can give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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