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Crystal Chamness
25,769 votes
30.16%
- Occupation: Water Quality Engineer -San Francisco PUC
- MS - Civil and Environmental Engineering - UC Berkeley
- BA - Environmental Science - UC Berkeley
Priorities:
- Establish the MUD as directed by the Calfornia MUD Act
- Provide sound project management and civil engineering skills to make low cost pubic power a reality.
- Phase out the polluting power plants in San Francisco and replace them with clean renewable energy sources.
Medea Susan Benjamin
23,962 votes
28.05%
- Occupation: Consumer Advocate
- Founding Director of nationally recognized non-profit advocacy group Global Exchange - http://globalexchange.org
- Her influential Power to the People coalition is leading charge for clean, affordable, public power throughout CA - http://powertothepeople.org
- A key figure in the global anti-sweatshop movement to improve working conditions in the garment and shoe industry
- Worked for ten years as an economist and nutritionist for the United Nations
- Masters degrees in Public Health from Columbia University and Economics from the New School for Social Research
- San Francisco Magazine recently named Medea to their "Power List" as one of "60 Players Who Rule the Bay Area"
Priorities:
- Will push for affordable rates to protect residential and small business consumers.
- Pursue a dramatic increase in solar, wind, conservation, and other renewable energy sources.
- Will guarantee the community a strong voice in running our energy system.
Robin David
16,116 votes
18.86%
- Occupation: Retired Utility Worker
- Former shop steward, IBEW 1245
- Co-founder Bay Area Labor Task Force for Public Power
- Author, "San Francisco & Brisbane MUD: A Local Answer to the Energy Crisis"
Priorities:
- Acquire PG&E's distribution system of poles, lines, and substations in order to better serve San Francisco customers
- Increase generating capacity by studying and aggressively pursuing affordable solar power, wind power, and other renewable forms of energy
- Shut down Hunter's Point Power Plant as soon as possible
Linda Perez
10,233 votes
11.98%
Jim Reid
8,915 votes
10.44%
- Occupation: Building Contractor
- I use basic common sense in developing solutions and have good problem-solving skills.
Priorities:
- A master plan to systematically replace all underground utilities: sewer, water, recycled water, gas, electric, cable, fiber, and telephone
- A twenty-year plan to build 33 clean mini-power plants around the City with underground lines
- Free electricity and free parking for one-person electric vehicles.
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Official Information
- Candidate Statements for the proposed district Board of Directors
Partisan Information
- In favor of Measure I:
- MUD NOW - Yes on Measure I - A Community Coalition for Lower Utility Bills
- Opposed to Measure I:
- No on Proposition I: Stop the $3 Billion Bill
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