Supervisor Dean Preston, Bilal Mahmood, Autumn Looijen, Scotty Jacobs and Allen Jones are running for District 5 supervisor in San Francisco.
Here’s the latest in our “Meet the Candidates” series for District 5, in which we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election. Four candidates are challenging incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston to represent District 5, which spans from the east end of Golden Gate Park through Haight-Ashbury, Japantown and the Western Addition, the Lower Haight and Hayes Valley, and most of the Tenderloin.
Some favor Jenkins while others like Khojasteh. But for all the talk of different public safety approaches to crime this election cycle, a couple District 5 candidates refused to make a choice.Note: I will be at Patricia’s Green at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28. Come say hi and share your thoughts about the election or District 5..
fully use the judicial system to combat open-air drug markets, hold drug dealers accountable, and prosecute crimeRyan Khojasteh criticism of current conditions is easy. However, I do not support his proposed approach to deal with criminal activity.Our #1 problem in District 5 is the open drug markets in the Tenderloin.
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