147 Authors of Arguments Supporting “Proposition
A” Created a Pact With Voters147 Authors of Arguments Supporting “Proposition
A” Created a Pact With Voters
In addition to the eight Board of Supervisors who signed its proponent’s argument, the 1999 voter guide contained 42 paid arguments in favor of Proposition A, authored and signed by an adiditonal 139 people and organizations. The arguments in favor of Proposition A helped secure passage of the bond measure, creating a pact between voters and City officials. The arguments were put forth by prominent San Franciscans, including:
Their various rationales and passionate pleas secured passage of Prop A by 73% of voters, who believed that the promises made in the paid arguments would be honored, and that the bond measure would be used to preserve Laguna Honda Hospital’s mission of providing long-term skilled nursing and medical care to frail, elderly, and disabled San Franciscans. The civic leaders who voters trusted included:
Titles, organizations, and affiliations are for identification purposes only.
Elected Officials
Hon. Tom Ammiano, Board of Supervisors
Hon. Alicia Becerril, Board of Supervisors
Hon. Sue Bierman, Board of Supervisors
Hon. Harry Britt, Former San Francisco Supervisor
Hon. Amos Brown, Board of Supervisors
Hon. Willie L. Brown, Mayor of San Francisco
Hon. John Burton, California State Senator
Robert Burton, Community College Board of Trustees
Frank Chong, Board of Education Member
Hon. George Christopher, Former Mayor of San Francisco
Hon. Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
Naomi T. Gray, Former Health Commissioner
Mary T. Hernandez, Board of Education Member
Hon. Thomas Hsieh, Sr., Former San Francisco Supervisor
Hon. Leslie Katz, Board of Supervisors
Daniel Kelly, Board of Education Member
Hon. Mark Leno, Board of Supervisors
Hon. Charles Meyers, Sr., California Assemblyman, 1948–1970
Hon. Wendy Nelder, Former President, San Francisco Board
of Supervisors
Dr. Juanita Owens, President, San Francisco Board of Education
Hon. Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Congresswoman
Rodel E. Rodis, Community College Board of Trustees
Hon. Kevin Shelley, Assembly Majority Leader
Andrea Shorter, Former Community College Board of Trustees
Hon. Mabel Teng, Board of Supervisors
Robert Varni, Community College Board of Trustees
Doris Ward, Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco
Lawrence Wong, President, San Francisco Community Collage
Board
Jill Wynns, Board of Education Member
Hon. Michael Yaki, Board of Supervisors
Hon. Leland Yee, Board of Supervisors
Appointed City Officials
Edward A. Chow, MD, Health Commissioner
Ray G. del Portillo, Commissioner
Bob Demmons, San Francisco Fire Chief
Pat Durham, President, Commission on Aging
H. Welton Flynn, President, Public Transportation Commission
Wayne Friday, Police Commissioner
Roma Guy, Vice-President, Health Commission
Ronald Gene Hill, Health Commissioner, Chair, Budget Committee
Frederick Hobson, Chair, San Francisco Health Plan Public
Policy Committee
Arthur Jackson, Past-President, San Francisco Health Commission
Sharon Johnson, Former Director, San Francisco Commission
on the Status of Women
Mitchell Katz, MD, San Francisco Director of Public Health
Carolene Marks, Commissioner
Sonia Melara, Director, Commission on the Status of Women
Lee Ann Monfedeini, President, San Francisco Health Commission
Alfred J. Nelder, Former Chief of Police, San Francisco
Tom Radulovich, BART Director
Louise Renne, Esq., San Francisco City Attorney
Hadley Roff, Former Deputy Mayor of San Francisco
David J. Sanchez, MD, Health Commissioner
Sabrina Saunders, Commissioner, Board of Permit Appeals
John Umekubo, MD, Health Commissioner
Benny Yee, President, SFRA Commission
Monique Zmuda, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Public
Health
Labor Activists
Mike Casey, Union Organizer
Chris Cunnie, President, San Francisco Police Officers'
Association
Robert Haaland, San Francisco Tenants Union
Walter Johnson, Secretary-Treasurer, San Francisco Labor
Council
Kent Mitchell, United Educators of San Francisco
Tyrone Pruitt, President, San Francisco Black Firefighters
Association
Sal Rosselli, President Healthcare Workers Local 250
Richard Rothman
Stanley Smith, Secretary-Treasurer, S.F. Building Trades Council
Howard Wallace, Organizer, Health Care Workers Local 250
(SEIU)
Nancy Wohlforth, Business Manger, Office and Professional
Employees, Local 3; Pride at Work
Physicians
Kathryn Borgenicht, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Dr. Kenneth D. Chan, Immediate Past Chief of Staff, Chinese
Hospital
Steven G. Deeks, MD
Richard Fine, MD, Past Chief of Staff, San Francisco General
Hospital
Dr. Gordon L. Fung, Past-President, AHA-San Francisco Division
Anthony Gee, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor
William H. Goodson III, MD, President, San Francisco Medical
Society
Sandra Hernandez, MD, Former Director of Public Health
Mary Anne Johnson, MD, Vice-Chief, Division of Geriatrics,
UCSF
Dr. Randall Low, SCC/TR, Chinese Hospital Medical Staff
Mervyn F. Silverman, MD, MPH, Former San Francisco Director
of Public Health
Roger Smith, MD, Chief of Staff, St. Francis Memorial Hospital
Paul Volberding, MD, Director; Positive Health Program
Melissa Welch Barker, MD, Chief Medical Officer, San Francisco
Community Health Network
Russell D. Woo, MD, Past Chief of Staff, Chinese Hospital
Registered Nurses and Nurse Assistants
Ramona Albright, RN, Health Committee Chair, Coalition of
San Francisco Neighborhoods
Laura M. Blue, RN
Marrie Brown, Certified Nurse Assistant
Rosalinda R. Concha, Licensed Vocational Nurse
Aquillina F. Garcia, Certified Nurse Assistant
Margaret Gavney, RN
Diane Jones, RN
Julie C. Kung, Certified Nurse Assistant
Milagros A. Laperal, Certified Nurse Assistant
Virginia Leishman, RN, Director of Nursing at Laguna Honda
Hospital from July 1953 to November 1997
Alene Meyers, Retired Laguna Honda Hospital Registered
Nurse
Michael Mikolasek, RN
Mee-Lai Yee, RN
Organizations and Neighborhood Associations (by Organization)
Ted Gullicksen, Affordable Housing Alliance
Gerald “Jerry” De Ryan, American Association
of Retired Persons, Vote Volunteer
Democratic Women’s Forum
Lee Ann Prifti, Diamond Heights Community Association
Stan Wipfi, Golden Gate Business Association Board Member
Tim Colen, Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association
President
Dan Robinson, Mission District Homeowners
Bud Wilson, Neighborhood Activist
Joe O’Donoghue, Residential Builders Association President
Earl H. White, San Francisco Black Chamber of Commerce
President
Tricia Stapleton, San Francisco National Organization for
Women PAC
Robert Pender, San Francisco Tenants’ Network
San Francisco Tomorrow
Bill Price, Senior Action Network President
The Golden Gate Restaurant Association PAC
Linda Barlow, Twin Peaks Council and Open Space Conservancy
Political Club and Political Club Leaders (by Club)
Dean Goodwin, Alice B. Toklas Lesbian & Gay Democratic
Club Co-Chair
Esther Lee, Alice B. Toklas Lesbian & Gay Democratic
Club Co-Chair
Asian Pacific Democratic Club
Marylouise Lovett, Democratic Women’s Forum Vice President
Filipino-American Democratic Club
Criss Romero, Harvey Milk Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered
Democratic Club President
Phillip Babcock, Harvey Milk Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered
Democratic Club Vice President
Martha Benioff, League of Women Voters of San Francisco
Co-President
Holli P. Thier, JD, League of Women Voters of San Francisco
Co-President
Natalie Berg, San Francisco Democratic Party Chair
Rebecco Delgado-Rottman, San Francisco Democratic Party
Recording Secretary
Gabriel Medina, San Francisco Young Democrats President
Individuals and Community Leaders
John Barbey
R. Alexander Burnett,
Managing Director, Public Financial Management
Steve Collier, Tenants’ Attorney
Carole S. Cullum
Salim Dahud, Small Business Owner
Dr. Carlota del Portillo
Chris Dittenhafer, Small Business Advocate
Mark Duffell, President, SPEAK
David A. Golden, Chair, American Institute of Architects,
San Francisco Health Facilities Committee
Barry Hermanson, Owner, Hermanson’s Employment Services
Bill Kirkpatrick, Gay and Lesbian Outreach to Elders
Nora R. Klebow, President, American Institute of Architects,
San Francisco Chapter
Tony Leone
Charles Levinson, Resident of Laguna Honda Hospital
Victor Marquez, Civil Rights Attorney
Ross Mirkarimi
Reverend Jim Mitulski
Jane Morrison
Tom Nolan
Raye G. Richardson, Co-owner, Marcus Books
Jim Rivaldo
Jeff Sheehy, Founder, Equal Benefits Advocates
Maria Torres, Family Member of a Laguna Honda Resident
Adam Werbach
Evelyn Wilson, SPEAK Board of Directors