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SF YIMBY and its District 2 subchapter Northern Neighbors proudly endorses Stephen Sherrill for San Francisco City Supervisor, District 2.

Over his time in office, Supervisor Sherrill has demonstrated a results-oriented approach that reflects the priorities of his district. We have been encouraged by his pro-housing record, including his vote and vocal support for the Family Zoning Plan, and his willingness to help advance key projects that add homes such as 3333 and 3700 California Street. These actions show a clear understanding that addressing the housing shortage is essential to maintaining the vitality of District 2 and the City as a whole.

Equally important, Supervisor Sherrill has been consistently accessible and engaged with community organizations, including ours. While we have not always agreed with every position he has taken, his proactive engagement with us on issues that he knows we care about, stands out.

In contrast, his opponent would risk reversing hard-won progress and is mostly known for leading those voices that oppose de-facto all new homes. We are looking forward to actively supporting Stephen Sherrill’s campaign so San Francisco moves forward, not backwards, on solving the housing shortage.

Source (https://sfyimby.org/endorsements/2026-primary-election/)

We recommend voting for Stephen Sherrill for Supervisor, District 2.

Sherrill brings a lot of professional policy-maker and political experience to the table, along with a laser focus on responsive and effective governance. He served as senior policy advisor in the Bloomberg administration in New York City, led the Mayor's Office of Innovation here in San Francisco, and as District 2 Supervisor he has cut red tape and focused on helping small businesses, improving public safety, and lowering the cost of living. Through it all, Stephen has shown a consistent commitment to excellence in public service and government accountability.

We feel he's done a great job as Supervisor and are excited to see him continue to work alongside Mayor Lurie and his fellow Board members to get San Francisco back on track.

"Without safe streets, parents won't let their kids walk to school, businesses can't keep their doors open, and people lose faith in the city. Rebuilding that trust starts with visible results like cleaner sidewalks, faster responses when people call for help, and better coordination across city departments to address public drug use and improve street conditions."
Stephen Sherrill, Supervisor, District 2

Why vote for Stephen Sherrill?

Stephen's top policy goals are:

1. Public Safety

Sherrill's top policy priority is public safety, and he's delivered several key victories:

He co-sponsored and passed a resolution to speed up 911 responses to reports of illegal activity near schools, parks, and playgrounds, ensuring that these vital areas don't get neglected.

Sherrill also co-sponsored Mayor Lurie's RV homelessness legislation, ensuring encampments blocking sidewalks, streets, and alleys are regulated with coordinated outreach and clear rules - helping to unblock enforcement of these rules.

Sherrill supported more sober housing for people in recovery via the Recovery First ordinance, which supports greater investment in sober living facilities across the city. In his own words, people using drugs in public should "be directed into treatment and services, and moved off the sidewalks so that families and businesses are not forced to live with open air drug use." And he also supports expanding involuntary holds for people who do not have the mental capacity to care for themselves, either due to mental illness or substance abuse. He notes these holds must include clear medical standards for intervention, judicial oversight, transparency and accountability to prevent abuse or neglect.

Finally, to prevent tragedies, he led the city's new free firearm storage program, partnering with SFPD to allow residents to store firearms securely and at no cost at police stations.

2. Small Business

In Sherrill's district, several commercial corridors have extremely high vacancy rates, leaving them blighted and hurting the businesses that have managed to hold on, like Van Ness from City Hall north to Broadway — a stretch with 53% ground-floor vacancy (/research/2025-07-14-retail-vacancy/). To help, he introduced a plan to make it easier for chain stores to fill these longtime vacant spaces which local businesses don't want. The ordinance passed unanimously, opening the doors to new stores.

To support local businesses and people who want to start a business, he helped extend the "First Year Free (https://sftreasurer.org/business/first-year-free)" program which waives costly city fees for new businesses. To date it's helped over 13,000 local businesses.

3. Good Governance

Sherrill has long been an advocate for government accountability and effectiveness. He's criticized city hall for letting delays and opaque processes drag on for years, and has called for performance dashboards, departmental scorecards, and real consequences for missed goals.

He brought that ethos to bear during his time leading the Mayor's Office of Innovation. He broke through departmental barriers to build the All Street Integrated Database (ASTRID), which integrates data from nine street teams across four city departments. ASTRID provided, for the first time, homeless outreach workers with comprehensive, up-to-date information (https://sfmoi.medium.com/bridging-data-silos-designing-an-app-to-help-san-franciscos-unhoused-find-stable-care-and-housing-4cacab05b390) on the people they encounter and their history across teams and departments. People got better care, the city worked faster, and taxpayers saved money. A win-win-win.

Sherrill runs his own office with a focus on data - he measures his success by constituent satisfaction, with a focus on accessibility, accountability, and follow through.

How the candidates compare

On other issues

Affordability & Families: Stephen highlights the four-pronged issues of affordability - housing affordability, quality public education, great public transportation (safe, clean, and reliable), and affordable childcare. He has been vocal about making this city affordable for families by expanding the childcare subsidy to middle class households and by fixing zoning rules that ban daycares in many parts of the city. Additionally, to bring workers back downtown, he's exploring creating a new childcare subsidy for all downtown workers - regardless of residency.

Housing: Stephen supports streamlining building approvals, reducing CEQA friction for moderate-density developments, and capping discretionary appeals. He argues one of the biggest barriers is "the little hindrances" around permitting rather than outright opposition to construction. He also supported office-to-residential conversion incentives, legislation passed unanimously in 2025, which unlocks funding and tools to transform vacant downtown office space into housing.

Transportation & Safe Streets: He supports reintroducing Vision Zero–style safe design measures and voted to adopt the new Street Safety plan. During Board deliberations, he noted that 12% of city streets are responsible for 68% of severe crashes (https://www.sfmta.com/vision-zero-quick-build-program), and pushed for hardened daylighting, curb extensions, and speed hump installation. He voted in support of adopting the new Street Safety plan, and at the Board hearing pointed to data showing how a small share of streets cause the most severe crashes — pushing agencies to prioritize interventions like daylighting, curb extensions, and speed humps.

Fiscal Discipline: Stephen believes the city has overpromised and underdelivered; his approach emphasizes small, evidence-backed pilots and scaling only once metrics prove success.

Source (https://growsf.org/voter-guide/san-francisco-voter-guide-june-2026-election/#supervisor-district-2)

Supervisor Sherrill’s values and policy priorities strongly align with SFWPC’s mission and commitment to advancing gender equity, supporting families, and ensuring access to critical services across San Francisco.

Sherrill came to our process prepared with specifics. On domestic violence, he has already engaged the Mayor’s Office to advocate for increased investment in the Mayor’s Office on Victims’ Rights, and he demonstrated a clear commitment that those resources must reach individuals who need them most.

He also centered housing as a gender equity issue – recognizing that women, particularly mothers, caregivers, educators, and city workers, are disproportionately impacted by the housing crisis. He spoke to the need for more targeted, citywide housing solutions that ensure these communities can continue to live and work in San Francisco. His commitment to expanding childcare access was equally concrete: he understands that the burden of childcare still falls disproportionately on women, and he expressed strong support for building on Baby Prop C to make childcare more accessible, more affordable, and more responsive to working families — including in the decision-making spaces of government and politics.

Notably, Stephen was the only candidate to proactively raise reproductive healthcare. He named directly that District 2 is home to the only Planned Parenthood in the city and spoke to the urgency of protecting and expanding local reproductive health services. We look forward to working with Supervisor Sherrill as an accountability partner throughout his tenure.

Source (https://sfwpc.org/pac-recommendations-for-june-2026-election/)

Sherrill for District 2

District 2 includes some of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods: the Marina, Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, and Cow Hollow. A straight ally, Stephen Sherrill wrote in his Bay Area Reporter endorsement questionnaire that he's focused on the basics: safe streets, clean neighborhoods, thriving small businesses, and city services that actually work. "That approach matters for LGBTQ residents across San Francisco," he stated.

Sherrill supports bringing the San Francisco Police Department back to full staffing, including the 30x30 recruitment plan to increase the number of women in the department to 30% by 2030.

He also stated that the city should step in to protect HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care services if the federal government cuts that funding. "San Francisco has led the country in addressing HIV for decades, and we should continue that commitment," Sherrill stated.

Sherrill wrote that he attended the reopening of the Castro Theatre earlier this year and noted that the LGBTQ neighborhood is one of San Francisco's most important. "Across San Francisco, corridors like the Castro face many of the same challenges as those in my district, including Chestnut Street, Union Street, and Sacramento Street," he noted. His focus has been on lowering the cost and complexity of opening and operating a business. "I extended the First Year Free program, which waives initial permitting and licensing fees, and helped eliminate outdated formula retail restrictions on Van Ness to make it easier to fill vacant storefronts," he wrote, adding that the city should continue modernizing zoning. He has conducted more than a dozen merchants corridor walks to hear directly from business owners and address issues in real time.

Likewise, the Tenderloin District and the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District in the South of Market neighborhood are important parts of San Francisco's LGBTQ history, he stated, adding he would continue to work closely with Supervisors Bilal Mahmood and Matt Dorsey, a gay man, to support organizations and small businesses there. For Sherrill, it largely comes down to affordability. "Cultural districts survive when the people and institutions that define them can afford to stay," he wrote.

Sherrill was asked about the future of San Francisco Centre, the now-shuttered mall downtown. "I would like to see a mixed-use project that brings housing, neighborhood-serving retail, and community space back to that part of the city," he stated. "The worst outcome would be years of vacancy while approvals drag on. The city should move quickly to support a project that brings people back downtown and creates activity throughout the day, not just during office hours."

We think Sherrill has a solid grasp on issues facing his district and the city as a whole. He has been an ally for the LGBTQ community on myriad issues. Voters in District 2 should elect him on June 2.

Source (https://www.ebar.com/story/165471/Opinion/Editorial/Editorial%3A%20Sherrill%2C%20Wong%20for%20SF%20supervisor)

My occupation is Appointed Member, Board of Supervisors.

Stephen Sherrill, District 2 Supervisor “Keep San Francisco moving forward. Vote for Stephen Sherrill.” - Mayor Daniel Lurie San Francisco is on the rise because we stopped making excuses and focused on results. I work every day to listen to our community, deliver the basics and help San Francisco achieve its full potential – safe streets, affordable homes, vibrant businesses, family-friendly neighborhoods, good jobs and great schools for all. As Supervisor, my focus is public safety and our neighborhoods’ everyday needs. Here’s what we’ve delivered: • Added police foot patrols to reduce crime • Strengthened 911 response to drugs near schools • Stopped cuts to police, fire, street cleaning • Launched SF’s Safe Gun Storage Initiative • Defended Planned Parenthood against extremist threats • Championed housing solutions to improve affordability • Opposed the Safeway Skyscraper in Marina • Lowered start-up costs for new shops on Fillmore, Union • Wrote the law to fill vacant storefronts faster on Van Ness As a father raising kids here and past Director of the Mayor’s Office of Innovation, I know what we need from City Hall. It’s not bickering or looking backwards – it’s focus and follow-through to make San Francisco the #1 place for families and businesses to start, stay and build a future. Endorsements: • Mayor Daniel Lurie • Sierra Club • NorCal Carpenters Union • Regan Caponi, President, Union Street Association* *Title for identification purposes only And more at VoteStephenSherrill.com!

Stephen Sherrill is a public servant, parent, and current District 2 Supervisor. He’s running to continue his work on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was appointed in 2024 to fill a vacancy on the Board, and we look forward to seeing him elected to the position on June 2nd.

Sherrill worked in the New York City Mayor’s Office, where he was involved in a program expansion for recycling, composting and sustainability. In San Francisco, he has served as SF’s Director of the Office of Innovation, where he focused on improving how city services work. 

Stephen has a solid understanding of what San Francisco has done, and where it needs to go to lower emissions and move toward an equitable transition to net-zero. 

We feel he keeps his eye on what is important: engaging political will, finding creative solutions, and making good on our promises to meet critical climate goals, even as we balance the many conflicting needs in the city. He supports leveraging state and federal funds and using creative funding models to support low-income and lower-income residents in the growing transition off of fossil fuels.

He strongly supports protecting Muni, including through the SF parcel tax and the Bay Area regional transit sales tax on the November ballot, stressing that the cuts to Muni would be catastrophic to working families and seniors. At the same time, he supports fiscal responsibility and accountability in SF transit. 

His vision includes decarbonizing energy use in our buildings, garage and street-side EV charging for better access, transit-oriented housing, and other common-sense climate and environmental justice solutions.

350 Bay Area Action is pleased to endorse Stephen for District 2.

Source (https://350bayareaaction.org/sf-board-of-supervisors-d2-stephen-sherrill)

VIG listing; Occupation: Appointed Member Board of Supervisors; endorsed by Mayor Daniel Lurie

Sup. Sherrill was appointed by London Breed on her way out as mayor. This is why he’s an above-average D2 Supervisor, contrasted against stealth Republican and corruption enjoyer Mark Farrell, mob lawyer nepo baby Michela Alioto-Pier, and a guy named Gavin Newsom. Sherrill’s opponent is a return to this proud tradition, a proud neighborhood busybody whose stated priority is to add red tape to city planning.

The San Francisco League of Conservation Voters (SFLCV) endorses Stephen Sherrill for supervisor in District 2.

His demonstrated work to bring housing, accessible transit, and environmental priorities to city governance— the topics in focus for this endorsement process— make him an excellent candidate for his district.

Sherrill supports transit-first improvements, such as increased frequency of high-ridership bus lines, bus-only lanes, signal priority and timing adjustments, and safer pedestrian infrastructure around transit. He also supports the November 2026 Stronger Muni for All and Connect Bay Area transit funding measures and has identified the need for additional long-term transit funding sources.

The SFLCV considers dense urban housing an urgent climate priority for San Francisco. Sherrill has demonstrated alignment with our position on this topic via his support of the Family Zoning Plan and his co-sponsorship of an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) to facilitate 1,200 new housing units in development at 3333 and 3700 California Street. He has also expressed support for additional housing projects across the city, including sites at 1035 Van Ness, 3400 Laguna, and 750 Golden Gate Avenue.

However, Sherrill opposes a 25-story apartment complex proposed at the Marina Safeway site, citing that the project doesn’t fit the scale of the neighborhood. SFLCV does not align with this stance because large, dense housing projects are necessary to meet San Francisco’s pressing housing needs. We urge Sherrill to reconsider his position and work to support this project to generate substantial new housing for District 2.

On the issue of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) misguided approach to water consumption of the Tuolumne River, Sherrill stated his concern that the agency’s projections have "consistently overestimated future need, and the gap has real consequences for ratepayer affordability and river health. I support greater investment in water recycling, conservation, and alternative supply, and I believe the SFPUC should update its demand modeling to reflect actual trends. We should not be planning infrastructure around inflated projections when smarter, more sustainable alternatives may exist.” The Board of Supervisors needs more members who are willing to hold SFPUC to account, and SFLCV appreciates Sherrill’s position on this topic.

By contrast, Sherrill’s opponent, Lori Brooke, claims that she opposes cutbacks in Muni service, but has declined to support the ballot measure to provide more funding to Muni. She has also not outlined a clear alternative plan to address Muni’s budget deficit without cutting service. Brooke opposed the Family Zoning Plan and has more broadly resisted zoning changes that would allow multifamily housing along major transit corridors.These positions are far from what our city and our environment need.

SFLCV encourages voters to support Stephen Sherrill for District 2 Supervisor.

Source (https://www.sflcv.org/blog/2026/4/28/june-2026-sflcv-endorses-stephen-sherrill-for-district-2-supervisor)