San Francisco Identities

I am a third generation Japanese-American who was born in an American concentration camp

I am a recovering slave

I am a licensed fortune teller in the City and County of San Francisco

I am a sponge

I am a holder of 36 orders of determination for violation of the Sunshine Ordinance

I am a healer, legal secretary, and member of the Access of Love

I am a resident of the Marina and a part of an endangered species

I am an expert in stereotypes

I am a deaf-blind senior citizen who worked in San Francisco for 25 years

I am a Tenderloin historian and director of walking tours

I am an involuntary psychiatric outpatient in San Francisco

As a writer and performer of 11 solo plays

I am a 28-year-old veteran and one of the first eleven black officers

I am a former inmate of the San Francisco jail and former client of adult probation

I am a product of being homeless for 15 years

I am a deaf, able-bodied individual who uses a bike in San Francisco

I am a native from San Francisco who spent teen years between hospitals and locked psychiatric facilities

As a young formerly homeless low-income trans woman who lives in the Tenderloin

I am a Tenderloin activist

As a burlesque historian

I am a prophet sent from Jesus Christ

As a former homeless gay teenager kicked out of home at 15 for being gay

As an ex-member of the Black Panthers

I am a formerly incarcerated person who spent 13 years in federal prison

As a survivor of a pedestrian crash

I am a person who has copious substance use disorder and survived on the streets for over a decade

I am a pier navigator

As a person who was at the forefront of San Francisco's gay rights movement

I am a huge fan of electronic dance music events as a form of my spirituality

I am a classical composer writing a piece on the Nuremberg Trial

I am an owner and operator of small quick-service Vietnamese restaurant

As someone who misses Devan

I am a political refugee from Gaza City, Palestine

As an LGBTQ+ veteran who served 10 years under Don't Ask, Don't Tell

As a disabled woman veteran and the first African American commander of the American Legion

I am a trailblazer, a 29-year supervisor with AIDS, and a Vietnam veteran

As a person raised in a family of antitrust attorneys

I am a Segway tour guide

I am a recent exile from the world of work

I am a pedicab operator

I am a domestic violence advocate at Community United Against Violence

As a veteran of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force

As a chief investigator for this city

As a former co-chair for high speed rail

As a master gardener and urban farmer

As an incoming freshman at UCLA, avid political science intellectualist, and raver

As a Black and Indigenous queer disabled youth born and raised in the Castro

As a unique uniting figure in the Chinese community worldwide

I am a researcher for colon and breast cancer

As a historic preservation officer

As a resident of Bayview-Hunters Point, the first African American to buy a home in Bayview-Hunters Point, and a homeowner

I am an organizer for a nonprofit housing in the Tenderloin and I live in nonprofit housing

I am an orientation and mobility specialist for the blind

As a parent who lost a child to a drive-by shooting

As a disabled client and a resident in the shelter system

As a judge in behavioral health court

As a Mexican indigenous transgender woman in the Tenderloin

As a mother whose child was killed at 18

As a person who spent 11 years as a public defender defending people of color and queer people

I am a member of the San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee and a bicycle safety educator

I am a member of the Chinese Press Association living in District 11

As a Tenderloin parent whose kids are friends with people experiencing homelessness

I am a former ethics commissioner from long ago

I am a fiber artisan

I am a ground zero soldier

As an organizer, social worker, big sister, city employee, and colonization survivor

As a medallion holder with health issues

I am a Native American of Yosemite where San Francisco gets their water

I am a conservative, Republican, pro-life, moderate social worker

As a representative of the First People

As a researcher focused on the population of older adults with HIV

As a fourth-generation San Franciscan and someone who has been stopped, detained, and arrested numerous times for pretextual stops

I am a founding member of the Friends of 1800, a gay preservation association

I am a 13-year member of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club

As a sex worker

As a blind person with a guide dog who is also hard of hearing

I am a supportive housing provider in San Francisco for folks on probation

As a member of a community that faces genocide

As an immigrant family that started with zero in the 1980s

I am a union bargaining chip

I am a doctor, an obstetrician-gynecologist, and a provider of specialty services to women at the county jail

I am a survivor of San Francisco traffic violence

I am a physician who oversees health policy for people experiencing homelessness

I am a historian, a 32-year survivor of AIDS, and a Vietnam War veteran

I am an attorney and an immigrant rights commissioner in the City and County of San Francisco

I am a 17-year zoo board member

As a Palestinian with many family members in Gaza

I am a San Francisco resident, formerly homeless

As an OB/GYN who cares for women and also provides abortions

I am a resident of District 8, co-chair of homeless emergency service providers, and policy director at Compass Services

I am a fire commissioner in San Francisco

As an attorney in San Francisco at a time when there were few Black attorneys

I am an illegal immigrant from the Republic of Congo

I am a little bit of a vampire

As a Tenderloin native

As a woman who drives a train

I am a product of the juvenile justice center

I am a diasbled LGBTQ veteran with a 15-year record of active duty

As a trial attorney, counselor, and police commissioner

I am a prisoner in my own home

As an educator with experience working with men and women in jails

As a transgender person of color and leader in the LGBTQ community

As an individual who collects and repairs bikes

As a former director of the African-American Art and Cultural Complex

As a mother whose child was murdered in the Western Addition, which remains unsolved

I am a mom of four, a USAF member, and a 17-year veteran special education paraprofessional

As a current employee of the school district with an extensive history of supporting young people in the justice system

I am a product of 1966 when America had the first Black and white kids to go to Head Start

I am an African-American who migrated from the Ivory Coast in my early twenties to San Francisco

As a former redevelopment agency commissioner

I am a juvenile justice attorney, policy advocate, and survivor of the juvenile justice system

As a drug user for most of my life

I am a retired Army flag officer and member of three major yacht clubs

I am a Chinatown artist

As a mother of multiracial children raised by civil rights activists

I am a sixth generation San Franciscan who lives in District 3 and works in healthcare

I am an intersex person with XX chromosomes, female reproductive organs, and abnormal genitalia

I am a Chinatown community planner

I am a commercial and recreational salmon fisherman

As an art space facilitator and resident

I am an electrically sensitive person

As a parks control officer

As a wildlife rehab director

As a Director of Environmental Justice Advocacy

I am a performer on the Port of San Francisco

As a transgender immigrant

As a community member who has done time

As a member of the board of directors for an international NGO working to improve sexual and reproductive health for men and women

I am a proud founding member of the San Francisco African-American Arts and Culture District

I am a native San Franciscan involved in cannabis since 2005

I am a legend and an icon

As a young man traveling by train with my sister in Northern Ireland

I am a spoken word artist, father, son, teacher, student, and person who loves grilled cheese sandwiches

I am a survivor of addiction that lasted over 20-plus years that included crime, violence, destruction to my family and community, homelessness, and most of all, state and county incarcerations

I am a fifth-generation San Franciscan born and raised in the Sunset

I am a social equity operator on Mission Street

As an appointed member of the Western SoMa Citizen Task Force

I am a youth who was homeless last year after exiting a domestically abusive relationship

I am a full-time performing recording artist who has been blessed to live here in the Bay

I am a fire safety fundamentalist

I am a policy advocate with the public defender's office and a member of the livestock coalition

I am a 35-year resident of Bayview-Hunters Point and a member of the 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations

I am a United States disabled Navy veteran, Desert Storm veteran, and combat service medal recipient

As a BIPOC, LGBTQ person with disabilities

I am a co-founder of United Taxi Cab Workers and a former law practitioner

I am a cadet of the Vision Zero Hero movement

As a man who has worked in the industry for 17 years

I am a practicing and active Christian Scientist

I am an international columnist and illustrator

As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism

As an immigrant who came here 32 years ago undocumented

As a mother of three boys and fire chief

As a parent of a person currently in custody in San Francisco County Jail

As a woman of indigenous heritage and the supervisor of a district that has been the beating heart of the African-American community

I am a retired violinist after 35 years performing with the San Francisco Opera

I am a long-term resident of the Tenderloin and manager of the Tenderloin Benefit District safety program

As a birth holder

As a lover of California's role of modernism in the country

As a cyclist, a member of the underground task force, and a leader in San Francisco

I am a long-term survivor diagnosed in 1986

I am a trans woman and an undergraduate doing work in trans academia

I am a supporter of nudity

As an HIV positive gay man

I am a member of the San Francisco Coalition of Underground Utilities

I am a partner of the Mission Cannabis Club

I am a parent to three children and a specialist with Chinese affirmative action

As a deportation defense attorney

As a 40-year resident of San Francisco, an owner of a city landmark, and one who has been actively helping to preserve our city's historic resources

As a person who wanted to provide care for queer and transgender folks

I am an anomaly

I am a victim of gang violence on the street

I am a District 9 Mission resident, executive board member, and member of the Harvey Milk Club

I am a non-binary, trans, queer, white person and a fourth-generation San Franciscan born and raised in the Bay Area

I am a member of the San Francisco Police Department for 33 years

I am an immigrant from Brazil and have been undocumented for almost 20 years

As a gang expert

As a member of the National Guard who served off the coast of San Francisco

I am a lieutenant currently assigned to the homicide detail for SFPD

I am a mother who has lost a child to homicide

As a Chinatown activist

I am a mother who lost her child to homicide

I am an organic mushroom farmer

As a verified equity applicant

As a Buddhist chaplain

I am a board member of the Japantown Task Force and a staff attorney at Asian Pacific Islander Outreach assisting small businesses in the Asian American community

As a longtime planner and historic preservation commissioner

As a legacy merchant owner

As an ex-convict

As a certified fraud examiner

I am a 53-year-old woman who has never driven a car

As a gay supervisor who also represents the LGBTQ+ district

I am a medical herbalist

As a court reporter and carpenter

I am an attorney at the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies

I am a formerly homeless transgender woman

As a Harvard-trained historian

I am an architectural historian

I am a former prison inmate, former drug addict, and former homeless person

I am an MIT-trained city planner

I am a specialist in conflict theory and how it interrelates with earth science

As a former commissioner on the Board of Appeals and Planning Commission under three mayors for 15 years

I am a university-trained cultural anthropologist

I am a queer Jewish Palestinian

As a recipient of a very large settlement from the City of San Francisco

I am a member of the coalition for naming Chinatown subway station as Chinatown subway station only

As a grandfather, former President of the San Francisco Board, and a policy maker who has made the well-being of children and families a priority for over 40 years

As a student constantly glancing over my shoulder and wondering if my phone has been tapped

I am a formerly homeless individual

I am a senior who discovered a deceased senior citizen last month

I am a rising junior at San Francisco University High School and the co-founder of Dream Ukraine

I am a resident from D3 who lives in an SRO

I am a principal transportation planner and project manager for the 4th Street Bridge transit lanes

As an original member of the Mission Rebels who fought street violence

As a nurse and attorney

As a leader of the disability rights movement

I am an injured soldier and Air Force veteran of three airplane crashes

As a former write-in mayoral candidate

I am a patient having survived an aggressive skin cancer

As a delivery service operator and a person that is on the nonconforming list

I am a former police commissioner

As a healer

I am an architect and the design lead for the Cargo 66 building out at SFO

I am a recreation director that got a pink slip

I am a former undocumented immigrant from Honduras who had to leave my homeland for a better life here in the US

I am a 911 dispatcher

I am a film representative from Dianne Feinstein's office

As a low-income transgender gay man

As a brother who lost two brothers to gun violence

As a forensic psychiatrist and research psychiatrist

I am an industrial hygienist

As a trans person with Swiss-German ancestry

As a homeless convicted felon

As a former California Schoolmaster Award winner

I am a Vietnam combat veteran

As a small business commissioner

I am a cannabis professional, educator, and consultant in the industry

As a board member, international speaker, and lived experience advocate

I am a family caseworker in SoMa and a resident of the Tenderloin

I am a member of the Tenderloin Pedestrian Safety Task Force

I am a resident homeowner in District 5, a retired UCSF research scientist, and a widow

I am a musician who moved from a tent to an RV

I am a great-great-granddaughter of Bridget Biddy Mason

I am an infection epidemiologist and a resident of San Francisco

I am a rape survivor

I am a formerly incarcerated African American mother of two

I am a refugee from the Soviet Union

As a former homeless person

As a former redevelopment agency commissioner

I am a victim of a real estate fraud

As a discrimination and trial attorney who has defended against hate

I am a screaming queen, a legend, an icon, a diva, and a fantastic woman

As a former staffer to Vice President Al Gore and one of his domestic policy staff

As a ratepayer and former President of the Fisherman's Wharf Merchant Association

I am a gay historian of sorts

I am a private investigator from Santa Rosa, California

As an international policy student, lawyer, and Fulbright scholar

As a San Francisco native who lived through the trauma of displacement

I am a family care doctor in San Francisco who cares for many people experiencing homelessness

I am a 31-year-old queer event organizer in San Francisco

As a Black Native woman in San Francisco who grew up in Bayview-Hunters Point

As a future cannabis business owner

I am a member of the San Francisco Public Defender for Racial Justice Committee

I am a World War II veteran

I am a foreclosed homeowner

I am a tennis-aholic

I am a 69-year-old rider who rides five days a week

I am an eighth generation San Franciscan

I am a hoarder

I am a former co-chair of the San Francisco Socialist Committee

I am an adjunct professor of election law at Golden Gate University

I am a fifth generation San Franciscan

I am a full-time caretaker to a recently diagnosed sibling

I am a licensed cannabis distributor in San Francisco

I am a behavioral health commissioner for public health

As a planner of some 40 years and many more than 40 urban waterfront projects

As an informational conduit for the people who live in the area

As a former director of police community relations

I am a clinical social worker working with adolescents and with abusive and neglectful parents

I am a Mexican, Apache, and Puerto Rican with indigenous blood in my DNA

I am an AIDS activist

As a master of the Japanese garden

I am a feed reviewer and multimedia manager

I am a prisoner of the administrative code

I am a retired high school science teacher and an urban beekeeper

As a social epidemiologist

As a Postmaster of San Francisco

I am an owner and operator of San Francisco Eagle Bar

As a member of the community during the beginning of the AIDS epidemic

I am an inventor of a web post office

As a fraud examiner

As an owner and operator of multiple venues in the city

I am a cannabis retailer in San Francisco

I am a gang member

As an architect and equity-driven preservation artist

I am a part of the Social Justice Academy and someone with lived experience with drug use and homelessness

As an author of the legislation that requires tour bus drivers to be accompanied by a tour guide

As a descendant of slaves, slavers, and misplaced indigenous people

I am a director with a national organization that challenges the idea of imprisonment, surveillance, and control

I am a wind project developer of 35 years

As a witness to the October 17 raid

As an emigrant survivor

I am a baby resident

As a California Indian

I am a person with experience in incarceration

As a medallion buyer

As an undocumented resident from Guatemala at age 14

As a supervisor for District 8 and the only supervisor representing the queer community

As a mobile food consultant

As an attending physician in emergency services and a consultant

I am a 35-year survivor of HIV

I am a victim of gang stalking

As a Black officer

As a formerly homeless person

I am a maternal child adolescent health advocate, labor and delivery nurse for San Francisco General Hospital

I am an ADA accessibility consultant and an attorney specializing in the ADA as an access specialist

I am a parent of someone who is incarcerated inside San Francisco County Jail and a grandmother

As an author of San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance

As a teenager who fostered a baby raccoon for a year

As a gay man who lives in the Deep South and an HIV advocate

As a former juvenile probation commissioner

As an eco-socialist

As someone who represents appellants and DR requestors

I am a plant ecologist

As a pretrial services professional

As a sea captain

As an investigative producer with decades of experience from Manhattan

I am a food guardian

I am a longtime permit consultant, entertainment and nightlife advocate

As a former San Francisco Planning Commissioner

As a long-time investigator of police misconduct

I am a sixth generation Chinese-American

As a plainclothes officer, field training officer, and hostage negotiator

As an ethics commissioner

As a federal policeman and a city policeman

As a consultant to the Pentagon and the Defense Department

I am a resident of Telegraph Hill and a documentary filmmaker

I am an epidemiologist

As an art lawyer

I am a pest control advisor, a licensed structural pest control operator, and a qualified applicator

As a formerly incarcerated youth

As a person that has an unblinking eye on discriminatory practices

I am an adult franchise owner in San Francisco

As a young brown person in recovery and a drag queen

As an entertainment commissioner

I am an ex-convict who, if they knew of my past in Los Angeles, they'd probably stop me from driving a cab

As a person who is in charge of cultural affairs for San Francisco

As a prisoner

As a science respecting holistic Black midwife who catches Black, Brown, and Indigenous babies

As a child of a Holocaust survivor

I am an urban environmentalist who works in current policy

I am a trapeze artist

I am a product of witnessing abuse in my household

I am a homeless resident of District 6 in the Tenderloin

I am a seventh-grade teacher in the district and a member of the tribe in Northern California

I am a 65-year-old transsexual woman

I am a combat Vietnam veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and 100% disabled

I am a principal at an acoustical and air quality firm

As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism

I am a 20-year citizen of San Francisco and a veteran of the First Gulf War

As a 27-year-old trans person who financially supports a disabled relative

As a director of lyric-based initiatives

I am a child of two generations of refugees, Palestinian and Syrian immigrants

As a disabled man who pulled himself out of the gutter of over 25 years of chronic homelessness

I am a displaced former artist from the Redlick Building where I had a studio for over 11 years

As a former commissioner for both building inspection and the planning department

As a guide dog user

I am a survivor of domestic violence with safe housing alternatives for my children

As a disabled trans woman at the age of 37

I am a long-term cat rescuer

As a Japanese American whose parents were displaced by concentration camps and redevelopment

I am a transit activist

I am a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

I am a person that came up positive for uranium and plutonium exposure

I am a teacher at the public school in juvenile hall

I am a licensed attorney and member of the executive committee of the immigrant rights commission

I am a resident and organizer of the coalition of homelessness

As a baby boomer with traumatic brain injuries

As a former housing provider and somebody who works with chronically homeless youth

I am an institutional police officer

I am a Japanese Peruvian

I am a trolley bus operator

As a migrant, undocumented community leader who works with a network of nearly 200 community members

I am a San Francisco resident living with a constellation of health issues that includes hoarding behaviors

As a community volunteer and person with a quintuple diagnosis

As a Black woman raised by a Black mother with a father from El Salvador

As a son of Afghan refugees who fled war and violence when the communist Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan

As a mother who has been on a battlefield for the last 9 years

I am a recovering bureaucrat

I am a Korean War veteran

As a volunteer and crisis hotline attendant

I am a social worker by training and a politician by accident

I am a former prosecutor and public safety adviser to Kamala Harris

As a child of Chinese refugees born in San Francisco

I am a longtime advocate working over 22 years with nonprofits and a re-entry services program manager

As a director of my own dance company

I am a current Amazon worker and a field organizer for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

As a trauma and acute care surgeon at San Francisco General Hospital

I am a medallion holder

I am a Chinese American who is a settler on this land

I am a single mom of a 15-year-old intersex child

As a longtime Mission resident and the mother of a Black son who was a victim of police brutality in 2015

As a survivor of sexual abuse in childhood

I am a descendant of genocide survivors, enslaved Africans, and my father

As an immigrant fully bilingual in Cantonese and Mandarin

As a longtime resident of San Francisco and an integral member of our nation's war on terrorism

As a single parent raising seven children

I am an occupier of Ohlone territory

As a champion for parklets

I am a proud immigrant trans woman of color living with HIV

As a DeSoto driver of many years and a medallion holder

As a former officer of the Federal Executive Board's Disabled Opportunity Council

As a director of environmental justice advocacy

I am a dispensary owner, almost

As a former inmate who served time in county jail and state prison

I am a freelancer, writer, and lawyer

I am a blind woman

As a color scheme holder of a green cab

As a former homeless youth in San Francisco in the 2000s

I am a green roof professional

I am a 67-year-old disabled gay senior who has lived in San Francisco for close to 30 years

I am a San Francisco native who was homeless for six years on the streets of the city I grew up in

As a director of environmental justice advocacy

As a queer person who got married in San Francisco City Hall

I am an active resident on Treasure Island

As a director of the first ever Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies

As a San Francisco resident, citizen of the United States, and environmental scientist with a Master's in global systems

I am a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence and organizer of major events

I am a foster parent of 30 years who deals with children with autism and mental disabilities, and a community activist of 42 years

I am a former Historic Preservation Commission officer in San Jose

As a child of 13 living in a van

As a woman in the cannabis industry

I am an enrolled member of the Chippewa Indians

As an anti-oppressive psychotherapist and social worker

As a transportation engineer and licensed real estate agent with a decade of experience

I am a medallion holder

I am a cannabis educator and an activist

As a member of the public and former bicycle program manager in the City and County of San Francisco

I am a Palestinian-American community organizer, medical engineer and entrepreneur

I am a SEIU 1021 member and a radio announcer

I am a watchmaker

I am a long-time San Francisco resident currently fighting an eviction

I am a queer in District 9

As an Indigenous clinician practicing culturally sensitive practices to the community

As a former transitional youth

I am a member of the Page Street Community Garden and a survivor of a pedestrian collision

I am an architectural mill worker and general contractor, the last of my sort

I am an equity verified applicant in Bayview neighborhood

I am a third generation San Francisco native from Mississippi

I am a First Amendment lawyer specializing in government matters

I am a proud parent of a Lowell student and a refugee from the Soviet Union who faced real discrimination

As a 23-year Marine, resident, business owner, and preschool teacher

I am a retired 30-year ironworker from Local 377

As a member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

As an equal with the Chief of Police

As a tenants' rights organizer

I am a Cantonese translator

As a previous psychiatric emergency room nurse

As an operator of an airport

As a Black Muslim woman

I am a San Francisco ombudsman advocate working at Laguna Honda on the palliative care unit

I am a resident of San Francisco, an artist in the Tenderloin, and someone with a formerly incarcerated partner

I am an arts advocate and associate director of community events for Burning Man Project

As a large vessel operator

I am a gender nonconforming person

I am a proud Black queer member of the San Francisco Fire Department

As a nurse who was affected by tuberculosis

I am a six-year resident of Yerba Buena Island

As a former executive director for organizations that received millions of dollars from the City and County of San Francisco

I am a nonnative species

I am a native Chinese speaker whose second language is Spanish

As a National Youth of the Year

I am a member of the Chinese President Association

As a permit expediter

As a woman of Black trans experience

I am a former rent board commissioner of 17 years

I am an African-American male in the field of elementary school principals

I am a refugee from Ukraine

As a zero-emission task force participant

I am an Afghan immigrant

As a closeted queer

I am an applicant and formerly homeless parent with a child under the age of 18 living with me

As a proud zealot

I am an operator of the San Francisco Eagle bar

I am a filmmaker engaged by the Jazz Ambassadors

I am a senior move manager in San Francisco helping seniors downsize, move, and close out

As a former prosecutor and someone who worked on this case

As a program manager at San Francisco Bay Goodwill

As a consultant to our DA office for post-conviction immigration relief

I am a collaborative facilitator working to end violence in our communities and jails

I am a land use attorney

As a member of the Bed Bug Working Group

I am a person who goes to records that are really ancient with the planning department

I am a woman of many hats

I am a member of the Harvey Milk Club and Chairman of the Cannabis Caucus

As a gay immigrant who immigrated from Malaysia

As a 50-year-old adult child of a parent with hoarding disorder

As an architectural historian

As a DNA expert, prosecutor for 22 years, and the leader of an elite trial unit

I am an undocumented student

As a former Alaska fisherman who witnessed the ill effects of two diesel spills

I am a female truck driver with bipolar disorder