Jake McGoldrick is an English teacher and former member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the board of supervisors, legislative body within the government of San Francisco, government of the San Francisco, City and County of San Francisco in the U.S. state of California.
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representing
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, which includes the
Richmond District neighborhood McGoldrick was elected in 2000 as part of the
progressive majority of candidates that were swept into office that year.
Early life
A native of
Philadelphia
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, McGoldrick lived in
San Francisco
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for more than thirty years, much of that time in the
Richmond District.
He graduated with BA in American Studies and MA in English from
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...
. He has taught ESL at
University of San Francisco
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since 1990.
Career
McGoldrick was also a representative for San Francisco County in the
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
The Bay Area Air District (BAAD), formerly Bay Area Air Quality Management District or BAAQMD, is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda County, ...
Board of Directors.
McGoldrick was sworn in as the District 1 Supervisor on January 8, 2001. He was re-elected to a second term in November 2004.
In 2007, local businessman David Heller, who had failed in his own run for the Board of Supervisors, announced his intention to collect signatures to recall McGoldrick. Business interests who wanted to recall McGoldrick failed to gather enough signatures to put it on the November ballot – falling about 1,000 signatures short. Proponents of this effort, which include the local Republican Party, tried and again failed to put the recall on the February 2008 ballot.
As supervisor, he was succeeded by
San Francisco Board of Education
The San Francisco Board of Education is the school board for the San Francisco, City and County of San Francisco. It is composed of seven Commissioners, elected by voters across the city to serve 4-year terms. It is subject to local, and state ...
Commissioner
Eric Mar
Eric Lee Mar (born August 15, 1962) is an American politician. He served on the San Francisco Board of Education and San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee. In 2008, he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represe ...
.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of San Francisco faculty
San Francisco Board of Supervisors members
Place of birth missing (living people)
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