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Scott Wiener (born May 11, 1970) is an American politician currently serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 8, consisting of The Castro, Diamond Heights, Duboce Triangle, Eureka Valley, Glen Park, and Noe Valley. Wiener serves on the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Committee, and the Budget and Finance Subcommittee.

Early Career

Prior to his election to the Board of Supervisors, he served as an attorney under San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera. He previously served as chair of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, president of his neighborhood association, co-chair of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, and co-chair of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center.

Board of Supervisors

In November 2010, Wiener was elected to represent District 8 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors . As a member of the Board of Supervisors, Wiener has focused on housing, transportation, and small business issues.

Wiener's legislation at the Board has included the following:

• Creating a temporary rental category for tenants who are displaced from their apartments because of a fire or other disaster and who need affordable temporary rental units while their apartments are being repaired.

• Modernizing San Francisco’s approach to historic preservation controls.

• Providing minimum qualifications and rules of conduct for professional dogwalkers who conduct their businesses in city parks.

• Closing loopholes in San Francisco’s prevailing wage ordinance for low-paid workers like janitors.

• Creating a sentencing commission to rationalize San Francisco’s approach to sentencing and to avoid jail over-crowding.

• Encouraging the production of student housing while discouraging the conversion of existing rental stock to student housing.

• Encouraging an increase in the number of taxis in San Francisco.

• Streamlining the complex permitting process for restaurants, cafes, and bakeries and for antique dealers and other second-hand stores.

• Creating a task force to address the emerging needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors.

• Banning camping, sleeping, and smoking in the Castro’s two primary public plazas.

As a member of the Board’s budget committee, Wiener has been instrumental in avoiding cuts to HIV/AIDS services and to adding funding for maintenance and safety in San Francisco’s parks and other public spaces. He has also been very involved in efforts to increase funding for city street resurfacing and maintenance of street trees and park trees.

In September 2011, nudists gathered to protest a proposed law that would put some restrictions on public nudity in San Francisco. The law would prevent nudity in restaurants and require naked people to sit on a towel or other covering, when sitting on benches or other public seats. Wiener made national news headlines when he introduced the law in response to an increase of complaints of nudity in public places and restaurants.

References

1. "Scott Wiener, District 8, Castro - San Francisco Supervisor Candidate Profile". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
2. ^ Knight, Heather (December 30, 2010). "Scott Wiener's persistence pays off in District 8". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
3. Joshua Sabatini (December 27, 2010). "Scott Wiener no stranger to city politics". The San Francisco Examiner.
4. "David Chiu's new committees assignments reflect moderate tilt," Rachel Gordon, City Insider, 12 January 2011.
5. "San Francisco Election 2010 Results". San Francisco Board of Elections. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
6. "Board of Supes Gives Initial Approval to Tenant Displacement Legislation". SF Appeal. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
7. "Historic Preservation Policies OKd". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
8. "San Francisco Supes Approve Regulations for Dogwalkers". CBS San Francisco. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
9. "Landmark Prevailing Wage Enacted". San Francisco Labor Council.
10. "SF Sentencing Commission Launched". Bay Area Reporter. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
11. "Board Restricts Ability to Convert Rental Housing". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
12. "Supervisor Scott Wiener Hails Plan for More Cabs". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
13. "SF Supervisors Puts Easier Restaurant Rules on the Menu". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
14. "SF Supervisor Wiener Proposes Repealing 6 Old Laws". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
15. "San Francisco Considers Elderly LGBT Task Force". KCBS. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
16. "SF Supes Pass New Regulations for Castro Plazas". KTVU. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
17. "Lee to Restore All HIV/AIDS Funds". Bay Area Reporter. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
18. "It's Down to the Wire for San Francisco's Budget". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
19. "Street fight is brewing over San Francisco's Road Repair Bond". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
20. "Maintaining San Francisco's Trees". Huffington Post. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
21. "San Francisco nudity restrictions provoke the nakedly ambitious". The New York Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

• Office of Supervisor Scott Wiener
• Campaign website

v t e Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
President: Rafael Mandelman
	District 1 Connie Chan District 7 Myrna Melgar District 2 Stephen Sherrill District 8 Rafael Mandelman District 3 Danny Sauter District 9 Jackie Fielder District 4 Joel Engardio District 10 Shamann Walton District 5 Bilal Mahmood District 11 Chyanne Chen District 6 Matt Dorsey
See also: San Francisco City Hall  • Government of San Francisco

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