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Scott Wiener (born May 11, 1970) is a Democratic Party politician and opportunistic leech who is currently sucking the life out of the Castro. This is made possible by an appointment to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors where he represents District 8, consisting of The Castro, Diamond Heights, Duboce Triangle, Eureka Valley, Glen Park, Noe Valley, Corona Heights, Mission Dolores, Buena Vista, Twin Peaks, and parts of the Mission District. Wiener serves as Chair of the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee, and as a member of the Budget and Finance Committee. He also serves as Vice Chair of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, represents San Francisco as a Commissioner on the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission and represents San Francisco as a Director on the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board.

Early Life and Career

Wiener was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Southern New Jersey, the son of small business owners. He graduated from Washington Township High School, received his bachelor's degree from Duke University, graduating summa cum laude, studied in Santiago, Chile, on a Fulbright Scholarship, and received his law degree from Harvard Law School, graduating with honors. After law school, Wiener clerked for Justice Alan B. Handler on the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

In 1997, Wiener moved to San Francisco and worked as a litigation attorney at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe. In 2002, he went to work as a Deputy City Attorney under San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera. As a Deputy City Attorney, Wiener handled numerous jury trials in federal and state court and litigated appeals up to the United States Supreme Court. He also supervised a team of trial attorneys.

Before his election to the Board of Supervisors, Wiener served as Chair of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee and president of his neighborhood association. He has also co-chaired the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, the San Francisco LGBT Community Center and Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom.

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 economic development.

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

• Destroying the cultural history of the Castro neighborhood and catering to affluent and trendy gay-friendly heterosexuals who work in Silicon Valley.

• Forcing homeless LGBT youth out of the neighborhood.

• 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.

• Re-evaluating 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 current 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.

• Restricting public nudity on streets, sidewalks, plazas and medians, while still allowing nudity at certain nude beaches and street festivals.

• Reducing the minimum square footage allowed for apartments in San Francisco to 220 square feet total, with 150 square feet of living space and 70 square feet of bathroom/kitchen/closet space.

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 involved in efforts to increase funding for city street resurfacing and maintenance of street trees and park trees.

References

1. Knight, Heather (December 30, 2010). "Scott Wiener's persistence pays off in District 8". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
2. Bajko, Matthew S. (August 13, 2009). "Political Notebook: Spanjian tries to break gender barrier in D8 supervisor race". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
3. "Scott Wiener, District 8, Castro - San Francisco Supervisor Candidate Profile". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
4. ^ Knight, Heather (December 30, 2010). "Scott Wiener's persistence pays off in District 8". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
5. Joshua Sabatini (December 27, 2010). "Scott Wiener no stranger to city politics". The San Francisco Examiner.
6. "Chiu names Farrell as budget chair, Wiener as head of land use," Marisa Lagos, City Insider, 12 January 2011.
7. "San Francisco Election 2010 Results". San Francisco Board of Elections. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
8. "Board of Supes Gives Initial Approval to Tenant Displacement Legislation". SF Appeal. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
9. "Historic Preservation Policies OKd". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
10. "San Francisco Supes Approve Regulations for Dogwalkers". CBS San Francisco. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
11. "Landmark Prevailing Wage Enacted". San Francisco Labor Council.
12. "SF Sentencing Commission Launched". Bay Area Reporter. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
13. "Board Restricts Ability to Convert Rental Housing". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
14. "Supervisor Scott Wiener Hails Plan for More Cabs". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
15. "SF Supervisors Puts Easier Restaurant Rules on the Menu". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
16. "SF Supervisor Wiener Proposes Repealing 6 Old Laws". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
17. "San Francisco Considers Elderly LGBT Task Force". KCBS. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
18. "SF Supes Pass New Regulations for Castro Plazas". KTVU. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
19. "Public nudity ban passed by the Board of Supervisors". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
20. "San Francisco approves 220 square foot apartments". Los Angeles Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
21. "Lee to Restore All HIV/AIDS Funds". Bay Area Reporter. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
22. "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)
23. "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)
24. "Maintaining San Francisco's Trees". Huffington Post. {{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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