Jake McGoldrick

Jake McGoldrick is an English teacher and former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 1, 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.

Jake McGoldrick
McGoldrick at a rally for single-payer healthcare, August 8, 2008
Member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
from District 1
In office
January 8, 2001 – January 8, 2009
Preceded bydistrict created
Succeeded byEric Mar
Personal details
BornPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceSan Francisco, California
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionESL teacher

Early life

A native of Philadelphia, McGoldrick lived in San Francisco for more than thirty years, much of that time in the Richmond District.[1]

He graduated with BA in American Studies and MA in English from San Francisco State University. He has taught ESL at University of San Francisco since 1990.[2]

Career

McGoldrick was also a representative for San Francisco County in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board of Directors.[3]

McGoldrick was sworn in as the District 1 Supervisor on January 8, 2001.[4][5] 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.[6]

As supervisor, he was succeeded by San Francisco Board of Education Commissioner Eric Mar.[7]

References
  1. "Former Supervisor Jake McGoldrick - District 1 | Board of Supervisors". sfbos.org. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. Djokic, Damon (2015-06-29). "Jake McGoldrick". University of San Francisco. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  3. "Town of Los Altos Hills". losaltoshills.
  4. Epstein, Edward (2001-01-31). "Just Plain Jake / The Richmond's supervisor is rooted to family". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  5. "Inauguration | Board of Supervisors". sfbos.org. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  6. Hogarth, Paul (June 26, 2007). "Failure of McGoldrick Recall to Qualify Should Give Proponents Pause". Beyond Chron. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  7. "Election Summary - November 4, 2008". SF Department of Elections. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.


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