A Champion for San Francisco’s Working Families
Supervisor Stephen Sherrill has built one of the strongest labor endorsement coalitions of any District 2 supervisor in recent memory. His support spans construction trades, public safety unions, and transportation workers and is a reflection of his record prioritizing workers' livelihoods and the city services they deliver.
BACKGROUND
A career in public service
Before joining the Board of Supervisors, Sherrill spent his career working alongside government workers in the public sector. He served in the New York City Mayor's Office and later as San Francisco's Director of the Office of Innovation, where he focused on data-driven solutions for complex city challenges including sanitation, homelessness, and disaster response. He worked directly with the city employees and union members who deliver these services every day.
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THE RECORD
▸ Defended frontline DPW jobs by protecting funding for street cleaning and park maintenance.
▸ Championed full staffing across police, fire, and 911 dispatch.
▸ Voted to appoint three new pro-safety police commissioners.
▸ Expanded SFPD foot patrols in District 2.
Protecting city workers and services
HOUSING
Keeping San Franciscans in San Francisco.
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POLICY POSITION
A pro-housing record
▸ Endorsed by SF YIMBY, the city's leading pro-housing advocacy organization.
▸ Supported PermitSF reforms to reduce red tape and delays.
▸ Backed Van Ness Avenue reform to open the corridor to new construction.
▸ Co-sponsored sprinkler legislation protecting affordability for thousands of homeowners.
FEATURED LEGISLATION
The Clean Streets and Fair Pay Act
Standing with Laborers Local 261 and 400 DPW street cleaners against costly for-profit contracting.
What It Does
The Clean Streets and Fair Pay Act addresses a costly and counterproductive practice: the City of San Francisco has been contracting out street cleaning services to for-profit companies at rates dramatically higher than the cost of trained city workers. Supervisors and for-profit companies have been charging the city between $84 and $183 per hour simply to supervise street cleaners — rates that far exceed what city workers cost. The measure establishes a prevailing wage for all city street cleaning contracts, aligned with the wages and benefits already earned by the nearly 400 DPW workers represented by Laborers Local 261. It stops the city from paying these inflated supervision fees to for-profit contractors and redirects those millions of dollars toward hiring additional city street cleaners, expanding the union workforce and improving service quality across the city.
Why This Matters
The Clean Streets measure ties together Sherrill's core commitments: clean and safe neighborhoods, fiscal responsibility, and standing by the workers who deliver city services. By supporting the Laborers' legislation, Sherrill demonstrated that his clean streets agendais about ensuring that the men and women doing the work are paid fairly and have long-term union careers with the city. This is a defining issue for LiUNA! Local 261, which has endorsed Sherrill for re-election. This is a key vote of confidence from the very workers at the heart of San Francisco's street cleaning workforce.
Supervisor Sherrill spoke at the rally organized by Laborers Local 261 in support of the legislation, standing with a broad coalition that also included the San Francisco Labor Council, City Assessor Joaquin Torres, and legendary labor leader Dolores Huerta. His presence at the rally was a clear signal that he stands with the workers who keep San Francisco clean, and that he believes city tax dollars should go to union jobs rather than for-profit management overhead.