Jackie Fielder
Jackie Fielder | |
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| Member-elect of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 9th district | |
| Assuming office January 8, 2025 | |
| Succeeding | Hillary Ronen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1993 or 1994 (age 30–31)[1] Long Beach, California |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BA, MA) |
Jackie Fielder is an American politician and activist who was elected in 2024 to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 9, which includes the neighborhoods of the Mission District, Bernal Heights, and Portola.
Early life and education
[edit]Fielder was raised in Long Beach, California, and is of Indigenous and Mexican descent.[2][3][4] Her grandfather grew up on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation and her grandmother on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.[5] She was raised by a single mother in a working-class family, attending public schools.[4]
She graduated from Stanford University with a BA in public policy and an MA in sociology.[1]
Activism
[edit]Fielder is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[6]
Public banks
[edit]Fielder advocates for public banks. She advocated to pass California AB 857, which allowed local governments to create their own banks.[1] She co-founded the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, the first publicly-owned municipal bank in San Francisco.[6][7]
Dakota Access Pipeline
[edit]As an indigenous woman, Fielder felt moved to support the Standing Rock Protests.[8] She traveled to the Standing Rock Reservation, where she was inspired to do more.[3] She noted indigenous Seattle residents had advocated for the city to divest from the pipeline, which led her to consider what she could do.[2] She decided to try to do the same in San Francisco, which led to the public bank.[9][1]
Policing
[edit]While at Stanford, she joined the Black Lives Matter protests of 2014.[4] She also opposed the San Francisco Police Officers Association's use of force policy, and has criticized her political opponents for their support from police associations.[4][5]
Politics
[edit]In 2020, Fielder challenged State Senator Scott Wiener for his seat in the 11th district. She advanced to the general election in a top-two primary system along with Wiener, but lost to him in the general election.[10] At the time, some in local politics compared her to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.[1]
In 2024, Fielder ran for an open seat in the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in district 9, since Hillary Ronen was termed out. She won, beating more moderate candidate Trevor Chandler, with Fielder earning 59.67% of the votes compared to Chandler's 40.33% after ranked choice voting.[6][11]
Personal life
[edit]To pay bills, Fielder has been a server and bartender, as well as serving as a lecturer in ethnic studies at San Francisco State University.[1]
She self-identifies as queer.[4]
She has been homeless, relying on couch-surfing and sleeping in her car.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Mark, Julian (December 11, 2019). "In state senate hopeful Jackie Fielder, San Francisco progressives see their Ocasio-Cortez". Mission Local. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c Taft, Molly (December 24, 2019). "What It's Like to Run for Office Without a Permanent Address". Teen Vogue. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Firstenberg, Ian (November 2, 2023). "Indigenous organizer Jackie Fielder builds on grassroots support for District 9 campaign". El Tecolote. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Why I Ran for the First Time: Jackie Fielder". Shondaland. August 11, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b ""We Deserve to Not Only Survive, but to Thrive"". jacobin.com. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c Toledo, Aldo (November 8, 2024). "Will this new democratic socialist supervisor become the most progressive leader in S.F.?". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Sydney (September 8, 2023). "San Francisco Green-Lights Nation's First City-Run Public Bank | KQED". www.kqed.org. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ Stites, Catherine. "SF State lecturer Jackie Fielder runs for State senate". Golden Gate Xpress. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ "23-Year-Old Spearheads Indigenous Pipeline Fight - Brit + Co". www.brit.co. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ Kost, Alexei Koseff and Ryan (November 4, 2020). "Wiener wins second term in state Senate". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ Waldron, Kelly (November 16, 2024). "Election 2024: See results across San Francisco". Mission Local. Retrieved December 17, 2024.