The race for San Francisco’s Supervisorial District 7 has four contenders, including incumbent Myrna Melgar, who will face business owner Matt Boschetto, San Francisco firefighter Stephen Martin-Pinto and thoracic surgeon Edward Yee.
District 7 extends south from the southeastern portion of Golden Gate Park and includes the Inner Sunset and Forest Hill neighborhoods, to Lake Merced and part of the Upper Great Highway.
The top fundraiser in the race is Boschetto, the managing partner of a family real estate business, Boschetto Family Partnership, LP, owner of an e-commerce flower shop in the city and a parking garage on Filbert Street.
Boschetto had raised more than $393,000 as of Thursday, including nearly $230,000 in public funding, according to campaign finance data.
He focused his message on public safety and opposed this election’s Proposition K, which would close the Upper Great Highway to private vehicles seven days a week, and which was authored by Melgar.
A political action committee he founded to defeat the proposal has raised more than $75,000, including a $50,000 donation from his father.
His campaign website lists his support for recalling former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and his support for making changes to Proposition 47 as examples of his stance on public safety.
Prop 47 was passed in 2014 and reclassified some thefts as felonies instead of felonies. This election’s Proposition 36 would reverse some of these changes and impose new penalties on repeat offenders of certain drug crimes and thefts.
He has been endorsed as the number one pick in the ranked choice election by the San Francisco Police Officers Association, state Treasurer Fiona Ma and the San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 union, a chapter of the AFL-CIO.
Boschetto lists his legislative priorities as accelerating the recruitment of police officers through bonuses and housing and school vouchers, and repurposing commercial corridors to allow for taller buildings and more density.
Melgar has been endorsed by San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. Melgar is close to Boschetto in fundraising, having raised about $326,000 as of Thursday, including about $200,000 in public funding. Melgar was elected to her first term in 2020 and cites her legislative achievements such as supporting affordable housing and funding police overtime.
She supported bills to create affordable housing projects in the district, including Balboa Reservoir, 250 Laguna Honda, Laguna Honda Senior Housing and Stonestown, according to her campaign website.
Martin-Pinto is a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and served in the U.S. Marine Corps for more than 20 years, according to his campaign website. He is a San Francisco firefighter and former president of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.
Martin-Pinto had raised more than $84,000 for his campaign as of Thursday, including $60,000 in public financing.
He lists the Republican Party of San Francisco, the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and the San Francisco Briones Society as supporters on his campaign website.
Martin-Pinto’s legislative priorities include closing drug markets that operate in public, requiring at least 25% of public supportive housing to live in sober living, and using technology to complement the police department, while also increasing police personnel are supported.
Yee did not request further details on his policy positions or legislative priorities. He received his medical degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Yee does not have a campaign website and did not participate in the League of Women Voters debate this summer. He also hasn’t disclosed any fundraising efforts, according to campaign finance records.
