Stephen Sherrill
Candidate for San Francisco County Supervisorial District 2
Stephen Sherrill earned a bachelor's degree in political science. It is from Yale University. After graduating, he worked as a staffer. He worked for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He later worked in private equity. He then became chief operating officer at Golden, a software firm. In 2022, he left Golden to join city government. He joined San Francisco's Mayor's Office of Innovation. That unit uses technology, design, and research to improve city government. He led that office from 2022 to 2024. Mayor London Breed appointed him to the Board of Supervisors in December 2024. He represents District 2. He succeeded Catherine Stefani in that seat. She had been elected to the State Assembly. He won the June 2 2026 special election to finish that term. He lives in Presidio Heights with his family. He serves on the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System board.
Positions in brief
Sherrill's platform centers on safe and clean streets. He also wants streamlined housing approvals. He wants to cut red tape for small businesses. He also wants to push city departments to track measurable results.
On public safety, Sherrill calls for fully staffing the police department. He wants to cut officers' desk-work load. He wants to use tools like license plate readers. He also wants speed cameras. He backs ambassador programs too. He backs community-safety programs as well. On housing, he backed Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning Plan. That plan creates space for roughly 36,000 new units. He supports simpler building approvals. But he has criticized some large projects. He says they ignore neighborhood input. One example is a planned 25-story tower. It is near a Marina Safeway. He has introduced bills cutting rules for small businesses. One bill lifts bans on formula retail. This applies to struggling shopping streets. Another creates entertainment zones. Another simplifies alcohol permits. He also helped the Clay Theatre reopen. He did this by removing old food-revenue rules. He frames affordability around four things. These are housing costs, school quality, transit reliability, and childcare access. He has pushed to expand childcare aid. He wants it to reach middle-class families. He also wants to loosen zoning rules. He wants this to stop rules from blocking daycares citywide. On government operations, he has pushed for performance dashboards. He also wants clearer accountability rules for city departments.
On the issues
- Public Safety & Policing
Supports full police department staffing, reducing officers' administrative burden, and deploying tools like license plate readers and speed cameras.
“safe and clean streets”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Backs streamlined building approvals and supported Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning Plan, while criticizing specific large developments he says would blindside neighborhoods.
“publicity stunt”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Has introduced legislation reducing regulatory barriers for small businesses, including easing formula-retail bans, alcohol permitting, and entertainment-zone rules.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Frames affordability as resting on housing costs, school quality, transit reliability, and childcare access together, and wants to expand childcare subsidies and loosen zoning rules blocking daycares.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Wants city departments to track measurable outcomes and be held to clearer accountability standards.
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