Emanuel "Manny" Yekutiel

Candidate for San Francisco County Supervisorial District 8

Manny Yekutiel opened Manny's in 2018. It is a cafe. It is also a civic event space. It is on Valencia Street. It has hosted several officials. One was then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Another was Vice President Kamala Harris. He previously served on a city board. The board oversees transportation. It is the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board. He co-founded the Civic Joy Fund. It supports 17 weekly neighborhood cleanups. It also supports community events across the city. Several people have endorsed him. One is Rafael Mandelman. He is the outgoing District 8 Supervisor. Another is former supervisor Bevan Dufty. Two more are former mayors Willie Brown and Art Agnos.

On affordability, Yekutiel wants to build 10,000 new housing units within eight years. He wants to do this through a special use district on Market Street. He wants to simplify how families navigate public school enrollment. He wants to establish universal childcare. He would fund it with existing tax revenue. On safety, he wants to close a police staffing shortage. He says it is more than 500 officers. He wants to combat street drug markets. He would use a combination of enforcement and expanded treatment. He wants to expand psychiatric capacity. This would help unhoused people with serious mental illness get into care. On neighborhood vitality, he wants to activate the district's 63 vacant storefronts. He would do this by streamlining zoning and building codes. He wants to redesign public plazas. These include Jane Warner Plaza, Harvey Milk Plaza, and the Church and Market intersection. He wants to organize community events too. These would bring neighbors together in person.

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