Mike Trouble Lin
Candidate for San Francisco County Supervisorial District 10
Mike Trouble Lin is a self-employed resident of Potrero Hill who has lived in San Francisco's District 10 for 25 years. Divorced with two adult children, he is a registered independent aligned with the Forward Party. Lin has spoken publicly about living with bipolar disorder and has focused his community engagement on mental health awareness within Asian American communities and on supporting small businesses in the neighborhood.
Positions in brief
Lin's platform focuses on small-business support, mental health awareness, and neighborhood quality-of-life proposals such as tiny homes and more efficient transportation.
He has proposed building tiny homes in the district, using artificial intelligence to improve transportation efficiency, and partnering with rideshare companies to give low-income residents transportation credits. He has also proposed creating an arts district with murals to help revitalize local commercial corridors.
On the issues
- Health & Health Care
Wants to highlight and address mental health issues, particularly within Asian American communities, drawing on his own experience with bipolar disorder and involuntary psychiatric hospitalization.
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to promote small businesses in the district and proposes creating an arts district with murals as an economic-development idea.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports building tiny homes in the district.
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Advocates using AI tools to improve transportation efficiency and proposes ride-share partnerships that would give free ride credits to low-income residents.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports the use of Flock cameras and automated license plate readers.
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