Jessica Pessecow
Candidate for San Francisco County Supervisorial District 10
Jessica Pessecow is a psychiatric nurse and health policy professional who has lived in Potrero Hill since 2022. She brings a clinical background to her approach to district issues, emphasizing public health, transparency, and administrative reform.
Positions in brief
Pessecow's platform draws on her clinical background, emphasizing public health, mental health staffing alongside public safety, and cutting government red tape.
She has proposed increasing mental health staffing and support tied to public safety efforts, and has called for consolidating city agencies into a single online system for permits and approvals to reduce bureaucratic delay.
On the issues
- Health & Health Care
Says the overlap of homelessness and untreated mental and behavioral health conditions is the district's most urgent crisis and wants a coordinated behavioral health services system.
“The intersection of being unhoused and having untreated mental psychosocial and behavioral health conditions is the most urgent crisis we face.”
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Wants more mental health staffing paired with support for police, framed as protecting both residents and officers from bad outcomes.
“so they're not hurting our residents”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Wants to streamline city agencies into a single fast online system for approvals.
“one place to get everything approved. Online. And it will happen fast.”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Says public service should be about accountability and independence rather than donor or special-interest influence, and has declined to fundraise.
“Public service should be about accountability, independence, and advocating for the community. Not about donor influence or special interests.”
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Wants to change how the city handles business taxes, permits, and red tape.
“taxes, permits, and red tape”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Says she has a specific plan to improve bus routes in the district, which she presents as distinguishing her from other candidates.
“the only candidate with a plan for improved bus routes”
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