Joel’s political philosophy is individual liberty and government accountability. Joel served as a member of San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee, representing the westside. He currently serves on the board of directors of the United Democratic Club and the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club in San Francisco.
Everyone can agree that we must improve street and pedestrian safety while helping drivers get where they need to go on the westside. Here are the latest traffic flow improvements.
Many Sunset residents are telling me they do not support a recall. They say the entirety of my work — not just one issue — is what matters.
Voters passed Proposition K, which will turn a section of the Great Highway into an oceanside park. This update includes my statement on a recall effort and next steps by Rec and Park to create the park.
Proposition K asked voters if San Francisco should transition a section of the Great Highway into an oceanside park. Here’s what happens next.
The future of the Great Highway is on the ballot this November. The section between Lincoln and Sloat has served as a part-time park with the road closed to traffic on weekends the past few years. Now, voters will determine if the city should plan for this section of the Great Highway to become a permanent oceanside park.
Intern Voice features student interns in Supervisor Joel Engardio’s office who researched issues and wrote OpEds for their final project.
San Franciscans should be able to decide whether the Great Highway becomes an oceanside park or remains a road for cars. I will not remove a ballot measure under threat of recall.
Most voters have no idea what the DCCC is, who runs it, or which shade of Democratic blue it promotes. All seats in the DCCC are up for election on March 5. This is your chance to shape the leadership of the local Democratic Party and vote for candidates who match your shade of blue.
I introduced a ballot measure urging San Francisco’s public schools to let kids take algebra in the 8th grade. We make everyone wait until 9th grade because some kids aren’t ready for algebra sooner. Let’s better prepare all students instead of holding back kids who love math.
CNN reporter Kyung Lah interviewed Joel Engardio about his election as city supervisor for the Sunset district. She wanted to know if there was a trend in San Francisco (and perhaps in cities across America) that residents want more focus on basics like public safety.
It’s an honor to be given the opportunity to lead the next steps as a newly elected city supervisor. How we won.
This FAQ addresses and debunks egregious political attacks so you can meet the real Joel Engardio.
Highlights and full video from the Engardio-Mar District 4 supervisor debate hosted by the San Francisco Standard
I believe San Francisco’s best days are ahead. We deserve to live in a city that works. Here’s how.
Do you still believe in San Francisco? I do. I’m running for supervisor to create our best San Francisco.
Our children’s well-being and the future of our city is at stake. That’s why we won an epic school board recall. But we’ve only just begun. Next, we need to elect new city supervisors. Most of our supervisors stood by an incompetent school board, which became a glaring example of how they do not represent the will of the voters. We deserve better.
When the story is written about the historic effort to recall San Francisco’s school board, it must include the Chinese/API parents and grandparents who organized their community to vote for the first time. It's a political earthquake in the making with no going back.
The greatest indictment against San Francisco’s school board is that it neglected its core job: Getting students safely back into classrooms to avoid the harmful learning loss and mental health stress of being isolated at home on Zoom for more than a year.
San Francisco residents are finally pushing back on elected officials who say things are fine when schools, public safety, and housing are in crisis.
San Francisco’s school board remains defiant while facing a recall and refuses to change course in a fiscal crisis that threatens a state takeover. The result is continued enrollment decline, which further reduces revenue and puts the school district into a death spiral. Children suffer the most.
San Francisco’s school board suffers from a self-inflicted “crisis of governance.” Reform is needed, which starts with recalling the most problematic commissioners. The recall is down to the wire in the final month.
There are 52 superior court judges serving San Francisco. They are elected. Yet most voters have never heard of them. The judiciary shouldn’t be a mysterious Star Chamber. If you care about courtroom outcomes, it’s important to know who the judges are.
Two moms call out the politicians who played games with school reopening while exhausted parents had to organize and protest to become their own heroes in the fight to reopen schools.
If neighborhood politics in San Francisco were a Netflix show, it would star 77-year-old Carol Dimmick. You’d get a combo of Schitt’s Creek and Parks and Recreation that reveals the humor and pathos of residents trying to improve their patch of life.
Update 13: Will an upcoming Supreme Court case help embattled San Francisco school board commissioner Alison Collins win her lawsuit against the school district?
Update 12: More drive-thru petition signing and the full case for recalling the school board.
Update 11: Drive-thru petition signing and the full case for recalling the school board.
Update 10: Drive-thru petition signing and the full case for recalling the school board.
Update 9: The school board recall petitions are ready to sign — just when we need them most. No one thought the school board could become any more dysfunctional. But is has. A recall can’t come soon enough. Instructions on how to download, print, and sign your petition.
