1. Jane Jungyon Kim was born on July 9,1977 and is an American attorney and politician, and the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco.
54 Facts About Jane Kim
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Jane Kim represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019.
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Jane Kim is a member of the San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee.
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Jane Kim is executive director of the California Working Families Party.
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Jane Kim was the California political director and national regional political director for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign.
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Jane Kim was born in Manhattan on July 9,1977, to South Korean parents who immigrated to the US from Seoul in 1971.
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Jane Kim grew up learning both the English and Korean languages.
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Jane Kim's father joined Kiss Products, a global cosmetics company, while she was in college.
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At age 14, Jane Kim began studying taekwondo, eventually earning a black belt.
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Jane Kim was involved with community activism, especially the issue of homelessness.
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Jane Kim graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Asian American Studies.
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Jane Kim settled in San Francisco and attended the UC Berkeley School of Law.
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Jane Kim earned a JD degree and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2009.
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In 2005 Jane Kim was elected president of the San Francisco People's Organization, made up of many notable San Francisco activists and organizers.
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In 2003 while campaigning for Green Party mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez, Jane Kim observed that Asian Americans were not well represented in San Francisco politics despite the size of its population.
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In 2006, Jane Kim mounted a stronger campaign and she came in first in a field of 15 candidates seeking three seats.
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Jane Kim's election was part of a more liberal shift in the school board joining Fellow Green Mark Sanchez, Eric Mar, and Jane Kim-Shree Maufas.
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In December 2006, previous to taking office, Jane Kim learned about a death threat against her that was sent from a JROTC cadet to his friend on Facebook.
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Jane Kim spoke to the cadet herself and reported that he sincerely regretted his actions.
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Jane Kim took the position that the JROTC program should not be hosted by San Francisco as long as the US military continued its "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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Jane Kim complimented a youth village program near Haifa, recommending its director be brought to San Francisco to help train educators.
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Jane Kim re-registered with the Democratic Party in 2008 after Barack Obama was elected president.
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Jane Kim authored and led the first district-wide Restorative Justice Program to address the disproportionate suspension and expulsions of African American students and won a pilot to establish ethnic studies classes in all San Francisco public high schools.
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Jane Kim had lived in various neighborhoods of San Francisco, including Polk Gulch and the Sunset.
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Jane Kim moved to District 6 in 2009 and subsequently ran in the San Francisco Board of Supervisors election to fill the seat being vacated by Supervisor Chris Daly.
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Jane Kim announced her candidacy in January 2010, then she kicked off her campaign in June, at a party attended by former mayors Art Agnos and Willie Brown, as well as the President of the Board of Supervisors, David Chiu, who knew Jane Kim from having shared housing for more than two years.
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Jane Kim's campaign was seen as having the approval of Rose Pak, but the California Democratic machine of the 1960s and '70s was "dormant".
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Jane Kim won the race for supervisor in an upset victory.
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Jane Kim told KoreAm magazine that without the backing of labor unions and the media, and with her own Democratic Party endorsing her opponent, the only strategy she had available was the "old-fashioned" one of visiting as many constituents as possible.
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Jane Kim stood up during the Pledge of Allegiance at Board of Supervisors meetings but refused to recite it in keeping with the decision she had made in her youth.
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Jane Kim said in 2011 that the words "liberty and justice for all" were not yet a reality for many in the United States including communities of color, the LGBT community, immigrants and women.
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Jane Kim said that, for her, DOMA had "symbolized th[e] inequity" of American justice.
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Jane Kim posted a photo of Twitter's new "micro health kitchen".
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Jane Kim said she voted to reinstate Mirkarimi because his wrongdoing was less than that described by the city charter as grounds for removal.
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Jane Kim explained to her supporters that her decision was based on Mirkarimi not abusing the power of his office to commit wrongdoing, a point required by the city charter.
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Jane Kim has tackled several issues regarding the use of bicycles in San Francisco.
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In September 2013 when the San Francisco Police Department was criticized for its investigation of a cyclist fatality that happened the previous month, Jane Kim requested a hearing to discuss improvements for such police procedures.
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Jane Kim ushered the most protected bike lanes, 18.6 miles, of any San Francisco Supervisor during her time.
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Jane Kim said the reformed rules would not prevent the public from "giving input" to construction projects.
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In September 2016, Jane Kim authored the Evictions Protections 2.0 bill to protect tenants from "no fault" evictions, which had seen an uptick.
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Jane Kim determined that a larger proportion of the project should be devoted to affordable housing, and she drafted a competing ballot initiative with the assistance of Tenants and Owners Development Corporation, a non-profit community housing planning group.
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Jane Kim was reported to be a paid employee for TODCO, supplying TODCO-prepared materials to the Board of Supervisors.
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Jane Kim responded that she advocated against the housing project on her own time.
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Jane Kim ran for the 11th California State Senate District in 2016 against Scott Wiener.
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Jane Kim was a candidate in the 2018 San Francisco special mayoral election, held in June 2018 following the sudden death of Mayor Lee in December 2017.
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Jane Kim was seen as one of the top four candidates, along with Mark Leno, London Breed and Angela Alioto.
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Jane Kim plays electric bass guitar and has performed with the all-female indie rock band Strangely at small San Francisco venues including the Brainwash Cafe and Laundromat.
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Jane Kim helped to save Bindlestiff Studio, a place for Filipino arts in SoMa.
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Jane Kim occasionally serves as a judge at poetry slam competitions held by Youth Speaks.
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Jane Kim was selected by 7x7 magazine as one of "20 Hot 2010" persons in September 2010.
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Jane Kim was pictured on the cover of SF Weekly in October 2010.
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Jane Kim was featured on the cover of KoreAm magazine in February 2011.
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Jane Kim said she appreciated the work of San Francisco Entertainment Commissioners who ease the friction between nightlife venues and local residents.
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Jane Kim said wine and single-malt whiskey were drinks she enjoyed, especially Lagavulin.