Rank #1 for District 8 Supervisor
Dream big.
Start with the sidewalk.
I’m running to get the basics right: sidewalks that get repaired, buses that show up, and problems that stay fixed.
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3.
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From my D8 Tour: sidewalk office hours, 7:30 am to 7 pm, a different neighborhood each day, meeting people where they are.
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Tuesday, November 3
We can win this.
District 8 is an open seat, the race is ranked choice, and your #1 is the vote that counts most. Pick the outsider with the evidence-backed, values-driven plan.
- The outsider. She didn’t come up through City Hall or the political clubs. She answers to District 8.
- The evidence. 28 proposals she wrote herself, every number sourced, and a public scorecard every quarter.
- The values. Loyal to the people on the block, not the people who write checks. Her values hold. Her policies change for new evidence, never for new donors.
Rank Darshini #1. Then return your ballot.
San Francisco uses ranked-choice voting, and you can rank up to ten candidates. Rank Darshini #1, then fill in your other choices. If your first choice is eliminated, your vote moves to your next one.
Ballots are already in the mail. Drop yours in an official drop box or at any polling place by 8 pm on Tuesday, November 3, or mail it postmarked by November 3.
Questions? Come find us at campaign headquarters, 541 Castro Street.
Why I'm running
I didn’t come up through City Hall or the political clubs. The people who did have run this city’s politics for years, and it isn’t working. Every election brings the same promises, and nothing on your block changes. Sending the same circle back to City Hall and expecting a different result is the cycle District 8 has to break.
I’ve spent this campaign in living rooms, at farmers markets, on doorsteps, and at town halls, taking questions from anyone who showed up. That is where my platform came from. I bring a fresh perspective, and I’m not beholden to anyone in City Hall. I answer to you, the residents of District 8. The political establishment has its candidate in this race. I have you.
The Platform
Five promises for District 8.
Revive our blocks
Voters passed a vacancy tax, and 212 of District 8’s 441 commercial properties, nearly half, have never filed. I’ll enforce it and expand Vacant to Vibrant into D8 so dark storefronts get tenants.
Passed is not enforced.
Read more →Unlock housing
Only 4% of San Francisco’s approved housing is actually under construction. I’ll give every project an enforceable timeline and track it in public until it’s built.
Approved is not built.
Read more →Open childcare
A $570 million voter-approved childcare fund went underused for years — families needed the care, but the slots to use it on were never built. I’ll cut the year-long wait providers face to join the subsidy network to 90 days, and open rec-center rooms to licensed providers.
Funded is not open.
Read more →Fix Muni
The J Church arrives on time less than half the time. I’ll fight to fund Muni and use my votes on SFMTA board confirmations to get route-level data back in public view.
The schedule is not the service.
Read more →Make safety mean care
Police overtime hit nearly $98 million last year, and the city’s own auditor has 30 fixes the Board still hasn’t adopted. I’ll get them adopted and send services, not just police, to crisis calls.
Feeling safe and being safe should be the same thing.
Read more →Read the full platform
Every proposal. Every number. Every honest limitation.
Read more →How I'll run the office
Affordability. Accountability. Access.
Three commitments sit under every promise on this page.
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Affordability
You shouldn’t have to leave the city you call home to afford a place to live, childcare for your kids, or a bus that gets you to work. District 8 should be somewhere people can afford to build a life.
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Accountability
You shouldn’t have to take City Hall’s word for it. You deserve a supervisor who publishes what got done and what didn’t, every quarter, in numbers you can check.
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Access
You shouldn’t have to know someone in City Hall to make your voice heard. You deserve a supervisor who meets you where you are instead of waiting for you to come to them.
New to Darshini?
The short version.
First-generation American. Born and raised in the Bay Area. Apparently incapable of sitting anything out. I’ve worked in the White House, on two presidential campaigns, and at a company that scaled from 15 to over 7,000 cities. I know how to make a big system deliver, and City Hall is a big system. Noe Valley is home. I’d like it to work better.
District 8 has never elected a woman.
Three things I’ll do first:
- Launch a publicly available housing tracker so nothing stalls in the dark.
- Update the permitting rules that block new childcare slots.
- Enforce the vacancy tax, which 212 of District 8’s 441 commercial properties, nearly half, have never filed.
Get Involved
Pick your path.
There’s work left before November 3, so pick the way to help that fits your week.
Knock Doors
Spend a shift talking with District 8 neighbors about their block. First-timers are welcome.
Sign Up →Host a House Call
Invite a few neighbors over to talk about the race and what they want from their next supervisor.
Schedule →Donate
No corporate money, no PAC money, no law-enforcement-association money. I’m asking you to give instead.
Give →Upcoming Events
Come ask me something.
I’m taking questions at town halls and on doorsteps through Election Day, so find a time below and bring your hardest one.
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