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Grassroots Executor.
Lily mobilized and united the groundswell of supporters across communities throughout San Francisco to win the historic Recall of the Board of Education in 2022. Parents, neighbors, and all who value the role of public education came out to sign 222,791 petitions. The voices of the families and children were heard.
There is still more work to do on the SFUSD front. Lily is an advocate to bring back 8th Grade Algebra, and better pay for teachers.
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Public Safety First.
With the rise of anti-Asian hate, Lily installed
security cameras in Chinatown to be a deterrent to senseless vandalism and violence to the vulnerable. She continues to advocate for community policing, accountability and transparency in law enforcement, and community engagement.For the past 9 years, Lily has led juvenile justice reform to end the prison pipeline, and is a strong advocate for reformative justice.
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Fearless.
Lily stands by her values.
She believes in making her hometown better for all of us: the families - traditional families and chosen families, the weirdos, the dreamers, the nerds, the outcasts, the makers, the doers, the risk takers, the idealists and the optimists.
DCCC Elections in
March 2024 Matter
The Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) plays an important role in ensuring our local elected officials are competent and common sense. The DCCC endorses future candidates for school board, supervisor, sheriff, district attorney and mayor.
I’m running for leadership in the Democratic Party because the current DCCC is out of touch with the desires and needs of our City.
Enough virtue signaling. I want to see our elected officials focused on fixing our City.
You can count on me, Lily Ho, to ensure local candidates to elected office are pragmatic, responsible to the needs of the community, and accountable to outcomes.
When elected to the DCCC, my pledge to you is I will:
1) Endorse candidates focused on solutions, not ideology.
2) Restore civility, professionalism, and meaningful dialogue within the local Democratic Party.
3) Give a voice to common sense San Franciscans.
Vote Lily Ho for DCCC by March 5, 2024.
Endorsements
CA State Treasurer Fiona Ma
CA State Senator Scott Wiener, SD-11
CA State Assemblyman Matt Haney, AD-17
SF City and County Sheriff Paul Miyamoto
SF City and County District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins
Supervisor Catherine Stefani, D2
Supervisor Joel Engardio, D4
Supervisor Matt Dorsey, D6
Supervisor Myrna Melgar, D7
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, D8
SFUSD School Board Commissioner Lainie Motamedi
United Democratic Club
Stop Crime Action
TogetherSF Action
GrowSF
SF Parent Action
Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club
Chinese American Democratic Club (CADC)
San Francisco Women’s Political Committee (SFWPC)
Eastern Neighborhoods Democratic Club (ENDC)
Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club
NorCal Carpenters Union
Laborers International Union, LiUNA Local 261
Filipino American Democratic Club
Housing Action Coalition
Abundant San Francisco
SF Apartments Association
YIMBY Action
Westside Family Democratic Club
Lily Ho In the News
They’ve endured anti-Asian bigotry. They’re confronting it in different ways
San Francisco Chronicle
March 17, 2022
“…I’m a fighter. I didn’t want to freeze and sit around and complain. I exorcise my anxieties by doing something about it.
Putting up security cameras in Chinatown is one thing that I know how to do to help keep our community safe…”
San Francisco’s energized Asian voting bloc: ‘We woke up a sleeping dragon’
San Francisco Examiner
February 18, 2022
“We woke up a sleeping dragon with the Chinese American community. People are realizing the importance of being engaged, staying engaged and voting.”
SF Chinatown vigil remembers shooting victims, highlights mental health in Asian Community
ABC-7, KGO News
January 27, 2023
“…The trauma in our community, I think, has come to a boiling point... We've been through years of anti-Asian hate, senseless violence.”
Why is S.F. Chinatown’s internet so bad? ‘It’s racism,’ says the person trying to fix it
San Francisco Chronicle
February 21, 2022
“Ho thinks the technical explanations don’t take into account Chinatown’s history of exclusion.”
Divisive Final Vote on New District Map Delayed, Missing Deadline
San Francisco Standard
April 14, 2022
“Ho, who voted yes on the most recent draft, gave an emotional speech asserting there was “astounding” anti-Asian racism in the process. She said that the aggression in the meeting room led to an unsafe feeling and shared that members of the public mocked monolingual Chinese immigrants during their public comments.”
‘Building Movements’ with Lily Ho
WE San Francisco Podcast
December 18, 2023
Ben Kaplan sits down with Lily Ho, a dynamic force in the community and a key figure in the historic recall of three members of the San Francisco Board of Education. Dive into a tale of grassroots activism… Discover the role of the Asian American community in rallying support…
SF Chinatown Remains Resilient through Pandemic, Asian Hate and Increased Robberies
NBC Bay Area
May 28, 2022
“Our priority was to put cameras up where there was the most number of vandalisms and attacks…”
Bay Area Asian American Women Turn "Pain into Purpose"
SF Chronicle Podcast - 5th and Mission
March 18, 2022
“When the Atlanta shootings happened, it wasn’t a huge surprise because the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes had been skyrocketing across the country…. The sexualization and fetishization of Asian women is something I’ve always been aware of….”
Parklets staffed with officers? How ‘peacelets’ could help forge trust with police
San Francisco Chronicle
November 10, 2023
“… a trusted relationship and partnership between the community and law enforcement has led to a decrease in vandalism and better engagements with government bodies in general to deal with homeless encampments, open air drug use and other issues.”
How San Francisco’s Chinatown fought back against anti-Asian hate
Global News Canada
September 8, 2022
“Chinatown will not survive unless we can ensure this is a place that’s safe.”
