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August 16 - August 22, 2002

Four Asian Pacific Americans are among nine candidates vying to represent San Francisco’s only majority-APA supervisorial district. The result could be a symbolic step backward for APA political empowerment.

By Andrew Chow
AsianWeek Staff Writer

Despite living in the “most Asian” of America’s 20 largest cities, San Francisco voters this fall may leave the city’s Board of Supervisors without Asian Pacific American representation for the first time in 16 years.

Though new census figures show the city’s population to be 32.6 percent Asian and Pacific Islander, just four APAs have filed to run for election to the Board, according to the city’s Department of Elections. Another 20 non-APAs have also filed to run for supervisor, a job that currently pays about $37,500 a year...

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Four Asian Pacific Americans are among nine candidates vying to represent San Francisco’s only majority-APA supervisorial district. The result could be a symbolic step backward for APA political empowerment.

By Andrew Chow AsianWeek Staff Writer

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By Andrew Chow
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