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Alameda County Board of Supervisors Appoint Dave Brown to Vacant Seat

A staffer for Chan for 15 years, Brown has held the title of chief of staff since 2016. Prior to that, he served as senior policy advisor under Chan from 2013 to 2015. He has the distinction of being Chan’s first ever staffer 30 years ago and previously held the title of policy advisor/community liaison (1992-1998) during her first tenure on the Board of Supervisors.

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November 20, 2021

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Dave Brown (left) will be appointed District 3 supervisor following the tragic death of longtime Supervisor Wilma Chan.

Former chief of staff to Supervisor Wilma Chan to complete her term on the board

By Post Staff

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted this week to appoint Dave Brown as District 3 supervisor to replace longtime Supervisor Wilma Chan, who was killed in an accident two weeks ago.

Brown, who previously served as Chan’s chief of staff, will serve the remaining 14 months of her current term in office.

“As we continue to mourn the tragic loss of Supervisor Chan, I am extremely grateful to have the opportunity to continue her inspirational work on behalf of District 3 and all County residents,” Brown said.

“Dave Brown is an excellent chief of staff, one of the best I’ve seen during my time on the Board of Supervisors,” Board President Keith Carson said during the hearing. “(Dave) will have the ability to continue to carry out the programs Supervisor Chan supported.”

A staffer for Chan for 15 years, Brown has held the title of chief of staff since 2016. Prior to that, he served as senior policy advisor under Chan from 2013 to 2015.

He has the distinction of being Chan’s first ever staffer 30 years ago and previously held the title of policy advisor/community liaison (1992-1998) during her first tenure on the Board of Supervisors.

In addition to his work with Chan, Brown also was chief of staff for former Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker in 2001. A graduate of Stanford, Brown served on the West Contra Costa Unified School Board from 2004-2008 and spent 10 years as a fundraising consultant from 2002-2012.

Brown has stated that he will not seek election to the Board in 2022 and by law is prohibited from running, as candidates are statutorily required to have lived in the district for a full year before an election.

Having served as chief of staff for two Asian-American women elected officials, Brown supports the need for more Asian American /Pacific Islander (AAPI) representation – especially AAPI women.

With no woman and no AAPI currently on the Board, Brown has pledged to endorse an Asian American woman for the District 3 seat in the upcoming June 2022 election.

The District 3 supervisorial seat had been vacant since Wednesday, Nov. 3, when Chan was killed when she was struck by a car while walking. By law, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors had 60 days to make an appointment to fill the vacancy.

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Inaugural Juneteenth Awards Ceremony Celebrates the Fillmore’s Black History, Leadership and Resilience

Addressing more than 100 Black and Asian attendees, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie stated “San Francisco is reliant on the Black community, and we must invest in this community.”

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District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, Pastor Emeritus of Third Baptist Church, SF Mayor Daniel Lurie. Photo by Linda Parker Pennington.

By Linda Parker Pennington

The Fillmore Community Ambassadors held its first annual Juneteenth Wesley Johnson White Horse Awards ceremony on June 19 inside the newly reopened Fillmore Heritage Center.

The event featured awards for former San Francisco mayors London Breed and Willie Brown, along with Third Baptist Church Pastor Emeritus, Rev. Dr. Amos Brown.

The Koret Heritage lobby at the newly reopened center at 1330 Fillmore St. held a standing-room-only, culturally diverse and multi-generational audience while the art gallery featured photos of Fillmore community members in action, red Japanese lanterns, art and calligraphy, and Chinese artwork, giving the space a multicultural feel.

Addressing more than 100 Black and Asian attendees, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie stated “San Francisco is reliant on the Black community, and we must invest in this community.”

District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood acknowledged that “the Fillmore community has had a difficult history. Thanks to Rev. Amos Brown’s continuous focus on accountability and resistance, you hold us accountable and continue to inspire us.”

Mahmoud is referring to the Fillmore’s Japanese residents who were forced from their homes and sent to concentration camps during World War II. Black people occupied those homes until the return of their Japanese neighbors and then gave them back, while homes that had been unoccupied were lost. The presence of the Asian community on Juneteenth is a testament to that shared history.

In receiving his honor, Amos Brown elicited a powerful spontaneous call-and-response, where members of San Francisco’s many Black churches proudly shouted out the names: “Bethel AME! Providence Baptist! Jones Memorial! Glide!”

Awards program Master of Ceremonies Shawn Richards of Brothers Against Guns warmly introduced Breed, highlighting her many accomplishments, particularly on “March 16, 2020, when she became the first mayor to shut down a major U.S. city due to COVID-19, saving thousands of lives.”

The audience was captivated by Breed’s emotional speech touching on past traumas, present conditions, and future hopes for the neighborhood where she grew up.

She recalled another trauma of the neighborhood during the City’s redevelopment era in the 1960s, where Black residents were forced to move with a promise of being able to return that was largely unfulfilled.

“We remember when this land was just a field because they bulldozed hundreds of Victorian homes that Black people owned. They built the Fillmore Center, where most Black people can’t afford to live or start their own business. But we are still here.”