Fiona Ma Birthday Bash Kicks Off
Campaign for Assembly

Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

From the Office of the Campaign to elect Fiona Ma

March 5, 2006

San Francisco, CA: Supervisor Fiona Ma officially kicked off her campaign for Assembly with 400 supporters on hand to help walk precincts - and wish a happy birthday.

"The most important decision in my life was the day I decided to get into public service," Ma told a crowd of people the Excelsior district. "Making a difference in the lives of working families is my calling and I want to go to the Assembly to continue that work."

Ma outlined her priorities for the Assembly, "I'm going to work on universal healthcare so that everyone has access to quality health care, including the seven million uninsured Californians. I'm going to fight to make sure Prop. 98 is fully funded so that we can raise the level of education for our working families. And I'm going to make sure we hang an 'open for business' sign on California to attract good paying jobs that will help pay for these social programs.'

Several prominent speakers told the crowd how much San Francisco and Daly City need Fiona Ma in the Assembly. They talked about her experience and how their work together was making a difference in their communities. Speakers included: Bob Morales, Secretary-Treasurer of the Teamsters, Shawn Richard, Executive Director of Brothers Against Guns, Rosario Anaya, Executive Director of Mission Vocational and Language School, Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Assemblymember Mark Leno, Assemblymember Alberto Torrico, and Former Senator John L. Burton.

Supervisor Bevan Dufty

Former Senator John Burton

Also, in attendance were Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, Assessor Phil Ting, Daly City Treasurer Tony Ziddich, and former San Mateo Supervisor Mike Nevin.

Phil Ting, Assemblymember Alberto Torrico, Mike Nevin, Bob Morales, Fiona Ma

Supervisor Sean Elsbernd and Public Utilities Commission General Manager Susan Leal

Brothers Against Guns Executive Director Shawn Richard
and James Calloway, candidate for Board of Education

Assemblymember Mark Leno

Michael Theriault, Secretary-Treasurer San Francisco
Building and Construction Trades Council

Ma's campaign is proud of the endorsement of many prominent community members and organizations including Senator Barbara Boxer, the California Teamsters, the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, the San Francisco and Daly City Firefighters, the San Francisco Police Officers Association, the California Nurses Association, San Francisco Fire Fighters, former State Senator John Burton, Congressmen Tom Lantos and Mike Honda, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Assemblymember Mark Leno, Supervisors Bevin Dufty, Sean Elsbernd and Sophie Maxwell as well as State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

Serving as San Francisco Supervisor from the 4th District since 2002, Fiona Ma is a longtime community leader with Sunset roots since 1980. She has a B.S. in accounting from the Rochester Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University and a M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. She has been a Certified Public Accountant specializing in taxation for the past 15 years.