 
District 11 Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval
Photo courtesy SandovalForJudge.com
By Luke Thomas
October 23, 2008
By golly, don’t know how this happened, but somehow we overlooked endorsing Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval for judge when we compiled Fog City Journal’s premier endorsements earlier this week.
He’s running against incumbent Judge Thomas Mellon, a Republican, who was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson in 1994.
Sandoval, who terms out of office this year, cited a “lack of diversity on the bench” when he announced in January he would challenge Mellon.
Though his votes on the Board of Supervisors have on occasion raised some eyebrows, overall Sandoval has been a solid defender of Progressive values which has earned him our endorsement for judge.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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October 24, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Sandoval was rated as not qualified by the S.F. Bar Association.
Judge Mellon was rated qualified and is endorsed by 5 judges of the California Supreme Court and 13 judges of of the California Court of Appeals.
The choice is between an unqualified judge, bound to have lots of cases reversed, but with a “D” after his name or a qualified judge with an “R” after his name. Politics has no place in judicial races.
October 24, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I just saw this on Sweet Melissa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7wqv6DPvM
He is NOT qualified and if we judge by this, I suspect his thinking is at times a bit illogical.
October 24, 2008 at 12:03 am
Sandoval was a rotten Supervisor with his hand out palm up. As a judge the opportunities abound. Sandoval’s lack of credentials to be a Superior Court Judge equate to those of Palin as VP.