Jackie Fielder
{{Short description|American politician and activist}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jackie Fielder
| image = Jackie Fielder, 2025.jpg
| office = Member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
from the 9th district
| term_start = January 8, 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor = Hillary Ronen
| successor =
|caption = Official portrait, 2025
| birth_place = Long Beach, California
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date | 25 | 2019 | 12 | 11 }}
| alma_mater = Stanford University (BA, MA)
}}
Jacqueline Fielder{{Cite web |last=Abello |first=Oscar Perry |title=The Organizers and Officials Behind San Francisco’s Push for a Public Bank |url=https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/the-organizers-and-officials-behind-san-franciscos-push-for-a-public-bank |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=nextcity.org |language=en}} is an American politician who serves as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 9, which includes the neighborhoods of the Mission District, Bernal Heights, and Portola.
Early life and education
Fielder was raised in Long Beach, California, and is of Indigenous and Mexican descent.{{Cite web |last=Taft |first=Molly |date=2019-12-24 |title=What It’s Like to Run for Office Without a Permanent Address |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/jackie-fielder-california-senate |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Firstenberg |first=Ian |date=November 2, 2023 |title=Indigenous organizer Jackie Fielder builds on grassroots support for District 9 campaign |url=https://eltecolote.org/content/en/indigenous-organizer-jackie-fielder-builds-on-grassroots-support-for-district-9-campaign/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=El Tecolote}}{{Cite web |date=2020-08-11 |title=Why I Ran for the First Time: Jackie Fielder |url=https://www.shondaland.com/act/news-politics/a33565245/first-time-candidate-jackie-fielder/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Shondaland |language=en-US}} Her grandfather grew up on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation and her grandmother on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.{{Cite web |title="We Deserve to Not Only Survive, but to Thrive" |url=https://jacobin.com/2020/01/jackie-fielder-state-senate-california-san-francisco-dsa |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}} She was raised by a single mother in a working-class family, attending public schools.
She graduated from Stanford University with a BA in public policy and an MA in sociology.{{Cite web |last=Mark |first=Julian |date=2019-12-11 |title=In state senate hopeful Jackie Fielder, San Francisco progressives see their Ocasio-Cortez |url=https://missionlocal.org/2019/12/in-state-senate-challenger-jackie-fielder-san-francisco-progressives-see-their-ocasio-cortez/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Mission Local |language=en-US}}
Activism
Fielder is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.{{Cite web |last=Toledo |first=Aldo |date=2024-11-08 |title=Will this new democratic socialist supervisor become the most progressive leader in S.F.? |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/election/article/jackie-fielder-wins-district-9-19894312.php |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}
= Public banks =
Fielder is an advocate for public banks. She advocated to pass California AB 857, which allowed local governments to create their own banks. She co-founded the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, the first publicly-owned municipal bank in San Francisco.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Sydney |date=2023-09-08 |title=San Francisco Green-Lights Nation's First City-Run Public Bank {{!}} KQED |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11960406/san-francisco-green-lights-nations-first-public-bank |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.kqed.org |language=en}}
= Dakota Access Pipeline =
As an indigenous woman, Fielder felt moved to support the Standing Rock Protests.{{Cite web |last=Stites |first=Catherine |title=SF State lecturer Jackie Fielder runs for State senate |url=https://goldengatexpress.org/90864/beyond-sfsu/former-sf-state-lecturer-jackie-fielder-runs-for-state-senate/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Golden Gate Xpress}} She traveled to the Standing Rock Reservation, where she was inspired to do more. She noted indigenous Seattle residents had advocated for the city to divest from the pipeline, which led her to consider what she could do. She decided to try to do the same in San Francisco, which led to the public bank.{{Cite web |title=23-Year-Old Spearheads Indigenous Pipeline Fight - Brit + Co |url=https://www.brit.co/jackie-fielder-indigenous-resistance-against-pipelines/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.brit.co |language=en}}
= Policing =
While at Stanford, she joined the Black Lives Matter protests of 2014. She also opposed the San Francisco Police Officers Association's use of force policy, and has criticized her political opponents for their support from police associations.
Politics
In 2020, Fielder challenged State Senator Scott Wiener for his seat in the 11th district. She advanced to the general election in a top-two primary system along with Wiener, but lost to him in the general election.{{Cite web |last=Kost |first=Alexei Koseff and Ryan |date=2020-11-04 |title=Wiener wins second term in state Senate |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Wiener-takes-lead-in-early-state-Senate-returns-15699680.php |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}} At the time, some in local politics compared her to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
In 2024, Fielder ran for an open seat in the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in district 9, since Hillary Ronen was termed out. She won, beating more moderate candidate Trevor Chandler, with Fielder earning 59.67% of the votes compared to Chandler's 40.33% after ranked choice voting.{{cite web | last=Waldron | first=Kelly | title=Election 2024: See results across San Francisco | website=Mission Local | date=2024-11-16 | url=https://missionlocal.org/2024/11/election-2024-see-results-across-san-francisco/#h-supervisor-races | access-date=2024-12-17}} Former district 9 supervisor Tom Ammiano administered Fielder's oath of office at her swearing-in ceremony in January 2025.{{cite news |last1=Bajko |first1=Matthew S. |title=Political Notebook: Community welcomes queer SF supervisor Fielder |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=News&sc=News&id=337485&title=political_notebook:_community_welcomes_queer_sf_supervisor_fielder |access-date=January 22, 2025 |work=Bay Area Reporter |date=January 21, 2025}}
Personal life
To pay bills, Fielder has been a server and bartender, as well as serving as a lecturer in ethnic studies at San Francisco State University.
She self-identifies as queer.
She has been homeless, relying on couch-surfing and sleeping in her car.
References
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Category:21st-century California politicians
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:Members of the Democratic Socialists of America from California
Category:American LGBTQ city council members
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Category:San Francisco Board of Supervisors members
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