Sharif Street

Born and raised in North Philadelphia, Street is the son of former Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street and the nephew of former State Senator Milton Street.{{cite news|last1=Colaneri|first1=Katie|title=Sharif Street launches Pa. Senate bid |url=http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/politics/90044-sharif-street-launches-pa-senate-bid |publisher=WHYY Newsworks|date=January 15, 2016 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160609222700/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/politics/90044-sharif-street-launches-pa-senate-bid |archive-date=June 9, 2016}} His mother Helen Street was a teacher at Sheridan Elementary in Kensington.{{cite news |title=Young Street challenges canny foe |last=Baer |first=John M. |date=March 25, 2002 |publisher=Philadelphia Daily News |page=9 |id={{ProQuest|1891539058}} }} Street graduated from Central High School where he was the student body president and ran track and field.{{cite news |title=Mayor's son proves acorn doesn't fall far from the tree |first=Jim |last=Nolan |date=June 15, 2001 |publisher=Philadelphia Daily News |id={{ProQuest|1886068708}} }} He attended Morehouse College, serving as president of the student senate. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in business administration with a concentration in finance, he received his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1999.{{cite web |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?id=1767 |title=Sharif Street {{!}} Senate District 3 |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |access-date=August 30, 2024 }}{{cite news |title=Following father's success |first=Kendall |last=Wilson |date=June 18, 1999 |publisher=Philadelphia Tribune |id={{ProQuest|337760334}} }} During law school, he was the president of the Penn Law Democrats.

Throughout the early 2000s, Street was known for his cultural pride and long locks, which he kept even while campaigning.{{Cite web|url=https://mycitypaper.com/articles/2002-06-27/naked.shtml|title=Length Matters|website=mycitypaper.com|accessdate=April 16, 2021}} During the 2000 presidential election, Street was a Pennsylvania state co-chair of GoreNet.{{cite web |title=GoreNet State Co-Chairs |url=http://www.algore.com/gorenet/net_directors.html |publisher=Gore 2000 |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815071349/http://www.algore.com/gorenet/net_directors.html |archive-date=August 15, 2000 |date=15 August 2000 |url-status=dead}} GoreNet was a group that supported the Al Gore campaign with a focus on grassroots and online organizing, as well as hosting small-dollar donor events.{{cite web |title=GoreNet: A Network of Young Americans Dedicated to Al Gore President |url=http://www.algore.com/gorenet/net_directors.html |publisher=Gore 2000 |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815054240/http://www.algore.com/gorenet/index.html |archive-date=August 15, 2000 |date=15 August 2000 |url-status=dead}} In 2004, Street was elected as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention committed to John Kerry for President.{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?182683-1/2004-democratic-national-convention|title=2004 Democratic National Convention |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=April 16, 2021}}

As a student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Street directed a Town Watch group in Philadelphia and has continued to serve the community in numerous positions since, starting both Philadelphia Green Communities and Urban Solution, serving as managing director of the Housing Association of Delaware Valley; serving on the board of the North Central Philadelphia Empowerment Zone's Housing Trust Fund; the North Central Empowerment Zone's Community Advisory Committees for Housing, Crime, Public Safety and Economic Development; and current member of Philadelphia's African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs Commission. He also served as Chief Legislative Advisor to the Democratic Chair of the Housing and Urban Development Committee, Senator Shirley Kitchen.{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/Senate_bio.cfm?id=1767|publisher=Senate of Pennsylvania|title=Sharif Street legislative biography|access-date=January 22, 2020|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217151303/https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?id=1767|url-status=live}}

Street was elected to the State Senate in 2016.{{cite web|date=2016-11-08|title=Pennsylvania 3rd District State Senate Results: Sharif Street Wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/pennsylvania-state-senate-district-3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220095021/http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/pennsylvania-state-senate-district-3|archive-date=December 20, 2016|accessdate=9 December 2016|website=The New York Times}} He currently serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee.{{Cite web|url=http://pcs.la.psu.edu/about-the-commission/members-and-staff/current-commission-members-october-1-2019/view|title=Members of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing|accessdate=April 16, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Members of the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee|url=http://jcc.legis.state.pa.us/committee.cfm|access-date=January 22, 2020|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217151131/http://jcc.legis.state.pa.us/committee.cfm|url-status=live}}

Street has proclaimed to be an advocate of cannabis reform and announced a bipartisan legalization bill in 2023. {{Cite web|url=https://www.senatorsharifstreet.com/street-laughlin-introduce-bipartisan-approach-to-marijuana-legalization-in-pa|title=Street, Laughlin Introduce Bipartisan Approach to Marijuana Legalization in PA.|date=May 19, 2023 |accessdate=September 19, 2023}} In September, 2023, Street voted against Senate Bill 733 when it was considered in appropriations, which would expand the number of licenses for the medical marijuana program without providing any patient reforms. {{Cite web|url=https://legiscan.com/PA/rollcall/SB773/id/1354883|title=Roll Call: PA SB773 {{!}} 2023-2024 {{!}} Regular Session}} However, the next day Street introduced a home grow amendment to allow patients to grow, then withdrew the home grow amendment and voted affirmatively on an amendment offered by Republican State Senator Chris Gebhard, who was also sponsor for the bill. {{Cite web|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2023&sess_ind=0&rc_body=S&rc_nbr=229|title=Roll Call: PA SB773 {{!}} 2023-2024 {{!}} Regular Session}}

• Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• Appropriations
• Banking and Insurance, Democratic Chair
• Local Government
• State Government, Democratic Chair

In 2022, Street was elected Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party after serving as vice-chair to Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills of Allegheny County.{{cite web|title=Sharif Street elected Vice-Chair of Pennsylvania Democratic Party|url=https://www.padems.com/2018/06/pennsylvania-democratic-party-elects-nancy-patton-mills-as-chair-sen-sharif-street-as-vice-chair-alexander-reber-as-treasurer/|access-date=January 22, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304151642/https://www.padems.com/2018/06/pennsylvania-democratic-party-elects-nancy-patton-mills-as-chair-sen-sharif-street-as-vice-chair-alexander-reber-as-treasurer/|url-status=live}}

On April 1, 2021, Street filed as a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1506980|url=https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/S2PA00448/1506980/|access-date=April 1, 2021}} He ended his campaign in January 2022.{{Cite web|last=Terruso|first=Julia|date=2022-01-19|title=SEIU endorses Malcolm Kenyatta's bid for U.S. Senate|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/malcolm-kenyatta-seiu-endorsement-senate-democrat-20220119.html|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|language=en}}

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• [https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/Senate_bio.cfm?id=1767 Profile] at the Pennsylvania State Senate
• [https://streetforpa.com/ Sharif Street for Senate]

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