Lesbian Jumps into S.F. School Board Race

Citing her work with immigrant Latino parents, out Latina lesbian Barbara “Bobbi” Lopez jumped into the race for San Francisco school board last week, filing her candidate papers on Wednesday, August 13.

The elections department extended the candidate filing period until 5 p.m. Wednesday as incumbents Mark Sanchez and Eric Mar opted not to seek re-election. Both men are running for supervisor.

Lopez, 30, made an appearance at last week’s Democratic County Central Committee meeting to introduce herself. Because Lopez and another candidate – Jaynry Mak – filed on the last day, the DCCC decided to hold off on endorsing in the Board of Education race until its August 27 meeting.

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