COMPARE THE CANDIDATES AT A GLANCE

 

 

DUDUM

HERMANSON

JEW

LAM

LEE

LORETTO

MA

VENTRESCA

Party Affiliation

Democrat

Green Party

 

Non Partisan

Republican till 9/26/01

Non Partisan

Democrat

Republican till 3/4/98

Non Partisan

 

Democrat

Democrat

Residency

Long-term Resident

Long-term

Resident

Moved into

District 4

9/26/01

Long-term Resident

Moved into District 4

12/27/01

Moved into

District 4

08/20/00

Moved into District 4

11/9/01

Long-term

Resident

Occupation

Background

Landlord; Real Estate Broker;

Businessperson

 

Business Owner

(Employment services for Sprint, Verizon & Morgan Stanley)

Landlord;

Insurance Agent; Business Owner

(flower shop)

 

Real Estate Broker; Bilingual Counselor; Appraiser

Landlord; Real Estate Agent;

Willie Brown Special Assistant

Landlord; Real Estate Agent

Accountant; Treasurer for Kimiko Burton

Airport Administrator

Reportable real estate interests

7 buildings;

88 units;

$422,000+

Market Value

1 building;

1 unit;

$100,000+

Market Value

4 buildings;

5 units;

$1,300,000+

Market Value

None

3 buildings;

12 units;

$1,200,000+

Market Value

1 building

None

None

Homeowner

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Annual Income

Not  available

$100,000+

Gross Income

Received from Business

Not  available

Not  available

$120,000+ Gross Income Received from Rental Properties

Not  available

Not  available

$63,000 Salary

Birth Place

California

New York

California

Hong Kong

California

California

New York

Indiana

Age

46

51

42

55

28

34

36

50

Public Financing

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Accepts PAC,    Business or

Corporate Contributions

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Business-related Contributors

Pattani Con-struction; Bana Construction;

FEDA Corp.; Land Rich

Investments; Dudum Family Partnership

Information not available at time of printing

Pier 39; Yellow Cab; Luxor Cabs;

American Airport Shuttle; American Realty & Con-struction; Hon’s Construction

Asian Pacific Groups; Alliance, Inc.; Team Efforts

Company

Norcal;

Yellow Cab Cooperative; Bran 3; 12th Street Partnership

7 Realtors

Norcal;

Yellow Cab; America California Bank; Corpo-rate Counsel Law Group; UCPCM/PAC

None

Contributions Received as of 6/30/02

$44,309

$100

 

 

$22,902

$9,310

$75,995

$4,800

$65,092

$15,124

# of Elections Candidate Did Not Vote in Since 11/3/92

1

Always Voted

10

11

7

12

4

Always Voted

Agreed to $75,000 Contribution Limit

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes;

But Exceeded

Limit

No

Yes;

But Exceeded

Limit

Yes

# And % Invalid Signatures on Filing Fee Petition

369 Invalid

Signatures;

23% of Total Submitted

Invalid

Paid Fee

808 Invalid Signatures;

44% of Total Submitted

Invalid

57 Invalid Signatures;

44% of Total Submitted

Invalid

2,405 Invalid Signatures;

44% of Total Submitted

Invalid

91 Invalid Signatures;

47% of Total Submitted

Invalid

1,453 Invalid Signatures;

62% of Total Submitted

Invalid

Paid Fee

Candidate’s Contributions to Other Politicians

Willie Brown

$750

Tom Ammiano

$1,250

Rose Chung

$200

 

 

 

Bevan Dufty:

$100; Juanita Owens $100

Garrett Jenkins $100

Machine Links

Willie Brown-backed candi-date in 2000

 

 

 

Willie Brown-backed candi-date in 2002

 

John Burton-backed candidate

 

Highlights

Dudum-led Westside Dem-ocratic Club received $21,940 in 2002 from the

Committee on Jobs.

Former President,

Merchants of Upper Market and Castro; Member, S.F. Chamber of Commerce

Former elected member of the S.F. Republican Central Committee

Former President, Chinese Real Estate Assn. Of America

Lee-led S.F. Neighbors’ Resource Center has received $108,933 in City funding.

Member, S.F. Chamber of Commerce

Stated in a 5/9/02 Asian Week interview that politics is about “playing in the mud half the time.”

More local government experience than all the other candidates combined.

Education

MBA

MDiv

MBA

BA

BA

BA

MBA

MPA

Marital Status

Married

Single

Married

Married

Single

Married

Married

Married

Sources: Department of Election and Ethics Commission documents; candidate statements; San Francisco Chronicle 3/6/02 p. A27;
San Francisco Bay Guardian 9/4/02 p. 26; Asian Week 5/9/02 p. 12A; SF Weekly 8/28/02 p. 13.

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