3934 Ortega Street, San Francisco, CA 94122 * 415-941-7945 * joelventresca@gmail.com * www.joelventresca.com
Since 1995 as a San Francisco peaceful warrior champion, I fearlessly battled the Most Corrupt Machine in America that amassed unprecedented power & wealth, rigged the economic & political system to make the superrich richer, and caused ever-expanding criminal prosecutions. This decades-old establishment, status quo, insider Willie Brown & protégés corruption machine is linked to widespread scandal, bribery, money laundering, contract & rate fixing, kickbacks, fraud, patronage, violence, threats, war profiteering, insider trading, missing records, election irregularities, conflicts of interest & backroom deals. |
Administrator, Safety Security Risk Expert & Analyst building the industry-leading City and County of San Francisco International Airport into an economic powerhouse creating 300,000 jobs & $62.5 billion in business sales annually (1987-2018); Department Head Assistant & Aging Specialist reorganizing the City and County of San Francisco Aging Commission into a model city department (1981-1984).
2021 Most Qualified California Gubernatorial Democratic Candidate; 2019 Democratic Party Runner-up for San Francisco Mayor; City and County of San Francisco Environmental Commissioner; President, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods; Executive Board Member, Service Employees International Union (790); Environmental Justice Pioneer; Nationally-known Successful Community Organizer.
Organized the winning coalition that passed the most restrictive commercial office highrise growth control law in the nation; Started term-limits for politicians on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Defeated corporate welfare sports facilities promoted by the superrich; Headed the public power movement in San Francisco; Testified before Congress against privatization of national parks; Led the effort to close the last two fossil-fueled burning power plants in San Francisco; Crafted open government law; Drafted detailed plan to cleanup radioactive-contaminated closed military bases; Adopted the first landmark City and County of San Francisco Sustainability Plan.
"hero"; "incorruptible"; "courageous"; "tough"; "principled"; "honest"; "liberal"; "left"; "empathetic"; "personable"; "knowledgeable".
Son of extraordinary mother & Italian American science teacher; Married Asian American immigrant; Step-grandfather to African Americans, Cambodian Americans & Filipino Americans; Related to signers of the Declaration of Independence & Constitution; Jesuit-educated; Master in Public Administration, University of San Francisco.
"As a prominent, popular, public-interest 99% game-changer Inclusive-Populist-Progressive-Democrat, who received over 297,000 votes in California elections, I will govern as America's Most Effective Progressive Governor." - Joel Ventresca |
Restoring, Reinventing & Reimagining the Golden California Dream |
Enact free, universal, high-quality healthcare, education prekindergarten-through-college, childcare & job training fully-funded by wealthy individuals & corporations, government revenues, and high-income workers. Raise minimum wage to $18.50-an-hour with no exceptions & annual upward cost-of-living adjustments. End homelessness, poverty, gender-based violence, mass incarceration, death penalty, war-on-drugs & institutional racism. Pass best tenant protection, civil rights, gun safety & police reform laws in the nation. Build large-scale multi-unit permanent affordable housing. Eliminate taxes & fees on small businesses for 5 years. Increase taxes on wealthy individuals & corporations.
Disempower top 1% economic elite. Empower nonviolent mass movements. Reinvent California into the first zero-carbon-emissions state in the nation. Restructure energy utilities into one full-service consumer-owned statewide public power system that operates efficiently, reliably, sustainably & safely with 15% lower rates. Convert to non-nuclear 100% clean renewable energy. Establish free public transit. Cease fracking & oil drilling. Reduce inequities, disparities & the gap between rich & poor. Challenge corporate & tech agendas.
Remove corrupt influence of private money from politics by mandating 100% publicly-funded candidate campaigns & elections. Prohibit elected representatives from meeting with lobbyists. Halt government waste, fraud, abuse, inefficiency, mismanagement & corruption. Make safety, security, opportunity & well-being accessible to all. Confront bias, discrimination & bigotry. Reopen Robert Kennedy murder investigation. Launch advertising-free, public interest-oriented, high-value alternative media (television, radio & print) completely-funded by taxing corporate media & big tech 2.5% of gross sales in California annually.
Should top 1%-incompetent-corrupt-corporate Newsom be given another 4-year term as governor? |