Rafael Mandelman


Rafael Mandelman is an American politician currently serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 8.
Prior to his election to the Board of Supervisors, he served on the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees. He was a deputy city attorney in Oakland, California in the Redevelopment, Real Estate & Rent Unit in the Advisory Division of the City Attorney's Office.
Mandelman came out as gay while at Yale. In 2019, he authored an ordinance to create the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District; the ordinance was passed unanimously by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Accomplishments

On July 16th, 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed Mandelman's resolution in support of California Assembly Bill 5, a bill that when passed by the California Assembly on September 18th, 2019, protects workers by preventing corporations from improperly classifying them.
Mandelman has also held hearings on the City's LGBTQ data collection.