Philip Louis Wing

• Office: Assembly Member, District 19
• Election Date: November 3, 2026
• Candidate: Philip Wing
• Due Date: Jul 1, 2026
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Thank you for seeking GrowSF's endorsement for the November 3, 2026 general election! GrowSF believes in a growing, vibrant, healthy, safe, and prosperous city via common sense solutions and effective government.

As a candidate for state office, your day-to-day responsibilities in office will affect not just San Francisco, but California as a whole. As a representative of the people of California and of San Francisco, the policies you bring to Sacramento should reflect the best of what we have to offer.

The GrowSF endorsement committee will review all completed questionnaires and seek consensus on which candidates best align with our vision for San Francisco and have the expertise to enact meaningful policy changes.

We ask that you please complete this questionnaire by July 1, 2026 so we have enough time to adequately review and discuss your answers.

• Your Policy Goals
• Your Leadership
• The Issues
• Personal
• Thank you

Your Policy Goals

We’d like to get some details about your high-level goals and how you intend to use your elected office to achieve them.

What policies do you hope to change or preserve by running for Assembly Member, District 19? Please be specific, and list them in order of priority.

1. Make HSAs State Tax Deductible, plus synchronize with federal status in other ways.
2. Local control of expanding housing supply, including creation of new communities rather than overloading current ones. Reverse policies that primarily make housing less affordable.
3. Rather than permitting students to run amok, develop a culture of leadership and cooperation

Why those policies?

Explain why your #1 goal is your #1 goal.

How will you build the coalition and political capital to enact your #1 goal? What obstacles will you face, and how will you overcome them? Will the power of the office of Assembly Member, District 19 be enough to achieve this goal?

Will the power of the office of Assembly Member, District 19 be enough to achieve the other goals?

What is an "out there" change that you would make to state or local government policy, if you could? For the purpose of this question, you are not constrained to the office of Assembly Member, District 19.

Your Leadership

We’d like to learn more about your leadership style and plan to execute effectively once you assume office.

Why are you running for Assembly Member, District 19?

In your own words, what are the core constitutional and statutory responsibilities of the Assembly Member, District 19?

What makes you uniquely qualified for this position?

What three measurable outcomes should Californians use to evaluate your success after your first two years in office?

The Issues

Next, we will cover the issues that voters tell us they care about. We hope to gain a better understanding of your policy positions, and we hope that you use this opportunity to communicate with voters.

California remains short millions of homes. What specific state-level reforms or investments would you champion to increase housing production at all income levels? Please name one regulatory barrier you would remove and one measurable target you would set.

CEQA is often used to block infill housing, shelters, and transit. What reforms would you support to reduce CEQA abuse while preserving environmental protections? Which types of projects should be streamlined, and how would you design those exemptions?

California must coordinate multi-level enforcement and treatment when combatting fentanyl. What state-level policies would you introduce to reduce fentanyl deaths and trafficking? How would you strengthen the ability of police, DA’s, and courts to address repeat and organized offenders?

SB 43 and CARE Court will increase treatment demand. How will you expand California’s mental-health treatment capacity — including beds, stabilization units, and workforce — and what measurable goals would you set?

Transit agencies in the Bay Area are facing a fiscal cliff. What reforms will you support to improve transit reliability, safety, and financial sustainability?

What is your plan to improve student outcomes, teacher retention, and school safety in San Francisco? Which metrics would you prioritize? Would you support governance consolidation or performance-based funding?

California faces structural deficits. What are your priorities for stabilizing the state budget, and what cuts, efficiencies, or revenue changes would you consider?

The Mayor’s Family Housing zoning reforms were recently enacted to allow more multi-family and “missing middle” housing in traditionally single-family Westside neighborhoods. What additional changes — procedural, regulatory, or legal — would you support to ensure these new zoning allowances actually translate into timely, feasible housing production?

What is your plan to improve reliability and safety on the transit lines heavily used by AD-19 residents, especially the N-Judah, L-Taraval, BART’s Daly City extension, and Caltrain connections? The M-Oceanview crossover of 19th Avenue needs much work. I’ve been trapped there between two streetcars with other drivers unwilling to allow me to move to allow the streetcars to continue on their way.

What is your strategy to address enrollment decline in Westside schools and ensure families can stay in SF?

Personal

Tell us a bit about yourself!

How long have you lived in California? What brought you here and what keeps you here?

Except for the fall of 1974 until June 1975 when my mother went to Canada hoping they would have a better chance of getting her a visa to visit China, San Francisco in different neighborhoods. Over 32 years at my current Sunset address.

What do you love most about California and/or your hometown?

The natural beauty and variety of The City.

What do you dislike the most about California and/or your hometown?

The people who seem to be bound and determined to mess it up for the rest of us.

Tell us about your current involvement in the community (e.g., volunteer groups, neighborhood associations, civic and professional organizations, etc.)

I’ve done more in the past, but the only office I hold is Secretary of the San Francisco Republican Assembly, and Senate District 13 Deputy Director of the California Republican Assembly.

Thank you

Thank you for giving us your time and answering our questionnaire. We look forward to reading your answers and considering your candidacy!