GrowSF was unable to reach consensus on who to endorse in this race. There are several candidates with good qualifications, but we were not able to definitively make a recommendation.

In order to help you figure out who to vote for, read our short descriptions of the candidates and figure out what is most important to you. Here's what we think about the four candidates we think have the best credentials: Jill Yee, Marie Hurabiell, John Rizzo, and Thea Selby. You can vote for up to three people.

Jill Yee brings a strong focus on fiscal responsibility to an institution that desperately lacks it, and a long tenure working as a professor, department chair, and academic dean at City College. We're glad to see Yee agree with the obvious, but often taboo statement, that it's too hard to fire bad teachers. Among her suggestions to help City College deal with its financial crisis, she recommends consolidating some classes (she says she "counted 163 classes available to satisfy a 3 unit general education requirement") and to stop deficit spending. If you value someone with teaching and management experience, and who's willing to make hard choices around budget cuts, you may want to vote for Jill Yee. Read her full questionnaire here.

Marie Hurabiell is an attorney and entrepreneur who brings a strong background in fiscal responsibility as well as the experience of serving on the Georgetown Board of Regents. She served as President of the Presidio Trust, and she was a well-qualified choice to serve on that important public body (the Presidio Trust manages federal land, and all appointments are done by the presidential administration in charge at the time). On the Presidio Trust, Hurabiell chaired the Finance and Audit Committee where she ensured issues flagged in audits were fixed. We think she would bring that fiscal experience to bear on the City College Board of Trustees. We also appreciate her no-nonsense responses about the issues the new enrollment system has caused. If you think that experience on successful academic boards and a strong fiscal management background are important, you may want to vote for Marie Hurabiell. Read her full questionnaire here.

John Rizzo has been serving on the City College Board of Trustees for 15 years, and given that long tenure he believes that the current board has finally made an impact and gotten City College back on track. We value experience, and we especially appreciate that Rizzo is not using this important role as a stepping stone for higher political office. But we are also left asking: given that Rizzo has overseen a growing fiscal mismanagement crisis and an accreditation crisis... is Rizzo's tenure actually the problem? He is smart, though, and does seem serious about fixing City College's problems — even if he oversaw the creation of them in the first place. So, if you value a long track record by someone who isn't trying to get promoted to higher office, you may want to vote for John Rizzo. Read his full questionnaire here.

Thea Selby is an incumbent City College Trustee, where she has worked to help City College recover from its accreditation crisis and its financial crisis. In fact, she was president of the Board of Trustees in 2017 when City College escaped its first accreditation crisis. She has helped guide City College toward a path of fiscal sustainability, but we don't think City College has actually arrived there yet. And this is why we can't make an unabashed endorsement: Selby now says that City College no longer faces a financial crisis, but there's every indication that that's not true. So, if you value the real-world experience of helping get City College back on its feet and don't want to change horses midstream, you may want to vote for Thea Selby. Read her full questionnaire here.