San Francisco Green Party Judge Candidate Questionnaire 2026
Due Date: Tues, March 17, 11:59 pm

Candidate Name:
Phone Number:
Web site:
E-mail:
Name of Campaign Manager:
Major Endorsements:

Please answer these questions to the extend that you are legally able
to; i.e., without indicating how your personal beliefs may influence
your professional behavior as a judge.

1) Have you volunteered any personal time or published anything
   regarding the death penalty?

2) Have you volunteered any personal time or published anything
   related to reproductive rights?

3) Have you volunteered any personal time around issues such as
   corporate free speech, or corporate spending limits in elections?

4) Have you volunteered any personal time or published anything
   related to the decriminalization of psychedelic plants and fungi?

5) (if challenging/open seat) Please describe how you expect your
   judicial style will be different from your predecessor in the seat
   you are running for.  Were there any specific decisions you
   disagreed with?  (if incumbent) Please explain why you retain
   your position.

6) What Supreme Court Justices do you most often agree with and why?

7) What is your opinion of recent Supreme Court decisions regarding
   abortion (Dobbs) and homelessness (Grants Pass)?

8) How can the legal community increase access to justice and solve
   the current backlog in our local court system?

9) What kind of cases did you work on as an attorney?

10) What are the biggest challenges currently within the legal system?


Due Date: Tues, March 17, 11:59 pm

Please submit by email to cc@sfgreens.org. For more information, call
Barry Hermanson at 415-255-9494.  Please return your answers in plain
text (not HTML, PDF, or Word format), so that we can post all
candidates' answers in the same format.

The SF Green Party will invite selected candidates who return
completed questionnaires on time to speak and answer questions at our
candidate forum and endorsement meeting.  To be given time on our
agenda, each candidate needs at least three active Green Party members
to request their invitation.  This will be a hybrid meeting, so
invited candidates may also speak with us via Zoom.

Our endorsement meeting is scheduled for Wed, March 25 from 7-9
pm at our office, 2973 16th St, #300, SF - note that this is across
the street from our old office in the Redstone Building.

Completed questionnaires will be posted on our website,
https://sfgreenparty.org.