Nonbinary, Gay, Mixed-Race, Dem Socialist Candidates Win in Bay Area
From left: Michael Smith, James Coleman, and Lissette Espinoza-Garnica bring new diversity to city councils in the Bay Area.Two city councils in the San Francisco Bay Area just got a little more diverse with the election of gay, bisexual, and nonbinary members, all people of color.James Coleman, 21, elected to the South San Francisco City Council, will be the first member of the LGBTQ+ community and the youngest person ever to serve on the council.
Running in the city’s District 4, he defeated Rich Garbarino, who has been on the council for 18 years and is currently mayor; the mayor is selected by council members.Coleman, who is bisexual and mixed-race (his mother is Chinese-American, his father white), is a democratic socialist who “ran on.
