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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Maria Martinez |
| Address |
San Francisco, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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Unknown |
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Still Living
(2025 years) |
| Contributor | Jake |
| Last Modifed | Jake
Jan 03, 2005 02:17am |
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Hispanic -
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| Info | Maria Martinez, with dogged determination, is making her third run for supervisor. This year she has received the endorsement of Mayor Brown. She has accepted donations from Mission District landlord Robert Cort Sr. and Bigstep.com. Martinez was elected to the Democratic Party Central Committee in 1990, 1992 and 1994. She has worked for the District Attorney's office and as an aide to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.
Martinez works at the City's Rent Board as a Citizen Complaint Manager. She helps Spanish speakers served with eviction notices. Martinez says many illegal evictions could be prevented if people knew their rights and understood the system. When someone received an eviction notice, he or she should immediately take it to an attorney or to the rent board, she said. But people often wait before they take any action. A verbal notice, when the landlord just tells the tenant "you have to move," is illegal. When a landlord evicts a tenant so that he or a family member can move into the unit, the landlord must pay each tenant $500 upon presenting the eviction notice and $500 when they move. Also many tenants are told they are evicted because the building is being sold, which is illegal, Martinez said.
Martinez, a mother of five children, moved to San Francisco in 1980. She grew up in Barstow, Calif., where her mother owned El Charro Cafe. She acquired a passion for service at the restaurant, she said. Before moving to San Francisco, Martinez was a counselor and teacher of imprisoned youth at the California Youth Authority in Paso Robles.
Martinez, a poet, feels strongly about strengthening the arts. "In the Mexican culture, we have a passion for the arts," she said. "When you kill the arts, you have nothing." She authored a poetry collection titled "Sterling Silver Roses."
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