Bevan Dufty is an American politician and a Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represents San Francisco's District 8, encompassing the 71,000 residents of Ashbury Heights, Buena Vista, The Castro, Diamond Heights, Dolores Park, Duboce Triangle, Glen Park, Lower Haight, Noe Valley, Sunnyside and Twin Peaks. He is the son of writer William Dufty and Maely Bartholomew. His step mother was Gloria Swanson and his Godmother was jazz s...
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Bevan Dufty is an American politician and a Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represents San Francisco's District 8, encompassing the 71,000 residents of Ashbury Heights, Buena Vista, The Castro, Diamond Heights, Dolores Park, Duboce Triangle, Glen Park, Lower Haight, Noe Valley, Sunnyside and Twin Peaks. He is the son of writer William Dufty and Maely Bartholomew. His step mother was Gloria Swanson and his Godmother was jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Dufty is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a student body co-president and earned a degree in Political Science. After graduation, he served as Senior Legislative Assistant for Education in the office of New York Rep. Shirley Chisholm. Later, he served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Rep. Julian Dixon, a post in which he helped craft legislation that created the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. In San Francisco, he worked for former Supervisor Susan Leal, served as an aide under Mayor...
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