From San Francisco Examiner:
Lurie on Tuesday met with about a dozen Filipino American leaders who expressed their “outrage and disappointment” about the first-ever Filipina American supervisor serving for only one week, said Marily Mondejar, founder and CEO of the Filipina Women’s Network.
Mondejar called Tuesday’s meeting “positive” and Lurie’s contrition “a very good first step,” but said she and others want the mayor now to appoint another Filipino American to the vacant seat, which represents a heavily Chinese American neighborhood. On the campaign trail last year, Lurie pledged Asian American and Pacific Islanders would be represented in his administration proportionally to their share of The City.
“We believe that he should appoint another Filipino American to remove the disgrace of this appointment,” Mondejar said.
She said the organization also wants more Filipino Americans in Lurie’s administration.
Mondejar said she and other Filipino Americans attended Alcaraz’s Nov. 6 swearing-in ceremony in the Sunset at the invitation of the Mayor’s Office and that, like others, she knew nothing about Alcaraz. But Mondejar trusted the Mayor’s Office had vetted her.