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Democrat
Janet Reilly, who currently serves on the Golden Gate Bridge Board,
is a former journalist who has worked as a businesswoman and has an
extensive background in the non-profit world. Janet also serves on
Mayor Gavin Newsom's Policy Council for Children, Youth and Families,
but she considers her experience raising two daughters in San Francisco
one of her most important qualifications for Assembly.
 Janet is a candidate for Assembly because she thinks
our state needs to stop running from the big problems and start solving
them.
She doesn't see enough elected officials in Sacramento
who are speaking up for us on the issues that
matter most. She knows our schools aren't getting
better and our commutes are getting worse. Its never been harder to
raise a family in the Bay Area and it is almost impossible to find
homes or health care the average family can afford.
Janet also clearly understands the nexus between our
quality of life and the quality of our government.
It's no coincidence that a national bipartisan magazine ranked California
government the worst in the country, citing management problems such
as the tower of debt and lack of investment in infrastructure. Janet
is committed to real reform in our state government because she knows
how much it matters here at home to Bay Area families.
As a director of the Golden Gate Bridge Board, Janet
Reilly knows we can do better when it comes to planning growth and
investing in good roads and great transit. In her role as a Bridge
Board member, Janet is also fighting to win our fair share of Federal
Homeland Security dollars. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the top
terrorist targets in the world and Janet is working with our delegation
in Washington to make sure we have the resources we need to protect
this magnificent and vital structure.
She is fighting to save lives by installing a suicide
barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. The Eiffel
Tower has a suicide barrier. The Empire State Building has a suicide
barrier. The Golden Gate Bridge District must do the same. The science
shows that lives can be saved and it's time to act.
As a businesswoman, Janet demonstrated that she could
help run an organization for the good of its
customers and the entire community. As the manager
of Public Relations for Mervyn's department stores,
Janet created Mervyn's Community Closet. The Community Closet traveled
throughout the country donating work-appropriate wardrobes to men
and women making the transition from welfare to work. Thousands of
people in more than one hundred cities have benefited from the Community
Closet.
In the non-profit world, Janet has worked to forge the
kind of strong coalitions that make an impact
by giving back to our community. At Mt. St. Joseph's-St. Elizabeth's
Epiphany Center for Families, Janet worked directly with drug-addicted
babies to help provide for their care. As part of her longtime work
with Shanti, Janet Reilly helped bring Shanti's volunteer model to
the national level. Janet has been instrumental in supporting inner
city Catholic education, including Sacred Heart School in the Western
Addition. Through their leadership in Catholic Charities, Janet and
Clint Reilly created the annual Loaves and Fishes dinner that helps
fund 38 community programs in San Francisco and San Mateo Counties.
Janet also serves on the Board of the Asian Art Museum to increase
cultural opportunities for families in the Bay Area.
Janet Reilly began her career as an anchorwoman-reporter
for CBS-affiliate KGWN-TV in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received a Masters
degree in Journalism from Medill at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Janet Reilly lives in San Francisco with her husband
Clint and
her two girls, Jill, 6, and Ava, 4.
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