Jane Kim

Jane Jungyon Kim (born July 9, 1977) is an American attorney and politician, and the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco. She represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019. She is a member of San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee. She was the inaugural executive director of the California Working Families Party. Prior to her election to the Board of Supervisors, Kim was a member and then president of the San Francisco Board of Education. In 2016, she ran for the 11th California State Senate District, but lost to Scott Wiener in a run-off election after finishing first place in the primary. She was a candidate for mayor in the 2018 San Francisco mayoral special election, finishing third with 24.03% of the first-round vote. She was the California political director and national regional political director for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. In 2026, Kim announced she would run in the 2026 California Insurance Commissioner election.