Julienne "Julie" Christensen is an

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politician, who served on the

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from January 2015 to December 2015, representing

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Biography

After studying sculpture, painting, and pre-law, Christensen worked for design firm

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before starting her own firm, Surface Work, in 1981. Among her designs is the color of the

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candy apple red mixer.

Political career

In January 2015, Christensen was appointed by San Francisco Mayor

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to fill the District 3 supervisorial vacancy left by former Board of Supervisors President David Chiu upon his election to the

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. In the closely fought supervisorial election in December 2015, she was defeated by

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, who had previously held the seat from 2001 until 2009. During the election campaign, Julie Christensen cited the physics concept “wormhole”—a connection between two different space-times—to describe the Stockton Street Tunnel connecting Union Square and Chinatown, Peskin's ally

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distorted the word “wormhole” to imply that Chinatown is a hole of worms, which successfully triggered the anger of some Chinatown residents. That negative press controlled by Rose Pak in Chinatown created an opportunity for Peskin to pick up much-needed votes in the Chinese community when he ran against Christensen. She has also served on the Advisory Board for the

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and is an active proponent of extending San Francisco's Central Subway to North Beach. Christensen currently serves as the executive director of the Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District.

References

External links

Julie Christensen's official Board of Supervisors page
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