In our City with a $14.6 billion budget, there is no possible excuse for allowing anyone to go to bed hungry. Dean has championed food access and food security, especially in the Tenderloin and Fillmore neighborhoods of District 5.

• Organized with residents to stop the abrupt closure of Webster Street Safeway, the Fillmore’s only full-service grocery store

• Passed resolution to save Market Match, a crucial program that benefits farmers markets, vendors, and low-income residents buying fresh produce

• Working with residents to bring a full-service grocery store to the Tenderloin, where there hasn’t been one for decades

• Won funding for Halal Food Vouchers in the Tenderloin

• Supported Heart of the City Farmers Market during transition to Fulton Plaza 

• Celebrated opening of new grocery store in long vacant space in Hayes Valley