China News Service, February 20. According to the US "World Journal" report, the San Francisco Elections Office recently announced the latest election results. San Francisco City Councilman Yang Chima finally won the first place in the special election for the 17th constituency and was promoted to April. 19th special election runoff.

He won more than 37% of the votes in this vote, especially in Chinatown, where he received widespread support. For this, he is particularly grateful to Chinese voters for their support and full of confidence in the April runoff.

　　Yang Chima expressed his gratitude to the Chinese community. He said that in this election, voters should choose candidates who have experience and can help the community.

For the past two years, the Asian American community in San Francisco has faced numerous challenges like Asian Americans across the country.

He's proud of building trust with his community's constituents, fighting the pandemic and discrimination.

He said he was excited and confident that the April election would continue to be strong.

　　In the latest results released by the elections office, Yang Chima won the most votes in Chinatown by a decisive 15-point margin, while he also won the majority of voters in Portola Valley and Visiting Valley districts.

　　Yang Chima said that on the first day of the campaign, we paid great attention to Chinese voters, because the Chinese community in San Francisco has faced many difficulties and challenges in the past two years, which shows that the next councillor representing the community needs to work hard Get more state support for public safety, education, small business, and housing.

I am honored to have the trust of the Chinese community, and as we look forward to the general election in April, continuing to win the support of Chinese voters will remain a top priority for the campaign team.

　　Since announcing his candidacy in late September last year, Yang has focused on addressing the housing crisis, homelessness, climate change and social inequality.

His campaign has won support from a broad coalition of organizations and elected leaders, including State Education Minister Thurmond, State Senator and API Legislative Caucus Chair Pan Junda, City Council President Hua Shansong, City Councilman An Shihui, Supported by California School Staff Association, Chinese American Democracy Club, etc.

　　The election is to fill the seat vacated by Qiu Xinfu, and the special runoff will be held on April 19.