Matt gonzalez for mayor biography

Matt Gonzalez, 1999. Photograph by Elizabeth Ross.

SHORT BIO

Matt Gonzalez was born in McAllen, Texas. He received his B.A. at Columbia University and J.D. from Stanford Law School. After a decade as a deputy public defender in San Francisco Gonzalez served a term on the 11-member Board of Supervisors. He thereafter co-founded a civil rights law firm Gonzalez & Leigh LLP, which was active from 2005-2012, and was Ralph Nader’s running mate in 2008 on an Independent ticket. In early 2011, he returned to the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office as Chief Attorney. 

Since 2006 he has exhibited artworks in a variety of Bay Area art venues including Park Life, Guerrero Gallery, Adobe Books, Incline Gallery, and Johansson Projects. He has shown with Dolby Chadwick Gallery since 2014.

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LONG BIO

Early Years

Matthew Edward Gonzalez was born on June 4, 1965 in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, in the

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Go, Matt, Go!: Stories from the People of the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor Campaign

Every moment in history has its stories, its memories, its unbelievable and exciting times, most of which do not make it into the official records. These unique, wonderful human experiences have been collected here and represent the many diverse views of the people who worked so hard to make the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign the history-making event that it was.

Here are the stories of the people, the real people, in their own words, with ingenting censored or changed. This book is a tribute to all the people who sacrificed so much and worked so hard to make San Francisco's dream come true. Including stories, photographs, essays, letters, interviews, and letters by District Six Supervisor Chris Daly, San Francisco Green County Council members Kim Knox and Marc Salomon, President of the Board of Supervisors and former candidate Matt Gonzalez, SF Progressive editor Aaron Barnes, beat poet Diamond

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About The Matt Gonzalez Reader

Photo of Matt Gonzalez by Nick Bygon, 2008.

Art & Politics: The Matt Gonzalez Reader collects various interviews, opinion editorials, essays, art reviews, and other writings by Matt Gonzalez on issues related to art and politics, many of which are no longer in print or otherwise available online. The postings are reprinted from their original place of publication, including monographs and catalogs published by art galleries, which include:

The Argonaut
As It Ought To Be
Berkeley La Raza Law Journal
BeyondChron
BLISSS Magazine
Ceramics: Art & Perception
Comet Magazine
CounterPunch

Crocker Art Museum
Davis Enterprise
FMSBW
Fog City Journal
48 hills
Frey Norris Contemporary
Golden Gate [X]press
Hollis Taggart
Joshua Liner Galley
Jules Maeght Gallery
Juxtapoz
Luggage Store Gallery
Mark Moore Gallery
Medium
Mesh Magazine
Michael Rauner Photography

Moth Belly Gallery
The New Fillmore
North Bay Progressive Journal
Paragon Books
Plas