Brandon Dawkins
CA
Brandon Dawkins is a health care worker and labor and community organizer, and a father of five with four children in Antioch public schools. He says his top priority is school safety, along with strong academics and support for students' mental health.
Where Brandon Dawkins stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Public Education Quality (2 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (4 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Urged San Francisco supervisors to improve staffing at public health clinics. He identified himself as a clinic eligibility worker and linked understaffing to long appointment waits and impaired patient access.
May 7, 2014Supports Government Efficiency
Source: sanfrancisco.granicus.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 oppose
Joined a San Francisco rally backing Proposition B’s bond funding for public-health facilities.
October 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: seiu1021.org
Backed SB 525’s proposed $25 minimum wage for covered public and private health workers at 2023 legislative hearings. The April and July versions had different start dates.
July 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org
Lobbied lawmakers in Sacramento for more community-clinic funding and higher clinic-worker pay under SB 1014.
May 31, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: seiu1021.org
Collected petition signatures for Schools and Communities First, a school and local-government funding initiative. It proposed market-value taxation of commercial property, with exemptions for homes, farmland and qualifying smaller holdings.
February 22, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: seiu1021.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Publicly criticized expanded driverless-taxi operations in San Francisco, citing road safety and the risk of displacing gig workers.
September 5, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: seiu1021.org
Asked California workplace-safety officials for stronger protections for clinic staff and patients. He suggested more law-enforcement presence to address threats against staff.
November 13, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: dir.ca.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Joined Oakland’s school-closure protest as an SEIU Local 1021 member and parent. He publicly opposed the district’s financial justification for closing schools.
April 29, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: oaklandvoices.us
Collected petition signatures for Schools and Communities First, a school and local-government funding initiative. It proposed market-value taxation of commercial property, with exemptions for homes, farmland and qualifying smaller holdings.
February 22, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
Source: seiu1021.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support
Joined Sacramento’s Good Trouble Lives On protest against Trump’s immigration enforcement and civil-rights policies. He urged unions to defend working-class families.
July 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: seiu1021.org
Urged San Jose’s City Council to protect immigrant workers and support their rights.
February 4, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: sanjose.granicus.com
Supported the June 2023 AB 1228 proposal holding covered fast-food chains jointly liable for franchisees’ wage, safety and discrimination violations. It allowed notice and time to cure violations before civil action. He later celebrated the Fast Food Council’s first meeting in March 2024 after the bill changed.
June 28, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Joined a San Francisco rally backing Proposition B’s bond funding for public-health facilities.
October 1, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: seiu1021.org
Advocated Richmond’s Make Polluters Pay campaign and welcomed Chevron’s payment agreement for city services. He highlighted deferred street and park maintenance as priorities.
August 19, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: seiu1021.org
Track record — General
General · 33 records
Received the Marsh Creek Democratic Club’s endorsement for Antioch Unified School District Area 5.
October 26, 2026
Source: marshcreekdems.org
Received the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County’s endorsement for Antioch Unified School District Area 5.
October 22, 2026
Source: contracostadems.com
Received SEIU Local 1000’s endorsement for Antioch School Board.
October 13, 2026
Source: seiu1000.org
Received the Contra Costa Labor Council’s endorsement for Antioch Unified School District Ward 5.
September 29, 2026
Source: teal-sunflower-kacw.squarespace.com
Received SEIU Local 1021’s endorsement for Antioch Unified School District Trustee Area 5.
September 28, 2026
Source: seiu1021.org
Received Our Revolution’s endorsement for Antioch Unified School District Trustee Area 5.
September 15, 2026
Source: ourrevolution.com
Worked as an operations manager for San Francisco public health’s Medical Respite partnership with Community Forward. The program received national certification; he credited the joint staff’s work.
September 9, 2026
Source: communityforwardsf.org
Lost the SEIU Local 1021 vice president of organizing election to Jennifer Esteen, 1,299 votes to 1,489.
February 11, 2025
Source: seiu1021.org
Seconded a motion authorizing $18.9 million for SEIU Local 1021 to buy and renovate a San Francisco office. The motion passed.
December 21, 2024
Source: seiu1021.org
Voted against assigning Santa Clara University workers to Region C and Alameda County for SEIU Local 1021’s 2025 election. That plan passed 22–8–6. He also opposed a failed alternative giving SCU its own county representative.
October 26, 2024
Source: seiu1021.org
Called for affordable housing for San Francisco’s workforce at a press conference. He described long commutes caused by housing costs.
August 5, 2024
Source: seiu1021.org
Urged California’s CalAccount board to expand access to affordable bank accounts for low-wage and underserved workers.
July 18, 2024
Source: treasurer.ca.gov
Joined Antioch Starbucks workers’ Pride sip-in supporting an inclusive workplace for LGBTQ workers and customers.
June 27, 2024
Source: seiu1021.org
Urged San Jose to require paid time off and a paid yearly workers’ rights training day for fast-food employees. The council omitted the workers’ request from that budget discussion.
March 19, 2024
Source: sanjosespotlight.com
Asked San Francisco’s Health Commission to urge Felton Institute’s leadership to stop interfering with workers’ union activities.
November 7, 2023
Source: media.api.sf.gov
Favored funding mental-health and homelessness services over adding police officers at October and November 2023 hearings. He supported Safaí’s amendment requiring sufficient new voter-approved tax revenue before the proposed police-staffing plan began.
November 6, 2023
Source: sanfrancisco.granicus.com
Opened a San Francisco City Hall rally supporting Starbucks workers’ union organizing. He accused Starbucks of interfering with workers’ union efforts.
July 31, 2023
Source: seiu1021.org
Supported SB 779’s expanded public reporting on primary care clinics, including their workforce, finances, care quality and equity.
July 11, 2023
Source: calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org
Spoke at a San Francisco airport rally for gig workers’ living wages and protections against unfair account deactivations.
April 27, 2023
Source: missionlocal.org
Spoke at the launch of California Academy of Sciences workers’ union campaign in San Francisco.
March 30, 2023
Source: seiu1021.org
Joined a North Davis rally supporting workers at the first unionized Peet’s Coffee location.
January 28, 2023
Source: seiu1021.org
Publicly opposed Proposition 22’s limits on gig workers’ rights and supported the legal challenge to the measure.
December 19, 2022
Source: seiu1021.org
Spoke at an Alameda County workers’ rally calling for more staff during contract bargaining.
November 1, 2022
Source: seiu1021.org
Spoke at a Sacramento rally backing AB 257’s fast-food worker council. He called for worker input on pay and workplace-safety standards.
August 16, 2022
Source: seiu1021.org
Supported and encouraged Santa Clara University adjuncts and lecturers during their union campaign. They voted 245–93 to join SEIU Local 1021.
June 21, 2022
Source: seiu1021.org
Was appointed chair of SEIU Local 1021’s Younger Workers Committee and a member of its Personnel and Staffing Committee.
April 23, 2022
Source: seiu1021.org
Was sworn in as SEIU Local 1021’s vice president of organizing.
March 19, 2022
Source: seiu1021.org
Moved approval of SEIU Local 1021’s authorization for a La Clinica workers’ strike during contract bargaining. The motion passed.
December 18, 2021
Source: seiu1021.org
Moderated a union panel on using public outreach and political pressure to improve contract bargaining.
October 10, 2021
Source: seiu1021.org
Joined San Francisco’s May Day march and publicly backed the PRO Act’s protections for workers organizing unions.
May 1, 2021
Source: seiu1021.org
Joined an SEIU Local 1021 roundtable on racism, police brutality and racial disparities during COVID-19.
June 9, 2020
Source: seiu1021.org
Spoke at SEIU Local 1021’s COVID-19 town hall about paid leave, sick time and floating holidays for San Francisco workers. He supported those benefits for workers caring for their families.
April 16, 2020
Source: seiu1021.org
Was elected by acclamation as a San Francisco County Area Representative on SEIU Local 1021’s executive board.
February 13, 2019
Source: seiu1021.org
Past race Brandon Dawkins ran in:
- Antioch Unified School District Governing Board Member, Area 5 · November 3, 2026 · Antioch Unified School District Trustee Area 5