Matt Dorsey

Supervisor Matt Dorsey is a City government veteran who most recently served on the commandstaff of the SFPD as the department’s communications director. Previously, Supervisor Dorseyserved for fourteen years in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, where he worked tosupport groundbreaking cases around marriage equality, education access, public health, tenantsrights, and worker protections. Supervisor Dorsey is an out gay man who joined SupervisorMandelman as the Board’s second LGBTQ member. He is also the only openly HIV positivemember of the Board of Supervisors and the only current member to acknowledge his historywith substance-use disorder.

Prior to joining SFPD in 2020, Dorsey led Tobacco-Free Kids’ communications strategy for the2019 No on Prop C campaign, soundly defeating a multimillion-dollar ballot measure by vapinggiant JUUL Labs, Inc. that became the most expensive per-vote loss in San Francisco history.

Supervisor Dorsey is committed to providing paths to recovery for those struggling withaddiction, supporting new housing at all levels to meet growing demand, and investing in publicsafety resources to ensure that all people can feel safe in their communities.