ICYMI: Faauuga Moliga was initially appointed to the board by Mayor London Breed in 2018. That same year, voters elected him to his current term, which began in 2019 and finishes at the end of this year.
Mayor London Breed speaks at a news conference alongside Faauuga Moliga before appointing him to the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education to fill Hydra Mendoza’s seat at June Jordan School for Equity on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Moliga announced his resignation Thursday in the wake of a landslide recall election earlier this week.
“Resigning immediately creates an opportunity for a new board member to step in at this important moment. I want to make sure that whoever is going to be appointed can be brought in as soon as possible as we have some important issues coming up with balancing the budget and selecting a new superintendent,” he said. “I look forward to refocusing on my family and continuing to serve my community.”
Moliga was initially appointed to the board by Mayor London Breed in 2018. That same year, voters elected him to his current term, which began in 2019 and finishes at the end of this year. Moliga, who is Samoan, is the considered the first Pacific Islander elected official in the city’s history.
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