Bay Area's People to Watch in 2014

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Steve Glazer, state Assembly candidate: The Orinda councilman and former adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown is running for an open state Assembly seat in the East Bay on a hot-button issue in the aftermath of the BART strikes: a ban on public transit walkouts. It will say a lot about the state of organized labor and California politics if traditionally liberal Bay Area voters send Glazer, 56, to Sacramento. [...]


 Full list via San Francisco Chronicle:

  • Angela Ahrendts, future Apple executive
  • Sandy Barbour, UC Berkeley athletic director
  • Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, UCSF epidemiologist
  • Brian Boitano, former Olympic figure skater
  • José Manuel Carreno, Ballet San Jose artistic director
  • Christopher Chen, playwright
  • Vince Chhabria, San Francisco deputy city attorney
  • Ryan Coogler, filmmaker
  • Grace Crunican, BART general manager
  • Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
  • Dr. Laura Esserman, UCSF surgeon and breast cancer oncologist
  • Paul Figueroa, Oakland interim assistant police chief
  • Steve Glazer, state Assembly candidate
  • Charles Gute, conceptual artist
  • Ro Khanna, congressional candidate
  • Dave McLean, brewmaster and restaurateur
  • Yaron Milgrom, restaurateur
  • Janet Napolitano, UC president
  • Leah Pimentel, political activist
  • Jean Quan, Oakland Mayor
  • Vivek Ranadivé, Sacramento Kings owner
  • Andy Rubin, Google robotics honcho
  • Jessica Silverman, art gallery owner
  • James Syhabout, restaurateur
  • Christina Turley, director of sales and marketing
  • Lew Wolff, Oakland A's co-owner
  • Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Board chairwoman