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Greetings from the balcony of the University of San Francisco’s downtown campus at 101 Howard Street, where I’m pursuing my Master of Public Administration (MPA)! 🎓📚

I’m Pearci “PJ” Bastiany III, candidate for District 10 Supervisor, martial artist, entrepreneur, and community advocate. I’m excited to bring my public administration studies and research into the work of solving real problems facing San Francisco.

From affordable housing and public safety to economic development, transportation, and environmental justice, I believe our city’s challenges deserve thoughtful research, innovative solutions, and community-driven leadership.

And sometimes, the best inspiration comes from simply taking a moment to appreciate the world around us. 🌿✨ With the Bay Bridge as my backdrop, some of my favorite sightings from this balcony are the hummingbirds and dragonflies reminding me to slow down, stay curious, and appreciate the beauty of our city.

San Francisco has so much potential. I’m excited to keep learning, researching, and working toward a future where our communities can thrive.

Public service meets public administration. Research meets real-world solutions. Let’s build a better San Francisco—together! 🌉💙

#mafhssf #USFCA #PublicAdministration #PublicService #gunsensecandidate

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🎥 THE SF YOUNG DEMOCRATS INTERVIEW IS FINALLY READY! 🗳️🔥

After months of campaigning, community conversations, candidate forums, endorsements, and showing up across San Francisco — I’m proud of the campaign I’ve run and the work we’ve put in so far.

Check out my SF Young Democrats candidate interview and hear directly from me about why I’m running for San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 10 and the vision I’m bringing to this race.

⏳ 27 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY — NOVEMBER 3!

Along the way, I’ve been grateful to receive support and recognition including:

🌱 Endorsed by the SF Green Party
🛡️ Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate
🚪 Demand a Seat — Fall 2025 Cohort

Now it’s time for San Francisco voters to get informed, review the candidates, and make their voices heard.

🗳️ SAN FRANCISCO USES RANKED-CHOICE VOTING. If you choose to rank candidates, rank them according to your own preferences and priorities.

Watch the interview. Learn about the candidates. Make your voice count.

November 3, 2026.
Fight for U. Fight for Us. United San Francisco. #Election2026 #GOTV #YoungDemocrats #gunsensecandidate #usfca

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🎤 THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS STARTS WITH SHOWING UP! ✊🏾🌉

A quick look at my opening statement at the District 10 Candidate Debate Forum, hosted by 3rd Street Youth Clinic and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) at the Southeast Community Center!

As a USF MPA graduate student, community advocate, entrepreneur, and first-degree black belt, I’m bringing my lived experience, education, and commitment to community engagement into this campaign.

My hope is that the next generation of student leaders sees my journey and realizes that you don’t have to wait for permission to make a difference. Get involved. Speak up. Serve your community. Become the leader you want to see!

🙏🏾 Thank you to 3rd Street Youth Clinic, CAA, and everyone who made this important community conversation possible.

District 10, our future is worth fighting for!

🔥 FIGHT FOR U. FIGHT FOR US. UNITED SAN FRANCISCO.

#mafhssf #election2026 #avotelesspeopleisahopelesspeople #gunsensecandidate #YouthLeadership

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District 10 Candidate Forum | September 30, 2026 🇺🇸🌉
Grateful for the opportunity to participate in the District 10 Candidate Debate Forum hosted by 3rd Street Youth Clinic and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) at the Southeast Community Center.

It was an honor to be in a room focused on the future of our communities and to share my experiences, priorities, and vision for public service.

As a USF MPA graduate student, community advocate, entrepreneur, and first-degree black belt, I hope my journey demonstrates to the next generation that public service and community engagement are paths they can pursue too. 🎓🥋

To the student leaders and young people watching: your voice matters, your ideas matter, and your community needs you. I hope my journey inspires you to get involved, ask questions, serve others, and one day step into leadership yourself.

Thank you to 3rd Street Youth Clinic, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and the Southeast Community Center for creating space for this important conversation.

Fight for U. Fight for Us. United San Francisco.

#mafhssf #gunsensecandidate #avotelesspeopleisahopelesspeople #YouthLeadership #election2026

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📸 THE SHIPYARD. THE FUTURE OF DISTRICT 10.

Today I had the honor of doing my official campaign photoshoot with my father overlooking the historic Hunters Point Naval Shipyard — a place that represents both San Francisco’s complicated industrial past and an enormous opportunity for its future.

My campaign has called for canceling the existing Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment plan and pursuing a different vision centered on environmental remediation, manufacturing, logistics, shipbuilding, clean energy, and good-paying jobs.

The current redevelopment framework envisions more than 10,000 homes at the Shipyard, while the city continues to grapple with the site’s contamination, cleanup, and long-delayed redevelopment.

There are currently 10 candidates listed in the District 10 Supervisor race, and voters will ultimately decide which vision they want represented at City Hall.

For me, this campaign is about asking a fundamental question:

What should Hunters Point Shipyard become?

A housing development?
A center for jobs and industry?
Or a new model that combines environmental restoration, economic development, housing, and community benefits?

That conversation deserves the attention of every District 10 voter.

The choice belongs to the voters of District 10 on November 3, 2026.

📍 Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
📸 Official Campaign Photoshoot with Dad @kjnpearci

#PJForD10 #District10 #HuntersPoint #HuntersPointShipyard #Shipbuilding

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🎥 A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE CAMPAIGN!
Today I had the honor of recording my candidate statement with the League of Women Voters of San Francisco and SFGovTV for Meet the Candidates. 🗳️📺

A special shoutout to my parents for coming into San Francisco today to be part of this moment and support me as we captured a piece of this journey on film. ❤️

Here are a few behind-the-scenes moments from the recording!

Be sure to check out Pearci “PJ” Bastiany III on SFGovTV’s Meet the Candidates and learn more about our vision for the future of District 10 and San Francisco. 🌉

The work continues. The vision is clear. Fighting For U, Fighting For US, Fighting for a United San Francisco! Fight On! ✌🏾

#PJForD10 #SanFrancisco #MeetTheCandidates #SFGovTV #LWVSF

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🇺🇸 NYC MPA Field Notes → San Francisco

This slideshow is a collection of moments my team and I captured during my Labor Day weekend in New York City—and a reminder that sometimes the best way to envision what’s possible for San Francisco is to get out, observe, study, and bring the lessons home.

A few things stood out to me:
🎨 Black art & culture integrated into public spaces — our communities deserve to see themselves represented and celebrated.

🏗️ Industrial history transformed into community assets — there are opportunities to preserve our history while reimagining former industrial spaces as parks, recreation, culture, and economic development.

🌊 Waterfronts designed for people — public access, green space, recreation, and gathering places can turn underutilized areas into destinations for entire communities.

🏘️ Vibrant, culturally attuned housing — development should create places where people can actually see their culture, identity, and community reflected in the neighborhood around them.
As I head back to San Francisco, I’m bringing these observations into my MPA work and into the conversations about what we can build here—especially in District 10.

The NYC trip is over, but the analysis continues. 📚🏙️
Best of luck to our campaign manager @ladye_cares as she continues her journey walking #nycfashionweek 🎊
Looking forward to putting these ideas to work in class this Saturday—and ultimately, putting public administration into practice back home in San Francisco.

#mafhssf #PublicAdministration #NYC #CommunityDevelopment

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My New York City MPA analysis over Labor Day weekend has me thinking about what we can take back to San Francisco—and what’s possible when we’re willing to reimagine our public spaces.

From Riverbank State Park, I’m reflecting on three ideas I want to see more of in San Francisco:

🎨 Highlight Black art & culture — public spaces should tell the stories and celebrate the people who make our communities what they are.

🏗️ Transform our industrial past into our public future — preserve the history while creatively converting former industrial infrastructure into parks, recreation, waterfront access, and community gathering spaces.

🏘️ Build vibrant, culturally attuned housing — housing shouldn’t just be buildings. It should reflect the people, culture, history, and needs of the communities who call it home.

That’s the kind of public administration analysis I’m bringing back with me: learn from what works, understand the history, and adapt it for San Francisco.

Tomorrow morning, I’ll be back in front of the camera for a recorded candidate statement with SFGovTV and the League of Women Voters of San Francisco. Looking forward to sharing more about the vision for District 10.

For now… NYC, you’ve been good to me. 🌉🗽
As @biggiesmallskingofny said, “Going back to Cali.” ✈️🌴

#pjthepoolman #mafhssf #UrbanPlanning #BlackArt #PublicSpaces

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🌿🏙️ WHAT IF SAN FRANCISCO REIMAGINED WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE?

MAFH took a walk through NYC’s High Line — a former elevated rail line transformed into one of the city’s most incredible public parks.

🚆 Old tracks became part of the landscape.
🌱 Nature reclaimed the infrastructure.
💧 Wetlands became gathering spaces.
🎨 Black art and public installations line the path.
🏙️ Futuristic architecture rises alongside historic infrastructure.
🦋 Butterflies, crickets, trees, and native plants thrive above the city.

And thousands of people experience it every day.
That’s public administration with imagination.

Infrastructure that sat deteriorating for decades was transformed into a destination, supported by nonprofit stewardship, horticulture volunteers, park staff, rangers, public access points, and thoughtful design.

Walking through it had me thinking about San Francisco. 🌉
What abandoned industrial spaces could become parks?
What inaccessible corridors could become elevated walking and bike paths?
Where could we create more seating, gardens, public art, wetlands, and places for families to gather?

Sometimes the best public policy begins with looking at something everyone else sees as obsolete and asking:
“What could this become?”

The High Line is a reminder that a bold idea can become a real place — and a real place can transform how people experience their city.

Let’s reimagine San Francisco. 🌱🌉

#highlinenyc #MAFHSSF #NYC #PublicAdministration #AdaptiveReuse

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🌿🏙️ PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN ACTION: FROM ABANDONED RAIL LINE TO WORLD-CLASS PUBLIC SPACE

While in New York City, MAFH Security took a walkthrough of the High Line — an incredible example of what can happen when government, nonprofits, designers, community advocates, and the public come together around a creative idea.

The High Line is a former elevated freight rail line that sat largely unused and deteriorating for decades before being transformed into one of Manhattan’s most unique public parks. What was once infrastructure headed toward demolition is now a destination that attracts thousands of visitors every day.

And walking through it, you can see why. 👀🌱

The original rail tracks are still incorporated throughout the park, surrounded by flourishing trees, grasses, flowers, and unique plant life. There are recreated wetland environments, seating areas with flowing water underneath, dedicated access points connecting the park to the surrounding neighborhoods, and staff and volunteers helping maintain the landscape and educate visitors.

And then there’s the art. 🎨✊🏽

Along the route are incredible displays of Black art, murals, sculptures, and public installations, integrated directly into the urban landscape.

The architecture surrounding the High Line is just as fascinating — including some futuristic, almost Jetsons-style buildings that create an incredible contrast between historic infrastructure, nature, art, and modern development.

You can literally hear crickets, see butterflies, experience dozens of species of plants, and look out over breathtaking views of Manhattan and New Jersey — all while walking on infrastructure that was once considered obsolete.
San Francisco has enormous amounts of former industrial, transportation, waterfront, and inaccessible infrastructure that could be transformed into parks, elevated walking paths, bike connections, public gathering spaces, art corridors, and new recreational destinations. #mafhssf #publicadministration #highlinenyc #nycparks #goodideas

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A conversation with MAFH CEO Pearci “PJ” Bastiany III on his vision for the future of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard #mafhssf #cleanenergy #phytoremediation #shipbuilding #hunterspoint

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🎓📚 FDOS — FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! 📚🎓

CEO Pearci “PJ” Bastiany is officially BACK at the University of San Francisco for Year 2 of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program — and this one hits different…

🔥 THE FINAL YEAR OF GRAD SCHOOL! 🔥

The journey continues, the vision gets sharper, and the finish line is officially in sight. After everything it took to get here, we’re proud to announce:

🎓 GRADUATION: MAY 2027! 🎓

From building businesses and serving the community to advocating for public policy and developing the next generation of leaders — this MPA journey is about more than a degree. It’s about gaining the knowledge, skills, and tools to turn vision into policy and policy into action.

One more year. One more push. One more chapter before the cap gets thrown. 🥹🎓

Year 2. Final Year. LET’S WORK! 💪🏽📚

#PJThePoolman #mafhssf #USFCA #gradstudent #fdos

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