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The 1998 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections occurred on November 3, 1998. Five of the eleven seats were contested. [1] Five incumbents, three of whom were appointed by Mayor Willie Brown, were up for election. [2]
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This election was the last using at-large seats, a system that effectively reduces representation of minority points of view. Subsequent Board of Supervisors elections were to district seats through a plan ratified by the voters in 1996.
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though most candidates in San Francisco do receive funding and support from various political parties.