Matthew Edward Gonzalez is an American politician,lawyer,and activist. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2001 to 2005 and was president of the Board. In 2003,Gonzalez,running as a member of the Green Party,lost a race for mayor of San Francisco to Democrat Gavin Newsom. In the 2008 presidential election,Gonzalez ran for vice president as the running mate of candidate Ralph Nader. As of February 2024,he works as the Chief Attorney at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office.
Jeffrey Gordon Adachi was an American attorney,pension reform advocate,and politician who served as the Public Defender of San Francisco from 2003 to 2019.
The San Francisco Board of Education is the school board for the City and County of San Francisco. It is composed of seven Commissioners,elected by voters across the city to serve 4-year terms. It is subject to local,state,and federal laws,and determines policy for all the K-12 public schools in the San Francisco Unified School District.
Chesa Boudin is an American lawyer who served as the 29th District Attorney of San Francisco from January 8,2020 to July 8,2022. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Malia M. Cohen is an American politician serving as the 33rd Controller of California since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Cohen previously served as Chair of the California State Board of Equalization from the 2nd district from 2019 to 2023 and as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 10 from 2011 to 2019.
Mark E. Farrell is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th Mayor of San Francisco from January 23 to July 11,2018. Before his appointment as mayor,he served on the Board of Supervisors for nearly two terms,representing District 2.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the legal agency charged with prosecuting crimes in the City and County of San Francisco,California. The current district attorney is Brooke Jenkins. Occupants of this office have gone on to higher elected offices,including:governor of California,United States Senator,and vice president of the United States.
London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is the 45th and current mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
The San Francisco Public Defender's Office is an agency of the Government of San Francisco. Since 1921,it has provided legal assistance to indigent individuals charged with violations of California state law by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.
The election for mayor of the City and County of San Francisco was held on November 5,2019. Incumbent Mayor London Breed,who had previously been elected in a special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Mayor Ed Lee,was reelected to a first full term in office. All local elections in California are nonpartisan.
A special election was held for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco on June 5,2018,to fill the remainder of the term of Ed Lee,who had died in office on December 12,2017. Upon Lee's death,London Breed,President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,became Acting Mayor of San Francisco,but a vote of six supervisors replaced Breed with Supervisor Mark Farrell. The mayoral election was held concurrently with the statewide direct primary election. In San Francisco,the election for the eighth district member of the board of supervisors was also on the ballot.
Matthew Craig Haney is an American politician from San Francisco currently serving as a member of the California State Assembly from the 17th district,covering the eastern portion of the city. A progressive member of the Democratic Party,Haney had represented District 6 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2022 and previously served as a commissioner on the San Francisco Board of Education from 2013 to 2019.
The 2019 San Francisco District Attorney election was held on November 5,2019,to elect the next District Attorney of San Francisco. The election,which was held alongside the 2019 mayoral election in which incumbent mayor London Breed won her first full term,was won by public defender Chesa Boudin.
The 2018 election for the San Francisco Board of Education was held on November 6,2018,to elect the next three commissioners for the San Francisco Board of Education.
The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election was a successful special recall election to remove San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office. It was held on June 7,2022,concurrent with the 2022 statewide primary elections.
The 2022 San Francisco Board of Education recall elections were held on February 15,2022. In a landslide election,over two-thirds of voters chose to remove three San Francisco Board of Education Commissioners—Alison Collins,Board President Gabriela Lopez,and Faauuga Moliga—from office. All three commissioners were replaced by appointees chosen by Mayor London Breed. The other four members of the school board were not eligible for recall at this time.
Kimiko Burton,formerly Kimiko Burton-Cruz,is an American attorney and government official. Burton is serving a second term as a member of the California State Personnel Board after having been reappointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019. From 2001 to 2003,Burton served as Public Defender of San Francisco.
Matt Dorsey is an American politician and communications professional. Dorsey has served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 6 since his appointment by Mayor London Breed on May 9,2022. He was elected to a full term in the 2022 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election. He previously served as the Head of Communications for the San Francisco Police Department.
Brooke Jenkins is an American lawyer serving as the 30th District Attorney of San Francisco. On July 8,2022,Jenkins was appointed interim district attorney by Mayor London Breed following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin,for which she actively campaigned. She was elected in her own right to fill the unexpired term the following November.
The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election was held on November 8,2022,following the successful recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. It was held concurrent with the 2022 statewide general elections.
