The San Francisco Municipal Railway( MEW-nee;SF Muni or Muni),is the primary public transit system within San Francisco,California. It operates a system of bus routes,the Muni Metro light rail system,three historic cable car lines,and two historic streetcar lines. Previously an independent agency,the San Francisco Municipal Railway merged with two other agencies in 1999 to become the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). In 2018,Muni served 46.7 square miles (121 km2) with an operating budget of about $1.2 billion. Muni is the seventh-highest-ridership transit system in the United States,with 142,168,200 rides in 2023,and the second-highest in California after the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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.
David Campos,is a politician who is Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party. In 2008 he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,where he represented San Francisco's District 9 until 2016 when he termed out. During his tenure,Campos sought to prohibit the construction of market-rate housing in his district.
Taraval and 17th Avenue station is an eastbound-only light rail stop on the Muni Metro L Taraval line,located in the Parkside neighborhood of San Francisco,California. The stop opened with the first section of the L Taraval line on April 12,1919.
The 2011 San Francisco mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 8,2011,to elect the mayor of San Francisco. The incumbent Ed Lee,appointed to fill the vacant mayoral seat,succeeded in his bid to become the first elected Asian-American mayor of a major American city.
Jane Jungyon Kim is an American attorney and politician,and the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco. She represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019. She is a member of the San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee. She is executive director of the California Working Families Party.
Scott Wiener is an American politician who has served in the California State Senate since 2016. A Democrat,he represents the 11th district,encompassing San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County.
Norman Yee is a former American elected official and educator in San Francisco,California. He served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing Supervisorial District 7 from 2012 to 2021 and was elected president of the Board in January 2019.
London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is the 45th and current mayor of San Francisco,serving since 2018. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
Aaron Dan Peskin is an American elected official in San Francisco,California. He is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 3. He was elected in 2015,having previously served two terms in 2001–2009.
David Sen-Fu Chiu is an American politician currently serving as the City Attorney of San Francisco. Previously,he served in the California State Assembly as a Democrat representing the 17th Assembly District,which encompasses the eastern half of San Francisco. Chiu was Chair of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee,a position he held from 2016 to 2021,and the former chair of the California Asian &Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.
Hillary Ronen is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 9,which includes the neighborhoods of Mission District,Bernal Heights,and Portola.
The 2016 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections occurred on November 8,2016. Six of the eleven seats of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were contested in this election. Three incumbents were termed out of office and three ran for reelection.
Rafael Mandelman is an American attorney and politician currently serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,representing District 8.
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.
Gordon Mar is an American politician from San Francisco. He was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2023,representing District 4. He is the brother of former District 1 supervisor Eric Mar.
Dean E. Preston is an American attorney and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. In November 2019,Preston won a special election to finish Mayor London Breed's term on the Board of Supervisors. He was re-elected in the November 2020 election.
Connie Chan is an American politician serving as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 1 since January 8,2021,after defeating Marjan Philhour,who ran for the seat in 2016,in a narrow race. Chan is a progressive. District 1 includes the Richmond,Lone Mountain,Sea Cliff,and Presidio Terrace neighborhoods,and parts of Golden Gate Park.
The 2022 California 17th State Assembly district special election was a special election to fill the vacant 17th Assembly District. The special election was called after incumbent Assemblymember David Chiu resigned the seat to become City Attorney of San Francisco. Matt Haney,a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,won the election.
The 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections will be held on November 5,2024. Six of the eleven seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are up for election. The election will be conducted with ranked-choice voting.
