Fiona Ma is an American politician and accountant. She has been serving as the California state treasurer since January 7,2019. She previously was a member of the California Board of Equalization (2015–2019),the California State Assembly (2006–2012),and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2002–2006).
Michela Alioto-Pier is an American politician and small business owner who served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2004 to 2011. A Democrat,she represented District 2,encompassing the Marina and Pacific Heights neighborhoods. She previously served as a member of the San Francisco Port Commission. She was appointed to the Board of Supervisors by Gavin Newsom after he was elected mayor,in 2003. Newsom himself was initially appointed to this seat by former mayor Willie Brown.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is an agency created by consolidation of the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni),the Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT),and the Taxicab Commission. The agency oversees public transport,taxis,bicycle infrastructure,pedestrian infrastructure,and paratransit for the City and County of San Francisco.
The mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government. The officeholder has the duty to enforce city laws,and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,the legislative branch. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms. Because of San Francisco's status as a consolidated city-county,the mayor also serves as the head of government of the county;both entities have been governed together by a combined set of governing bodies since 1856.
Sean Elsbernd is an American politician who represented District 7 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. District 7 includes neighborhoods west of Twin Peaks,the Villas at Parkmerced,Lake Merced,Miraloma Park,Harding Park Golf Course,San Francisco State University,City College of San Francisco,and Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
Carmen Chu is an American politician serving as City Administrator of the City and County of San Francisco. She previously served as the city's assessor-recorder,where she was the only Asian-American assessor elected to serve among the 58 counties in the State of California. Prior to being elected assessor-recorder,Chu served as a member of the San Francisco board of supervisors,where she served two terms as the chair of the board's budget and finance committee,and was a board director of the Golden Gate Bridge,Highway and Transportation District. Before joining the board of supervisors,Chu served as deputy budget director in the mayor's office of public policy and finance. In July 2022,she was appointed to the Regents of the University of California by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Eric Lee Mar is an American politician. He served on the San Francisco Board of Education and San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee. In 2008,he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represented District 1.
The 2003 San Francisco mayoral election occurred on November 4,2003. The incumbent,Willie Brown,was termed out of office and could not seek a third term. The general election included three top candidates including then Supervisor Gavin Newsom and then president of the board of supervisors,Matt Gonzalez and former supervisor Angela Alioto. No candidate received the required majority,so the race went into a run-off of the two top candidates,which were Gavin Newsom and Matt Gonzalez. The run-off occurred on December 9,2003,where Gavin Newsom was elected mayor of San Francisco.
John Avalos is an American politician. He served two terms as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2008 to 2016. Avalos represented District 11 in San Francisco,consisting of the Crocker-Amazon,Excelsior,Ingleside,Oceanview,and Outer Mission districts. Avalos was elected on November 4,2008 in the 2008 San Francisco election and took office on January 8,2009. He was re-elected in the 2012 San Francisco election with 94 percent of the vote,and termed out of office in January 2017.
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.
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.
London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is the 45th 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.
Edmund Jew is an American former politician and businessman,who was convicted of extortion,bribery,and perjury in 2008.
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 the 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.
Rostam Mirkarimi is an American politician and the former sheriff of San Francisco. Prior to being sheriff,he served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,where he represented District 5.
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.
Daniel Lurie is an American philanthropist who is the founder and former CEO of Tipping Point Community. He is a candidate for the mayor of San Francisco in the 2024 election.
Thomas Kuo Shyang Hsieh was a Chinese-born American politician,architect,and vineyard owner. He was San Francisco's third supervisor of Asian ancestry when he was appointed to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1986. He was the first Chinese American to be elected to a citywide office in San Francisco. He was re-elected twice and termed out of office in 1997.
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.
