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How the Board of Supervisors should be elected has been a matter of contention in recent San Francisco history. Throughout the United States, almost all cities and counties with populations in excess of 200,000 divide the jurisdiction into electoral districts to achieve a geographical distribution of members from across the community. [ 4 ]
The Board of Supervisors as of March 2023 (official group photo) The Board of Supervisors meets in San Francisco City Hall. Former United States Senator Dianne Feinstein served as supervisor from 1970 to 1978 and as president in 1978. Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected public official in California, served as supervisor in 1978.
The mayor has the powers to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, participate in meetings of the Board of Supervisors and its committees, appoint a replacement to fill vacancies in all city elected offices until elections, appoint a member of the Board as acting mayor in his/her absence, and to direct ...
List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines; List of theatres in San Francisco; List of diplomatic missions in San Francisco; List of San Francisco Giants first-round draft picks; List of Golden Gate University people; Neighborhoods in San Francisco; Etymologies of place names in San Francisco; San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections, 2006
Gordon J. Lau (Chinese: 劉貴明; Jyutping: lau4 gwai3 ming4, August 22, 1941 – April 20, 1998) was the first Chinese American elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in San Francisco, California. He was elected to the city board of supervisors under Mayor George Moscone in 1977.
Pages in category "San Francisco Board of Supervisors members" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2000, Hall was elected to represent District 7 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. [5] The San Francisco Chronicle said of Hall at the time: "Hall's politics are old-school San Francisco, and he plans to keep it that way". The Chronicle described Hall as "focused on neighborhoods the same way that supervisors were in the late 1970s ...
It was the first time in San Francisco's history that Board elections were held on a districted basis rather than on a citywide at-large basis; in the November 1976 general election, voters in San Francisco decided to reorganize supervisor elections to choose supervisors from neighborhoods instead of voting for them in citywide ballots when ...