City elections in San Francisco, California (2024)
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| 2024 San Francisco elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: December 8, 2023, June 11, 2024, & August 9, 2024 |
| Primary election: March 5, 2024 General election: November 5, 2024 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor, city attorney, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer, board of supervisors, community college district, transit district, and superior court judges |
| Total seats up: 31 (click here for mayoral elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2024 |
The city of San Francisco, California, held general elections for mayor, city attorney, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer, board of supervisors, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), San Francisco Community College Board, and superior court judges on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for March 5, 2024. The filing deadline for the primary was December 8, 2023, the filing deadline for mayor and supervisors was June 11, 2024, and the filing deadline for the general election was August 9, 2024.
Ballotpedia identified the two contested judicial elections that took place on March 5, 2024, as battleground elections. Click here for more information.
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Offices up for election in 2024:
- City attorney
- District attorney
- Sheriff
- Treasurer
- Board of supervisors
- Special districts
- Judicial offices
City attorney
General election
General election for San Francisco City Attorney
The ranked-choice voting election was won by David Chiu in round 1 .
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Total votes: 329,174 |
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District attorney
General election
General election for San Francisco District Attorney
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Brooke Jenkins in round 1 .
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Total votes: 347,374 |
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Sheriff
General election
General election for San Francisco Sheriff
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Paul Miyamoto in round 1 .
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Total votes: 314,864 |
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Treasurer
General election
General election for San Francisco Treasurer
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jose Cisneros in round 1 .
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Total votes: 300,411 |
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Board of supervisors
General election
San Francisco Board of Supervisors general election, 2024 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| District 1 |
 Connie Chan (i)Jeremiah Boehner Sherman D'Silva Jen Nossokoff Marjan Philhour |
| District 3 |
Wendy Ha Chau Moe Jamil Sharon Lai Eduard Navarro Danny Sauter Matthew Susk |
| District 5 |
Dean Preston (i) Scotty Jacobs Allen Jones Autumn Looijen Bilal Mahmood |
| District 7 |
Myrna Melgar (i) Matthew Boschetto Stephen Martin-Pinto Edward Yee |
| District 9 |
Julian Bermudez H. Brown Trevor Chandler Jackie Fielder Jaime Gutierrez Roberto Hernandez Stephen Torres |
| District 11 |
Chyanne Chen Adlah Chisti Oscar Flores Ernest Jones Michael Lai Roger Marenco Jose Morales |
Special districts
Community College Board
General election
General election for San Francisco Community College Board (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for San Francisco Community College Board on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Heather McCarty (Nonpartisan) | 19.7 | 162,477 |
| ✔ |  | Aliya Chisti (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 149,638 |
| ✔ |  | Alan Wong (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 140,951 |
| ✔ | Luis Zamora (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 117,682 | |
| Ruth Ferguson (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 114,132 | ||
 | Leanna Louie (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 50,353 | |
| Ben Kaplan (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 49,320 | ||
 | Julio Ramos (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 38,741 | |
| Total votes: 823,294 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paige Bailey (Nonpartisan)
Bart Board of Directors
District 7
General election
General election for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 7
Victor Flores defeated Dana Lang in the general election for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Victor Flores (Nonpartisan) | 57.5 | 92,729 |
| Dana Lang (Nonpartisan) | 42.5 | 68,525 | ||
| Total votes: 161,254 | |||
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District 9
General election
General election for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 9
Edward Wright defeated Joe Sangirardi and Michael Petrelis in the general election for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 9 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Edward Wright (Nonpartisan) | 63.1 | 86,966 |
 | Joe Sangirardi (Nonpartisan) | 36.9 | 50,905 | |
 | Michael Petrelis (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 16 | |
| Total votes: 137,887 | |||
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Judicial offices
Primary
Superior Court of San Francisco County primaries, 2024 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Seat 1 |
Michael Begert (i) Chip Zecher |
| Seat 2 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Teresa Caffese (i) |
| Seat 3 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Roger Chan (i) |
| Seat 4 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Andrew Y.S. Cheng (i) |
| Seat 5 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Samuel K. Feng (i) |
| Seat 6 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Simon J. Frankel (i) |
| Seat 7 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Christopher Hite (i) |
| Seat 8 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Curtis E.A. Karnow (i) |
| Seat 9 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Kathleen A. Kelly (i) |
| Seat 10 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Stephen Murphy (i) |
| Seat 11 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Michael Rhoads (i) |
| Seat 12 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Jeffrey S. Ross (i) |
| Seat 13 |
Patrick Thompson (i) Jean Myungjin Roland |
| Seat 14 | This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected: Monica F. Wiley (i) |
March 5 judicial elections
Contested elections were held for two seats on the Superior Court of San Francisco County on March 5, 2024. Incumbent Michael Begert defeated challenger Chip Zecher and incumbent Patrick Thompson defeated challenger Jean Myungjin Roland.
Stop Crime Action endorsed both challengers.[1] The group was an affiliate of Stop Crime SF, whose mission it said was "preventing crime in San Francisco neighborhoods and giving victims a voice."[2] The group gave the judges failing grades in its scorecard for the 2024 elections.[3] The Bar Association of San Francisco rated both incumbents well-qualified but did not rate either challenger.[4][5]
Stop Crime SF said both incumbents had "a demonstrated track record of releasing serious and dangerous offenders back into the public."[1] According to the San Francisco Standard, the incumbents' supporters said the challenges were "a politically motivated effort to put fear into San Francisco judges so they are more harsh."[6] Neither incumbent had previously faced a challenger.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) appointed Begert to the bench in 2010. Begert presided, at the time of the election, over San Francisco's CARE Court. The court handles cases involving individuals with mental health disorders who are not charged with criminal offenses.[6] Begert earlier worked as an attorney in private practice.[7] Begert's endorsements included the San Francisco Democratic Party and the San Francisco Chronicle.[8]
Zecher was, at the time of the election, a practicing attorney and the vice chairman of the board of directors of the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.[9] Zecher said he was running because his service on the board made him aware of how serious crime was in many parts of San Francisco.[6] Zecher's endorsements included the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Association and the San Francisco Police Officers Association.[10]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appointed Thompson to the bench in 2022. Thompson oversaw, at the time of the election, preliminary hearings that determine whether a case should go to trial and if pre-trial conditions should be levied on the defendant. Before his appointment, Thompson worked as an attorney in corporate practice.[11] Thompson's endorsers included the San Francisco Democratic Party and the San Francisco Chronicle.[12][13]
Roland was, at the time of the election, a prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney's office, which she joined in 2001. Roland said her commitment to working in criminal justice stemmed from a home invasion targeting her grandparents.[14] Roland's endorsers included the San Francisco Police Officers Association and the San Francisco Deputy Sheriff's Association.[15]
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: California elections, 2024
March 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in California, 2024
- United States Senate special election in California, 2024
- California's 11th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 15th Congressional District election, 2024
- California State Senate elections, 2024
- California State Assembly elections, 2024
- California Proposition 1, Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure (March 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition A, Affordable Housing Bond Measure (March 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition B, Minimum Police Staffing Amendment (March 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition C, Real Estate Transfer Tax Exemption for Properties Converted from Commercial to Residential Use Initiative (March 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition D, Amend City Ethics Laws and Expand Restrictions on Gifts to City Officers and Employees Initiative (March 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition E, Limit Police Department Administrative Task Time and Increase Use of Camera and Drone Technology Initiative (March 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition F, Require Drug Screening for Certain Beneficiaries of the County Adult Assistance Program Initiative (March 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition G, Declaration of Policy Urging San Francisco Unified School District to Offer Algebra 1 to Students by Eighth Grade Measure (March 2024)
November 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in California, 2024
- United States Senate special election in California, 2024
- California's 11th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 15th Congressional District election, 2024
- California State Senate elections, 2024
- California State Assembly elections, 2024
- California Changes to Tax Assessment on Inherited Homes Initiative (2024)
- California Changes to the State Children's Services Program Initiative (2024)#Measure design
- California Employee Civil Action Law and PAGA Repeal Initiative (2024)
- California Fast Food Restaurant Minimum Wage and Labor Regulations Referendum (2024)
- California Gender and Transgender-Related Policies in Schools, Sports, and Medicine Initiative (2024)#Sponsors
- California Oil and Gas Well Regulations Referendum (2024)
- California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 2, Public Education Facilities Bond Measure (2024)
- California Proposition 32, $18 Minimum Wage Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 33, Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 34, Require Certain Participants in Medi-Cal Rx Program to Spend 98% of Revenues on Patient Care Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 35, Managed Care Organization Tax Authorization Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 36, Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 3, Right to Marry and Repeal Proposition 8 Amendment (2024)
- California Proposition 4, Parks, Environment, Energy, and Water Bond Measure (2024)
- California Proposition 5, Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Bond Measures to Fund Housing and Public Infrastructure Amendment (2024)
- California Proposition 6, Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment (2024)
- California Remove Voter Approval Requirement for Public Low-Rent Housing Projects Amendment (2024)
- California Require Personal Finance Course for High School Graduation Initiative (2024)
- California Tribal Government Mobile and Retail Sports Betting Initiative (2024)
- California Two-Thirds Legislative Vote and Voter Approval for New or Increased Taxes Initiative (2024)
- Mayoral election in San Francisco, California (2024)
- San Francisco Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2024)
- Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, California, Regional Measure 4, Housing Bond Measure (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition B, Community Health and Medical Facilities Bond Measure (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition C, Inspector General Amendment (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition D, City Commissions and Mayoral Authority Amendment (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition E, City Commissions Task Force Amendment (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition F, Police Staffing and Deferred Retirement Amendment (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition G, Rental Subsidies Amendment (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition H, Firefighter Retirement Benefits Amendment (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition I, Nurses and 911 Operators Retirement Benefits Amendment (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition J, Children and Youth Programs Amendment (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition K, Close Upper Great Highway to Private Vehicles and Establish Public Open Recreation Space Measure (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition L, Transportation Network Companies and Autonomous Vehicle Businesses Tax Measure (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition M, Changes to Business Taxes Measure (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition N, First Responder Student Loans and Training Reimbursement Measure (November 2024)
- San Francisco, California, Proposition O, Local Reproductive Healthcare Including Abortion Policies Initiative (November 2024)
- San Francisco Unified School District, California, Proposition A, Bond Measure (November 2024)
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About the city
- See also: San Francisco, California
San Francisco is a city in California. It is consolidated with the County of San Francisco, which means that the city and county share a government and their boundaries are coterminous. As of 2020, its population was 873,965.
City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of San Francisco uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[16]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for San Francisco, California | ||
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| San Francisco | California | |
| Population | 873,965 | 39,538,223 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 46 | 155,857 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 44.9% | 56.1% |
| Black/African American | 5.1% | 5.7% |
| Asian | 34.3% | 14.8% |
| Native American | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 14.3% |
| Multiple | 7.2% | 7.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 15.2% | 39.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 88.6% | 83.9% |
| College graduation rate | 58.8% | 34.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $119,136 | $78,672 |
| Persons below poverty level | 10.1% | 12.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bolts, "In Pursuit of Harsher Punishments, San Francisco Courtwatchers Target Judges," February 23, 2024
- ↑ Stop Crime SF, "Mission Statement," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ Stop Crime Action, "Judge Report Cards," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ The Bar Association of San Francisco, "The Bar Association of San Francisco Releases Evaluations for Election Candidates for San Francisco Superior Court Judge," February 15, 2024
- ↑ The Bar Association said there had been a miscommunication with the Roland campaign that prevented rating her candidacy, while the Zecher campaign did not respond.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The San Francisco Standard, "Brawl for the bench: Veteran judge faces UC Law board member in March 5 vote ," February 12, 2024
- ↑ Michael Begert campaign website, "About Judge Michael Isaku Begert," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ Michael Begert campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ UC Law SF, "Meet the Board," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ Chip Zecher campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ The San Francisco Standard, "March 5 election pits prosecutor Jean Roland vs. Judge Patrick Thompson. Who are they?" February 5, 2024
- ↑ San Francisco Democratic Party, "SF Democratic Party Endorsements: March 5, 2024 Primary Election," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ Patrick Thompson campaign website, "Home page," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ Jean Myungjin Roland, "Meet Jean," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ Jean Myungjin Roland campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ City of San Francisco, "Government," accessed September 3, 2014
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