2018 San Francisco mayoral special election
Ed Lee, who was appointed Mayor of San Francisco in 2011 following Gavin Newsom's election as Lieutenant Governor of California, elected to a full term in 2011, and reelected in 2015, died of cardiac arrest on December 12, 2017. London Breed, the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, became the city's acting mayor.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
There are 11 members of the Board of Supervisors, each representing a geographic district (see below). The current Board President is Norman Yee, who represents District 7, and was elected by his colleagues on the Board to succeed Malia Cohen, after she won the election to a seat on the California Board of Equalization.