2019 San Francisco mayoral election
London Breed was elected Mayor of San Francisco in a 2018 special election to serve until 2020, filling the unexpired term of Ed Lee, who was elected in 2011 and 2015, and died in office on December 12, 2017. Breed confirmed that she intends to run for re-election to a first full term in office in 2019.
Mayor of San Francisco
As of 2017, the mayor is paid an annual salary of $297,386, the highest mayoral salary in the United States. Nine city public employees earned higher salaries than the mayor, including the chief investment officer and the managing director of the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System, who oversee the city's pension plan.