Rules Committee advances charter amendment to require special elections for supervisor vacancies
The Rules Committee moved Item 1 out to the full Board without a committee recommendation after brief discussion and a public comment in support; the draft would require a special election for supervisor vacancies unless a regular election occurs within 180 days and would bar interim appointees from running.
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on June 23 moved a charter amendment on vacancies in the Board of Supervisors to the full Board without a committee recommendation. The measure would require the Department of Elections to hold a special election when a supervisor seat becomes vacant unless a regularly scheduled election will be held within 180 days, require the mayor to appoint an interim supervisor within 28 days, and make that interim appointee ineligible to run in the resulting special election.
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