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Election turnout in SF is abysmally low. Those who do turn out are mostly homeowners who really want to keep the prices growing.
by avocado4 7y ago
Election turnout in SF is abysmally low. Those who do turn out are mostly homeowners who really want to keep the prices growing.
- thedance 7y agoNobody has ever lost a re-election race for SF district supervisor. It’s effectively a lifetime appointment.
- jacobolus 7y ago> lifetime appointment There is a 2-term (8-year) term limit (each member can run for re-election 1 single time before being termed out), so this summary is false on its face. In recent elections several incumbents have won re-election by only 2 or 3 percent. It is entirely plausible for an unpopular member to be unseated by a well organized challenge. Before 20 years ago, the elections were at-large, so what you’re going on with this complaint is a pretty short time frame (maybe a couple dozen individual elections involving an incumbent). The SF board of supervisors (and its elections) doesn’t seem materially different than other American political offices.
- yonran 7y agoThis November a supervisor will lose re-election, since both the current incumbent Ahsha Safaí (who supported SB 50 as well as housing developments in his district) and the previously termed-out John Avalos (who opposed SB 50) are running for re-election in District 11 (Excelsior and Ingleside).
- baddox 7y agoI think "re-election" generally refers specifically to an incumbent winning an election, rather than just any time someone wins more than one election.