San Francisco Board of Supervisors — District 2 (Special Election)
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Marina, Pacific Heights, Cow Hollow, Sea Cliff, Presidio Heights, parts of Russian Hill. Special election to fill out the remainder of the unexpired term after Catherine Stefani moved to the State Assembly in 2024 and Mayor London Breed appointed Stephen Sherrill to the seat in December 2024. Whoever wins June 2 serves through January 2027 — the seat is up again for a full term in November 2026. Housing density along Lombard and the Marina, Family Zoning Plan implementation, the Marina Safeway redevelopment, and police staffing dominate the conversation.
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Yale graduate; D2 resident since 2015. Previously served as a senior policy advisor in the Bloomberg administration in New York and led San Francisco's Mayor's Office of Innovation, where he built ASTRID, a homeless-outreach data platform integrating information from nine street teams across four city departments. Appointed to the D2 seat by Mayor London Breed in December 2024 after Catherine Stefani won AD-19. As supervisor he co-sponsored the RV homelessness ordinance, a 911-response acceleration resolution near schools, the city's free firearm storage program at police stations, and an extension of the First Year Free small-business fee waiver. Voted for Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning Plan and supports building market-rate homes alongside affordable units.
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62-year-old D2 homeowner with 31 years in the district. UC Santa Barbara graduate; longtime community organizer and current president of the Cow Hollow Association. Platform centers on safe and clean streets, expanded foot patrols on commercial corridors, and "neighborhood quality of life" framed against state-mandated upzoning. Opposes Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning Plan and the Marina Safeway high-rise project; favors building only "approved projects already in the pipeline" and prioritizing affordable units. First-time candidate for elected office.
Attorney serving as deputy city manager for the City of Burlingame. Filed papers for the D2 seat in February 2026 but had not disclosed any fundraising as of his entry. Long-shot third candidate in a race dominated by Sherrill and Brooke.