San Francisco Board Of Supervisors: Election Results

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Four incumbent San Francisco supervisors appeared to have secured their spot on the Board of Supervisors during Tuesday night's election while two new supervisors will also join the board.

In District 1, which includes the Richmond District, candidate Marjan Philhour is in the lead but Connie Chan is trailing by just 43 votes after ranked-choice voting, preliminary results showed.

In District 7, made up of areas like West Portal and Stonestown, Myrna Melgar has taken the lead with over 53 percent of the vote with Joel Engardio in second place.

Preliminary numbers Wednesday showed most San Francisco voters appear to have approved Proposition B, which would create a new Department of Sanitation and Streets — separate from the city's Department of Public Works.

According to the latest results, more than 60 percent of voters approved the measure, which needed just a simple majority to pass.

Under the measure, the new department will take over several of DPW's duties, like street sweeping, cleaning sidewalks, removing graffiti and illegally dumped items, and maintaining sidewalk trash cans, street trees, city buildings and public restrooms.

San Francisco voters appear to have overwhelmingly approved Proposition D, which would create a Sheriff's Department Oversight Board, according to the latest numbers Wednesday morning.

The results show more than two-thirds voted in favor of the measure, which needed a simple majority to pass.

In addition to creating an oversight board for the Sheriff's Department, the measure would also create an Inspector General position.

Proposition G, which would lower the voting age to 16 years old for San Francisco citywide elections, was just short of the votes needed to passage as of unofficial results late Tuesday.

Get the latest results here.

More than 521,000 people are registered to vote here in San Francisco, according to the City Department of Elections. The turnout is 67 percent, although that may go up in coming days as mail-in ballots are received.

— Patch editor Bea Karnes and Bay City News contributed to this story