S.F. supervisors would be elected at-large in ballot measure proposed by longtime politico

By John Barned-Smith : sfchronicle – excerpt

Longtime San Francisco politico Quentin Kopp has filed a ballot measure to amend the City Charter to have district supervisors elected in what is essentially an at-large process.

Longtime San Francisco politico Quentin Kopp has proposed a ballot measure that could dramatically upend the city’s Board of Supervisors — and the way voters choose who sits on it.

Last week, he filed a ballot measure to amend the City Charter to have district supervisors elected in what is essentially an at-large process.

The ballot measure would make all registered voters eligible to vote for candidates in specified districts, he said…

Kopp and his supporters will need to get signatures of more than 49,000 registered voters, or secure the votes of six city supervisors, by this November, to get the proposal on the ballot in March 2024. If it makes it on the ballot and ends up getting passed, it is likely to be challenged in court, experts told the Chronicle…(more)