City and County of San Francisco - File #: 140554

• File #: 140554
• Version: 2
• Name: Charter Amendment - Democratic Special Elections to Fill Mayoral and Board of Supervisors Vacancies
• Type: Charter Amendment
• Status: Failed
• Introduced: 5/20/2014
• In control: Clerk of the Board
• Final action: 7/15/2014
• Title: Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to require the Department of Elections to hold a special election when there is a vacancy in the office of the Mayor or Member of the Board of Supervisors, unless a regularly scheduled election will be held within 180 days of the vacancy; to provide that the President of the Board of Supervisors serves as Acting Mayor until an election is held to fill a mayoral vacancy; and to provide that the Mayor appoints an interim Supervisor to fill a supervisorial vacancy until an election is held to fill that vacancy, with the interim Supervisor being ineligible to compete in that election, at an election to be held on November 4, 2014.
• Sponsors: John Avalos, David Campos, Eric Mar

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/15/2014	2	Board of Supervisors	ORDERED SUBMITTED	Fail
7/8/2014	2	Board of Supervisors	CONTINUED	Pass
6/23/2014	2	Rules Committee	REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION	Pass
6/20/2014	2	Clerk of the Board	REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
6/19/2014	1	Rules Committee	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE	Pass
6/19/2014	2	Rules Committee	CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDED	Pass
6/18/2014	1	Controller	RESPONSE RECEIVED
5/28/2014	1	Clerk of the Board	REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
5/20/2014	1	President	ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE