Seventeenth time’s a charm: Peskin chosen to lead SF Board of Supes in marathon vote

by Dan McMenamin, Bay City News January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin in the new president of the board after throwing his name into nomination Monday to help end a stalemate in the selection process. Billed as the consensus candidate, he won on the 17th ballot. (Photo via Aaron Peskin/Facebook)

In a high-drama leadership battle worthy of Washington politics, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Monday selected Aaron Peskin as its new board speaker — following 17 rounds of voting.

The process to select a new board president in San Francisco, the American city perhaps most associated with left-wing politics, echoed the days-long saga involving politicians on the other side of the aisle in the U.S. House of Representatives last week.

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Dan McMenamin, Bay City News

Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.

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