‘Nobody knew her’: Shock, relief after Alcaraz resigns as SF supe; names float for successor

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News November 16, 2025November 14, 2025

FILE: Wearing gray, Beya Alcaraz poses with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and community members after being sworn into office as District 4 Supervisor on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Alcaraz tendered her resignation from the seat Thursday following accusations she mismanaged her former business. (Alise Maripuu/Bay City News)

Local leaders and community members in San Francisco’s District 4 are reacting to Beya Alcaraz’s decision to step down from the role of supervisor of the district just one week after being sworn in.

“I’m relieved,” Julia Baran, who took over Alcaraz’s small business earlier this year, said in an interview. “She was just not qualified to do it.”

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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