This November a supervisor will lose re-election, since both the current incumbent Ahsha Safaí (who supported SB 50 as well as housing developments in his district) and the previously termed-out John Avalos (who opposed SB 50) are running for re-election in District 11 (Excelsior and Ingleside).

> lifetime appointment

There is a 2-term (8-year) term limit (each member can run for re-election 1 single time before being termed out), so this summary is false on its face.

In recent elections several incumbents have won re-election by only 2 or 3 percent. It is entirely plausible for an unpopular member to be unseated by a well organized challenge.

Before 20 years ago, the elections were at-large, so what you’re going on with this complaint is a pretty short time frame (maybe a couple dozen individual elections involving an incumbent).

The SF board of supervisors (and its elections) doesn’t seem materially different than other American political offices.