Former Supervisor Aaron Peskin

District 3

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Aaron Peskin was the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 3, which is comprised of the historic neighborhoods of North Beach, Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, Polk Gulch, Union Square/Financial District and Russian, Telegraph and Nob Hills. He has lived in District 3 for over thirty years.

He served his fifth non-consecutive term on the Board of Supervisors, after serving two terms from 2001-2009 (including two terms as the unanimously-elected President of the Board, prior to recently being elected Board President again on January 7, 2023.). During his previous terms in office, Aaron Peskin was a leader to preserve and expand affordable housing in District 3 and citywide. He helped pass the city’s first inclusionary housing law, which required private developers to create affordable housing, and later co-authored the landmark increase to those affordable housing requirements in 2016/17. He has long been one of the Board’s leading policy makers on environmental sustainability, waterfront protections and conservation.

He also servewd as a Commissioner on both the Bay Conservation & Development Commission (BCDC) and the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority, as well as a member of the City’s Capital Planning Committee (CPC), Committee on Information Technology (COIT), and Disaster Relief Council. He also previously served as a Co-Chair of the SF Transportation Task Force 2045 and a member of the Executive Steering Committee for the Seawall Resiliency Project. He served on the California Coastal Commission from 2017 to 2019.

Aaron received his bachelor’s degree in Modern Society and Social Thought from UC Santa Cruz, and lives in Telegraph Hill with his wife and two cats.

Term:

  • Elected November 07, 2000 for term January 08, 2001 to January 08, 2005
  • Elected November 02, 2004 for term January 08, 2005 to January 08, 2009
  • Elected November 03, 2015 for term December 08, 2015 to January 08, 2017
  • Elected November 08, 2016 for term January 08, 2017 to January 08, 2021
  • Elected November 03, 2020 for term January 08, 2021 to January 08, 2025

Committee and Board Assignments:

  • Board of Supervisors
  • Budget and Finance Committee
  • Budget Committee
  • Budget and Finance Appropriations Committee
  • City Planning Audit Select Committee
  • Finance and Audits Committee
  • Finance and Labor Committee
  • Finance Committee
  • Government Audit and Oversight Committee
  • Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee
  • Joint Budget and Finance/Land Use and Economic Development Committee
  • Land Use and Economic Development Committee
  • Land Use and Transportation Committee
  • Land Use Committee
  • Rules Committee
  • San Francisco County Transportation Authority
  • San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Governing Board
  • Bay Conservation and Development Commission
  • Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency

 

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