If you live in one of the five odd-numbered supervisor districts in San Francisco where the seat is up for election in 2016, you'll find in at least a couple of those districts there's a fairly intense (if provincial) battle going on between different shades of Democrat, which is par for the course and thus doesn't rise to the level of interesting for the average voter. The Board of Supervisors currently has a six-member bloc who tend to vote together on progressive issues, and indeed that progressive majority succeeded in landing a bunch of things on the ballot this year — ever since District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin joined them and solidified the majority last fall. As SFist reported back in September, the hotly contested District 11 race, which covers the Excelsior and the City College vicinity, is one race where a seat held by a progressive, John Avalos, may be taken by a moderate, more mayor-approved candidate, and lefties across will town will tell you at length why this would be a disaster.

Also, it should be noted that there will be yet another Board seat up for grabs within a few months, which will be vacated either by Scott Wiener or Jane Kim, depending on who wins the state senate race. The mayor will be likely appointing a moderate to take whichever seat it is in January, with an election for the seat to follow.

Below, we bring you a rundown of the Supervisor races, and if you lean left and would rather keep it simple, here are the Bay Guardians 2016 endorsements.

District 1

The seat held by termed-out progressive Eric Mar is being sought after by 10 candidates, but the two with the most apparent support are school board member Sandra Lee Fewer, who gets progressives' endorsement, and Marjan Philhour, who got the Chronicle's endorsement. The SF Bay Guardian says Fewer is "the clear and worthy successor" to Mar, and notes that Philhour "has never held elective office, and her main experience in politics is as a paid fundraiser." The Chronicle meanwhile seems to support Philhour solely in order to revoke the progressive majority on the Board.

District 3

Nothing to see here really. Aaron Peskin, re-elected to his former seat in District 3 after a four-year hiatus last year, is simply up for election because of the way the term schedule works, and has no viable opponent. He also got the endorsement of both the Chronicle and the SFBG.

District 5

This is a race that could come down on color lines, as the SFBG acknowledges, with people torn between voting for the African-American, female incumbent, London Breed (who is also President of the Board), and a more progressive white guy, Dean Preston, who's a tenant lawyer. Breed tends to vote primarily with the moderate bloc on Board, however she's a longtime resident of the district, a renter, and an outspoken politician who isn't afraid to call the Guardian-affiliated 48 Hills a "bullshit blog" when they try to criticize her. Preston is a homeowner, and did we mention he's white? Still, the Guardian wants Breed out of there. There's nobody else registered in this race, so take your pick.

District 7

Incumbent Norman Yee in this west-of-Twin Peaks district, a proven progressive, has four opponents in this race, with the Chronicle saying, "The choice comes down to a close call between tech consultant Joel Engardio and financial analyst Ben Matranga." They ended up endorsing Engardio, but the Guardian calls Engardio "a terrible member of the DCCC who voted consistently with the real-estate industry." They also note "The last two supes from this conservative district were, in order, a total disaster (Tony Hall) and an honest, principled, but very right-leaning legislator (Sean Elsbernd)." The Guardian, for obvious reasons, endorses Yee for the win.

District 9

It seems unlikely that termed-out progressive Supe David Campos's chosen successor in this race, his former aide Hillary Ronen, will lose this one, given her backing and given this Mission district's progressive tendencies. But the neighborhood has seen some significant changes, and the Chronicle puts their endorsement behind the more moderate Joshua Arce, saying he "offers the right blend of judgment and optimism to make a difference." Ronen, a a civil-rights lawyer, is the clear choice according to the Guardian, which calls Arce "an odd character with strange political ambition." They note, "When he was 18, he ran for state Assembly from his dorm room at UCLA with, according to the LA Times, a platform that included “slapping harsher penalties on businesses that hire illegal immigrants.”

District 11

We discussed before how this race is being dominated by two people who have had union affiliations, specifically the massively-influential public employees union, SEIU 1021 (candidate Kimberly Alvarenga), and the janitors' union, SEIU Local 87 and the hotel union, Local 2 (candidate Ahsha Safai). Safai has the backing of the mayor and the Chronicle, and his replacing John Avalos in this seat could shift the power balance on the board for years to come. The Guardian vociferously supports Alvarenga, calling Safai "a house-flipper who was sued for mortgage fraud, an ally of Mayor Lee, [and] a candidate who repeatedly makes claims that aren’t true ... who would be a terrible supervisor." Alvarenga is a mom and a former chief of staff to Tom Ammiano. Safai previously ran for Supervisor in 2008.

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