POPULATION: 812,538

INCORPORATION DATE: 1850

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Eric Mar
• District 2 – Mark Farrell
• District 3 – David Chiu
• District 4 – Katy Tang
• District 5 – London Breed
• District 6 – Jane Kim
• District 7 – Norman Yee
• District 8 – Scott Wiener
• District 9 – David Campos
• District 10 – Malia Cohen
• District 11 – John Avalos

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Charter

SAN FRANCISCO. County seat, San Francisco. Created February, 18, 1850. The sixth mission in California was established here by Padre Junipero Serra on October 9, 1776, and was named Mission San Francisco de Asis a la Laguna de los Dolores (Saint Francis of Assisi at the Lagoon of Sorrows). The mission is now known as “Mission Dolores.”