November 2009 San Francisco general election

The elections included those for San Francisco city attorney and treasurer, and five ballot measures.

One-term incumbent José Cisneros, who was initially appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom in September 2004, won reelection unopposed.

Proposition A would change the budget cycle from a one-year system to a two-year system, require the city to adopt and prepare a five-year financial plan and long-range policies, and change deadlines for submitting and adopting labor agreements.

Proposition B would allow members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to hire more than two aides.

Proposition E would prohibit new general advertising signs on street furniture and City-owned buildings.