"If you go up the Grand Staircase to the second floor of San Francisco City Hall and then make a right, you will find a graveyard outside the office of District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan. Each tombstone is marked with a Halloweeny riff on the name of a former district supervisor. Is it an homage? Is it a threat? "There's a lot of stuff going on, so it's nice to have a little levity," said Robyn Burke, one of Chan's legislative aides."
"If you've seen the credits to one of The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror Halloween episodes, you're familiar with the genre. Among the names: Sean Elsbernd (District 7 supervisor from 2004 to 2013) is now "Sean Hells Burn" with a skull. Dean Preston (District 5, 2019-2025) is "Doom Preston." Hillary Ronen, (District 9, 2017-2025) is "Hell-ary Ronen" and Scott Wiener (District 8, 2011-2016, but now a state senator) is "Rot Wiener.""
"The greatest variation on the theme is the zombie emerging from a tombstone memorializing Aaron Peskin 's (sorry, AAAH-ron Peskin's) stint as District 3 supervisor. Peskin was honored with a zombie, Burke explains, because he, too, came back from the dead - after serving eight years from 2001 to 2009, he was elected again in 2015, and served another eight years on the board until he termed out in January 2025. "Who knows if he's going to come back again?" Burke said."
A graveyard of fake tombstones sits outside Supervisor Connie Chan's office on the second floor of San Francisco City Hall. Legislative aides created Halloween-themed tombstones that riff on the names of recent former district supervisors, using puns and spooky imagery. The project was conceived as a lighthearted gesture by staff who brainstormed nicknames and designs, sourcing tombstone images online. Not every former supervisor is represented; selection depends on name suitability and recent memory. One tombstone features a zombie for Aaron Peskin, referencing his multiple nonconsecutive terms and his comeback history on the board.
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