City Attorney of San Francisco

Prior to 1856, the City of San Francisco had a city attorney but no district attorney, while the County of San Francisco (encompassing the territory of the city and more) had a district attorney but no county attorney. After the city-county consolidation in July 1856, the incumbent city and district attorneys continued as "attorney and counsellor" and "district attorney" respectively, each of the new "City and County of San Francisco". The 1854 city attorney election had been marred by allegations of ballot stuffing, and in 1857 was appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The first woman to hold the position was Louise Renne in 1986, appointed by then-mayor Dianne Feinstein following the death of previous city attorney George Agnost. ==List of City Attorneys==

;Ayuntamiento attorney during interim government of California: • Archibald Carey Peachy (1849–50) ;City attorney: • Thomas H. Holt (1850–51) • Frank M. Pixley (1851–52) • Charles McC. Delany (Jan–Nov 1852) • John K. Hackett (1852–53) • Solomon A. Sharp (1853–54) • Balie Peyton (1855–56) ;City and county attorney: • Balie Peyton (1856–57) • (1860–1861) • John H. Saunders (1861–66) • Horace M. Hastings (1866–69) • Joseph M. Nougues (1869–71) • Wellington Cleveland Burnett (1871–80) • John Luttrell Murphy (1880–82) • Jabez F. Cowdery (1882–83) • William Craig (1883–85) • George Flournoy, Jr. (1887–91) • John H. Durst (1891–93) • Harry T. Creswell (1893–1898) • James L. Gallagher (1898–1899) • Franklin Knight Lane (1899–1902) • Percy V. Long (1902–1906) • William G. Burke (1906–1908) • Percy V. Long (1908–1916) • George Lull (1916–1926) • John J. O'Toole (1926–1949) • Dion R. Holm (1949–1961) • Thomas Martin O'Connor (1961–1977) • George Agnost (1977–1986) • Philip Ward (1986) • Louise Renne (1986–2001) • Dennis Herrera (2002–2021) • David Chiu (2021–present) ==Sources==