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Board rejects Mayor Breed’s final picks for S.F. commissions

The Board of Supervisors in a 5-4 vote today rejected Mayor London Breed’s nominations to two city commissions. The vote seemed to say: Leave it to the next mayor. “I think it is the obligation of this board to put our foot down and reject these, and let a new mayor nominate whoever he chooses,” said Board president Aaron Peskin. “I would rather give the new mayor a clean slate.” Breed had nominated former California Public Utilities Commission administrative law judge Joanna Gubman to the Board of Appeals, transit planner and Apple transportation product manager Sara Barz to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, and attorney James Byrne to fill the Police Commission seat vacated by Debra Walker — who Breed recently appointed to the Arts Commission.The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee rejected all three nominations last week. Peskin said today […]

Karl The Fog December 17, 2024

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Mark Farrell, Mayor Breed hit with cease-and-desist letters over use of S.F. City seal

Mission Local obtained a cease-and-desist letter by the clerk of the Board of Supervisors penned to mayoral candidate Mark Farrell. At issue: His purported misuse of the seal of the city of San Francisco.  The Information first reported that Mayor London Breed also received a cease-and-desist letter for purported misuse of the seal, which was also addressed to the city’s chief of protocol, Maryam Muduroglu.A third cease-and-desist letter was sent to the proprietor of a polymarket website offering the chance to bet on who will win the mayor’s race. In a Thursday evening email to members of the Board of Supervisors, longtime board clerk Angela Calvillo referred to this as “the most egregious” case. She said she expects to follow up with the site on Friday morning.  The cease-and-desist letters were penned by Calvillo in conjunction with the City Attorney’s […]

Karl The Fog October 25, 2024

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SF mayor, city attorney broke law by deleting texts, task force says

The Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, San Francisco’s oversight body responsible for public records and transparency laws, unanimously ruled on Wednesday night that Mayor London Breed and City Attorney David Chiu both violated city law by deleting text messages dealing with official business.The eight members of the task force in attendance — two were absent, one seat is vacant — also unanimously referred the mayor’s actions to the San Francisco Ethics Commission for investigation and possible discipline.“This seems like such an egregious practice,” said Dean Schmidt, an attorney and task force member. “This is a person who’s probably constantly sending messages around the city, and yet … none of them are making it to the public record. I mean that is a quantum violation, in my estimation, of public records laws.”“It means everything’s been deleted,” Schmidt continued, indicating not just a […]

Karl The Fog October 3, 2024

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What Mark Farrell would do in his first 100 days as mayor

Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Mark Farrell. Read earlier dispatches here.With less than two months to go until Election Day, Mark Farrell is putting the jigsaw pieces of his plan for San Francisco together. The mayoral candidate revealed on Wednesday he would not open up Market Street to all cars (just to ride-shares like Lyft and Uber), but would upzone downtown, remove members of the police commission, and declare a fentanyl state of emergency. He said he would fire the police chief and the head of the transit agency, put together a “stop the spread” tent removal team, and make use of expanded mayoral powers he is bankrolling via ballot measure.  “My 100-day agenda articulates a clear plan: A vision for a safer, […]

Karl The Fog September 19, 2024

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Mayor Breed is deleting texts. Legal experts say that’s a problem.

On June 29, Mayor London Breed texted Carla Short, the director of San Francisco Public Works, asking her to send out a crew to pick up trash in the Tenderloin.“I’m at Azalina’s. Are you around? You should stop by,” read the text from Breed, sent at 5:54 p.m. while the mayor was at a Malaysian restaurant near Ellis and Leavenworth streets. “Can you send someone to clean up across the street please. It [sic] a pile of trash on the south west corner.”Short said she was at a Giants game but promised to “send someone now.” “That would be great,” Breed wrote in response. “I want her to succeed but the tents and trash are a problem,” she added, seemingly referencing a homeless woman on the corner. “We will deal with the tents. Thank you and enjoy the game.” That simple […]

Karl The Fog September 16, 2024

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