It’s end-of-year giving season—and we have matching funds.
Good morning! SF’s law enforcement unions are on a tear right now, and our reporters dig in to find out why.
The union for sheriff’s deputies just took the unusual step of writing to Moody’s Investment Services last week, asking that the credit rating giant investigate what it terms SF’s “financial turbulence,” over $169,052 in pending back pay for deputies. Joe Rivano Barros explains this could be about the union’s simmering feud with Mayor Breed over downsizing.
Meanwhile, a year after the SF Police Commission changed the policy on pretext stops, the cops’ union is still blocking it, through closed-door “meet and confer” sessions with the City Attorney and the Department of Human Resources. Police reporter Eleni Balakrishnan says that meet and confer has long been used to stall policies the union dislikes, hidden from public view, and raises questions about city agencies’ conflict of interest.
What happened to peace and goodwill? Well, we’ve got a video of the fabulous Simona Padilla teaching how to make tamales. And a bonus peek at how masa preparada‘s made at La Palma Mexicatessen. Study up!
More soon,
Sara
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SF sheriff’s deputies allege city stiffed them $169K in back pay
“What that has to do with a rating agency, God only knows.”
SFPD’s pretext stop policy remains in limbo, and the public remains in the dark as to why
“Apparently it’s going to be a downright fight with us.”
How to make tamales!
“I love it. I can be in the kitchen all day long.”
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