Good morning! And happy leap year. We’ve got a lot of excellent political reporting today.
Bilal Mahmood, who’s running for D5 supervisor as well as for a seat on the Democratic County Central Committee, was accused of an ethics violation for the second time. The allegation? Using big money from his DCCC race, where contributions are unlimited, to flout the strict contribution limits on his supe race.
There’s a lot of heat around ballot measures in the March 5 election—including Prop E, which would loosen rules on high-speed police chases. Joe Eskenazi talks with cops and finds out what’s at stake –and asks what risks voters are willing to take.
Mayor Breed reversed her position on harm reduction this week, blaming the public health approach for making San Francisco’s fentanyl crisis “far worse.” Experts on addiction disagree. Joe Rivano Barros untangles the politics from the science of harm reduction.
And we talk with former employees of the imploded nonprofit SF SAFE, who say that in the last six months they stopped getting regular paychecks and had their health insurance cancelled.
More soon,
Sara
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District 5 supervisor candidate Bilal Mahmood accused of ethics violation — again
“It feels like they’re finding loopholes or ways to avoid the goals of the law.”
Prop. E will lead to more risks. Voters will decide if they’re okay with that.
“Suspects rarely have a change of heart and just pull over.”
Experts contest Breed’s broadside against harm reduction
“Is ‘tough love’ a good political strategy? I have no idea..I can tell you that it’s not good for public health.”
‘We got blindsided’: SF SAFE workers allege pay violations, hostile work culture
“What the hell just happened?”
SNAP
