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Did you know that it often takes a year for SF to hire a deputy sheriff? Meanwhile, ramped-up arrests of mentally ill and drug-addicted people mean severely understaffed jails with little support for inmates. Joe Eskenazi‘s new column says the defacto plan for city jails is warehousing, chaos and violence.
The Department of Elections isn’t planning to challenge mayoral candidate Mark Farrell for calling himself a “small business owner” on the November ballot. Farrell, on his website and when donating to campaigns, identifies himself as an “investor,” “venture capitalist,” or “investment banker.”
Yes, former mayor Willie Brown called mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin a pain in the ass, at Peskin’s 60th birthday roast and fundraiser. See what else politicians and friends had to sayโand find out why they talked so much about “budgie smugglers.”
More soon,
Sara
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San Francisco doesnโt give a damn what goes on in its jails
“My No. 1 question is, what was the plan?”
Election 2024
So many Speedo jokes at Aaron Peskinโs birthday roast
โIn the world of politics, when you find somebody whoโs really smart and able, in every way they are your enemy.”
Farrell calls himself โinvestor’โ until it comes to the ballot
“If the race is close, it could matter.”
SNAP
