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Ross Mirkarimi

Would voters have 
hired Mirkarimi now?

By: Examiner readers 08/22/12 9:35 PM
In response to the letter writer in support of Ross Mirkarimi’s reinstatement as sheriff (“Let Mirkarimi fulfill jail-system vision,” Letters, Monday), there is one main issue. Would applicants for law enforcement jobs or sheriff be considered if they had similar convictions on their records? The answer would be no. Read More

Let Ross Mirkarimi fulfill jail system vision

By: Examiner readers 08/20/12 4:00 AM
Justice was a lost concept in the Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi case (“Mirkarimi deserves another chance,” Wednesday). Read More

Ross Mirkarimi might appeal Board of Supervisors ruling

By: Dan Schreiber 08/19/12 6:23 PM
By upholding a portion of Mayor Ed Lee’s official misconduct charges against suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi on Thursday, the Ethics Commission essentially told the Board of Supervisors he should be removed for good. Read More

Ethics Commission says Mirkarimi guilty of official misconduct on 2 of 6 charges

By: Dan Schreiber 08/16/12 10:46 PM
Mayor Ed Lee was correct in suspending Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi for bruising his wife’s arm during a spat at the couple’s home, The City’s Ethics Commission ruled Thursday in a complex decision that ended with attorneys for both the mayor and the sheriff claiming their own versions of victory. Read More

Ethics panel to share sheriff ruling

By: Dan Schreiber 08/15/12 7:23 PM
Nearly eight months after San Francisco’s sheriff was arrested on domestic violence charges involving his wife, The City’s Ethics Commission will weigh in this morning on whether he’s fit to hold elected office. Mayor Ed Lee brought official misconduct charges to begin removal proceedings against Ross Mirkarimi in March when the sheriff pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment in exchange for dismissal of three other misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Read More

Sheriff clearly guilty of official misconduct

By: Melissa Griffin 08/15/12 7:09 PM
Today, the Ethics Commission is set to issue its final recommendation on the matter of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. No one knows for sure how this will turn out, but there is at least one compelling reason for the commission to recommend removal, even without getting into disputed facts. Read More

Ross Mirkarimi deserves another chance

By: Geoffrey F. Brown and Ramin Naderi-Alizadeh 08/14/12 6:01 PM
After Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment in connection with an argument he had with his wife, Mayor Ed Lee suspended him and brought charges to remove him for official misconduct. Mirkarimi exercised his right to contest the removal before the San Francisco Ethics Commission and Board of Supervisors. Read More

Guilty plea key to Mirkarimi's ethics case

By: Dan Schreiber 08/05/12 6:53 PM
The first of two final judgments on suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s future will be made this month by The City’s Ethics Commission, which has now heard every last account, opinion and expression of outrage that San Francisco could muster. Commissioners spent months at the center of an epic maelstrom of public intrigue and mounting legal paperwork. Read More

Campaign contributions could affect Mirkarimi’s fate

By: Melissa Griffin 08/01/12 8:39 PM
The first round of campaign contribution reports have been filed for November’s Board of Supervisor elections and they are full of fascinating information. One of the most interesting questions suggested by all the data is which supervisors could vote in favor of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi when the board soon considers whether to sustain his suspension for official misconduct. Read More

Sensible tax reform compromise a victory for mayor

By: SF Examiner Editorial 07/27/12 7:28 PM
Mayor Ed Lee has been taking it on the chin lately. He was accused of perjury stemming from his testimony in the case of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. His deal with the California Pacific Medical Center to build a new hospital on Cathedral Hill has stalled. And his plan to import New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy, which encourages the police to detain and search people for guns, was unanimously and rightly denounced by the Board of Supervisors. Read More

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