Suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has for the first time detailed his version of the events that led to the high-profile domestic violence incident involving his wife — including how she sustained a sizable bruise on her arm.
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Seven San Francisco officials are earning a combined $318,000 more a year since voters approved a 2006 ballot measure tying their wages to those of elected officials in five neighboring counties.Now, under a readjustment calculation required every five years, four of those officials could receive additional pay raises: District Attorney George Gascón, $13,375; Public Defender Jeff Adachi, $8,333; Mayor Ed Lee, $7,751; and City Attorney Dennis Herrera, $3,729.
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Mayor Ed Lee may soon find himself once again wielding his appointment power and impacting San Francisco’s elected offices. In November, Lee first appointed District 5 Supervisor Christina Olague after former Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi won as sheriff. Lee then appointed Vicki Hennessy to sheriff after suspending on official misconduct charges Mirkarimi, who is fighting to prevent his permanent ouster.
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San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón disagrees with a legal brief in which his office argued that marijuana sales are illegal, and he said Wednesday that prosecuting marijuana cases will not be a priority for his administration.
The brief, filed this month in the case of a woman arrested on suspicion of possessing and attempting to sell cannabis products, argued that any sale of marijuana is illegal under state law.
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Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi said he was “ashamed and deeply sorry” and vowed to become “a better public servant,” after a judge sentenced him Monday for his role in a domestic violence incident against his wife.
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Victim advocacy groups are furious about the lack of remorse they perceive coming from Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, despite his guilty plea earlier this week in a high-profile domestic violence case.They gathered on the steps of City Hall on Thursday to say Mirkarimi isn’t taking responsibility for his actions, based on published comments suggesting that the plea arose from his case becoming too expensive and burdening his family — not necessarily any real guilt.
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San Francisco police have suspended their use of devices that measure suspected drunken drivers’ blood-alcohol level in the field after it was revealed they haven’t been properly testing their accuracy, possibly for years.At a joint news conference Monday, Public Defender Jeff Adachi and District Attorney George Gascón said they are investigating police testing of Preliminary Alcohol Screening devices, which manufacturers recommend on a regular basis.
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The BART police officer who fatally shot a knife-wielding homeless man at the Civic Center station last summer “acted lawfully in self-defense,” the District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.In a seven-page report to police Chief Greg Suhr, District Attorney George Gascón wrote that “there appears no reasonable factual or legal basis upon which to charge” Officer James Crowell for the fatal shooting of 45-year-old Charles Hill on July 3.
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Following reports that Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s wife, Eliana Lopez, sought immunity from prosecution for her testimony in her husband’s domestic violence case, District Attorney George Gascón said Thursday he has no intention of charging her.“Quite frankly we’re really confused” as to why Lopez is requesting immunity, Gascón said.
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District Attorney George Gascón’s office charged an airport shuttle company and two of its executives Tuesday with making $11,500 in illegal contributions to Ed Lee’s mayoral campaign last year.
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