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

Under the proposed process for supervisors to decide whether to permanently remove Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from office, the board would forgo the testimony of witnesses and rely primarily on opening statements and the deliberations of The City’s Ethics Commission. Read More

Eliana Lopez, the wife of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, briefly testified under oath for the first time Wednesday night in her husband’s ongoing official misconduct proceedings. She was asked by attorneys for The City about the Dec. 31 domestic dispute with her husband that eventually led to his arrest, conviction and suspension in March by Mayor Ed Lee. Read More

The atmosphere was jovial and insular last Thursday afternoon as supporters of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi sat on the ground or in lawn chairs outside the hearing room where the Ethics Commission would soon consider whether he should be permanently removed from office. Read More