Audrey Joseph, the Entertainment Commission's former president, and Justin Roja, the current president, both appeared at the Small Business Commission's meeting on Monday, Aug. 10. Joseph was speaking on behalf of a business group hoping to open a nightclub on Powell Street, while Roja testified for a pet-food store that has hired his public-relations firm.
Peskin told SF Weekly that he thinks Joseph's appearance at the meeting was illegal. "This does not look good," he said. "Obviously, the Ethics Commission needs to investigate it. Based on her statements, and based on the law, this would appear to be a violation of the conflict-of-interest law that every commissioner and every elected official is supposed to adhere to."
don't have the "standing" to challenge DOMA in the first place. The
couple has not shown that any other state has refused to recognize
their California marriage or that they've been denied any federal benefits. The filing also states Congress was "rational" in concluding that "there is a legitimate government interest in maintaining the status quo regarding the distribution of federal benefits in the face of serious and fluid policy differences in and among the states."
"portray women that have been forced into prostitution, found trapped in ChinatownDon't worry! You won't look slutty, just "unfortunate." The posting promises that chosen parties will be compensated with "cash money," homes! (We suspect that the indelicate wording is the result of the call being re-posted to the Web site Model Mayhem, and not the work of whoever penned the original missive.)building. Women will have more of an innocent and unfortunate
portrayal, wearing tube tops, or tank tops, short shorts or mini
skirts, flip flops. etc., NOT scantily clad in lingerie!"
Spotted at: A dinner party
Tattoo: Drawing by Yoshitomo Nara
Why/When: I got it about four years ago. I just always wanted a tattoo on my arm and really like the artist's work.
Monday, Aug 17
11 a.m. - Public Safety Committee
A lot's happened to the Public Safety Committee since the last time I wrote about it -- and there's one thing I just don't understand.
Ross Mirkarimi used to be the chair of the Public Safety Committee, and he was exceptional at pulling the many tangled threads of San Francisco's attempts to keep its citizens safe from crime (the better to lecture us about not smoking) into an organized weave. City crime mattered to him both as a humanitarian and as a politician: His district includes parts of the Western Addition.
But then he was replaced as Public Safety chairman by David Campos, a freshman legislator. The justification for this was that Campos, who had previously been a member of the city's Police Commission, has a lot of experience dealing with public safety agencies in San Francisco.
This is true -- although in my experience the only people who actually listen to the Police Commission are people who want to be on the Police Commission, because they want to impress the mayor and subsequently be given a $167,000-a-year job whose sole qualification is "Be extremely concerned about the world's ills."
So Campos replaces Mirkarimi. Got it?
But now, Board President David Chiu has shuffled the city committee deck and replaced David Campos with ... David Chiu.
Say what?
