San Francisco "sanctuary City" Sheriff Loses Re-Election

Fox News ^ | 11/4/2015

[conservativejoy]

The San Francisco sheriff who over the summer became embroiled in a national debate over 'sanctuary city' policies on Tuesday lost his bid for re-election amid a host of local controversies.

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, 54, was defeated by Vicki Hennessy, a former sheriff's official who had the endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the sheriff deputies association. As of early Wednesday morning, Hennessy had received 62 percent of the vote to just 31 percent for Mirkarimi.

Mirkarimi was the subject of national criticism after Mexican illegal immigrant Francisco Sanchez allegedly shot and killed 32 year old Kate Steinle on San Francisco's waterfront July 1. Sanchez had been released from Mirkarimis jail in March even though federal immigration officials had requested he be detained for possible deportation.

But since then, the sheriffs oversight of the department has been plagued by other high-profile mishaps and controversies seen as contributing to his defeat. He had his drivers license briefly suspended for failing to properly report a minor accident while driving a department issued car, and he also flunked a marksmanship test.

Before those two incidents, a drug gang leader escaped from jail, and guards were accused of staging and gambling on inmate fights.

In November 2014, Mirkarimi also was forced to apologize for the bungled search for a San Francisco General Hospital patient whose body was found in a stairwell weeks after she wandered from her room. The sheriff is in charge of the hospital's security, but deputies didnt search the building until nine days after her disappearance. The city paid the patient's family $3 million to settle a lawsuit.

But Mirkarimi is now known nationally for his strident defense of sanctuary city policies, taking the practice to a new level under his leadership.

[cloudmountain]

75 percent of the people that sell out ATT every game are from the south & east bay, if the post game traffic on hwys 80 and 101 are any indication.

The ballgames usually end right around the rush hour. That's just the way the games go when they start at 1:00 P.M.

I can recall a July 4th doubleheader that was on a Saturday, a three-day weekend and was over PRECISELY at rush hour.
It was the very WORST traffic jam the bay area had EVER seen. Really bad planning. With all the bays and bridges there is NOWHERE to go but right in back of the eight zillion cars in front of you.