Newsom to Swear In New District Attorney

Written by Luke Thomas. Posted in News, Politics

Published on January 09, 2011 with 7 Comments

By Luke Thomas

January 9, 2011, 12:07 pm

Mayor Gavin Newsom has just announced he will swear in San Francisco’s new District Attorney today at 2 pm at City Hall.

Though Newsom has not indicated who has accepted the appointment to replace former DA Kamala Harris, insiders believe Assistant District Attorney Paul Henderson is the likely appointee.

Update, 1:25 pm:  CBS5 is reporting SFPD Police Chief George Gascon will be named by Newsom to replace Harris.

SFPD Chief George Gascon (left) was recently spotted seated at the head table with former mayor Willie Brown, Chief of Staff Steve Kawa, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, Supervisor Jane Kim and Rose Pak during a banquet honoring Jane Kim. Photo by Luke Thomas.

SFPD Chief George Gascon (left) was recently spotted seated next to former mayor Willie Brown, Newsom Chief of Staff Steve Kawa, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, Supervisor Jane Kim and Rose Pak, during a banquet honoring Jane Kim. Photo by Luke Thomas.

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  1. P.S.@Robert; thnx; didn’t notice that till after I’d posted the KPFA News. I wrote to ask Anthony Fest who told him this was legally questionable. Even if it is, there’s likely to be overwhelming legal muscle and budget on the other side.

  2. I just took a few minutes to go back and listen to this and clipped it out of the Sunday KPFA News: http://www.anngarrison.com/images/mp3s/gasconweekendnews.mp3

    All they said is that this is legally questionable, not who says so or whether anyone’s questioning it.

  3. Apt description, from Ann elsewhere: “political royals”.

    Sly, slick, and wicked– normal rules of expected conduct don’t apply.

    Convenient time to bump Gascon to his next privileged position?

    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27235.htm

  4. Jim Hammer demolishes Gascón in November.

    -marc

  5. Unfortunately, KPFA News is not segmented, labeled, tagged, and posted to the Web where it can be found in Google Search, unless I do it, which drives me to endless distraction, and I don’t have time to do this, but here’s the entire half hour broadcast, from their website:

    http://kpfa.org/archive/id/66666

  6. KPFA News reported this evening that the appointment might be legally questionable because Newsom’s maneuver, staying her to control the mayoral and DA succession, was legally questionable.

  7. Oh. My. God.

    Please tell me this is a joke, Luke.