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    Mirkarimi Political Rivals Helped to Fund Anti-Domestic Violence Billboard Campaign

    The contributions to the billboard campaign launched by La Casa De Las Madres – a city-funded non-profit organization committed to preventing domestic violence and providing support services to victims of domestic violence – may suggest the contributions were, in part, politically motivated.

  • Domestic Violence Groups Demand Mirkarimi’s Removal from Office

    Domestic Violence Groups Demand Mirkarimi’s Removal from Office

    Calling the Sheriff “a national embarrassment,” Cathy Black, the executive director of Case De Las Madres, a shelter dedicated to victims of domestic violence, told a bevy of reporters gathered on the steps of City Hall, “I think it would be best for everybody involved if he would step aside. If Sheriff Mirkarimi will not do the right thing, then the mayor and the Board of Supervisors must.”