{"id":2001,"date":"2010-05-26T14:14:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T22:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2019-03-21T19:04:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T03:04:40","slug":"newsoms-lie-on-sitlie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2001\/newsoms-lie-on-sitlie\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom\u2019s Lie on Sit\/Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/anti_gang_summit_061023\/mw2w0816_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidate for Lt. Governor, Mayor Gavin Newsom. Photos by Luke Thomas<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 26, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Just when everyone thought it might be possible for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Mayor Gavin Newsom to work together to address growing angst over threatening behaviors on our sidewalks, Newsom did what some believe he intended all along \u2013 to put his Sit\/Lie measure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2010\/05\/24\/MN5J1DIJNO.DTL\">before voters on the November ballot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it\u2019s never been Newsom\u2019s goal to use his commander in chief authority to carry a big stick over the San Francisco Police Department, to enforce the myriad of laws already available to deal with loitering, assaults, blocking sidewalks, smoking crack, etc, etc.\u00a0 No, that would upset the San Francisco Police Officers Association and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/safai-denies-coordination-with-delagnesover-poa-independent-expenditure\/\">Gary Delagnes<\/a> who would threaten to yank the POA\u2019s all important law enforcement endorsement of Newsom for Lt. Governor.  Nor does the POA like their boys and girls in blue walking beats, the most effective crime deterrent known to mankind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/sfpd_poa_foot_patrol_leg_pc_061113\/mw2w2673_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Officers Association President Gary Delagnes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not enforcing current law and that is due to the absence of leadership in Room 200,\u201d\u00a0 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said to a group of reporters following a Sit\/Lie hearing on Monday. \u201cThe mayor is the commander in chief.  The police department is a paramilitary institution.  All they have to do is compel to walk foot beats to be that deterrent and liaison to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cIf somebody is concerned or feeling threatened or has been threatened bodily, assault or battery of any kind, there\u2019s no excuse for law enforcement to not exercise the authority that they\u2019ve been given,\u201d Mirkarimi added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2010\/sit_lie_recurrent_energy_20100511\/_w2w9608_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The unsaid reason Newsom is putting Sit\/Lie before voters is so that it can be used as a wedge issue, a politically motivated means to funnel gobs of money into independent expenditure accounts to attack candidates for supervisor who do not publicly support Sit\/Lie or, more accurately, those candidates who wear a Progressive target on his\/her back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had hoped that the mayor and the supporters of Sit\/Lie would not view it as such, but I think that the fact that they\u2019re unwilling to engage in a real conversation here suggests that this is a cynical wedge issue, and that\u2019s unfortunate,\u201d Board of Supervisors President David Chiu told FCJ.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2003\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2003\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2003\" title=\"_w2w1061_std\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/05\/w2w1061_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/05\/w2w1061_std.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/05\/w2w1061_std-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors President David Chiu.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But what Newsom is failing to understand is this:  He is exposing his greatest weakness during a time when he needs to be seen as a leader.  He is effectively saying he does not have the courage to reform the San Francisco Police Department, to instill in the rank and file a fear that insubordination will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>And as for SFPD Chief Gascon, who is Newsom\u2019s wingman on this caper, even he is <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110413091541\/http:\/\/abclocal.go.com:80\/kgo\/story?section=news\/local\/san_francisco&amp;id=7458780\">careful not to admit<\/a> that police enforcement of loitering laws is the solution to many of the problems being raised.  No, instead, Gascon is now a politician wearing a taxpayers\u2019 funded police uniform, endorsing candidates and going along with Newsom\u2019s sham like former Prime minister Tony Blair went along with George Bush\u2019s pack of lies over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/george_gascon_090617\/_w2w2778_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFPD Chief George Gascon endorsed District Attorney Kamala Harris (left) in the race for California Attorney General.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s really quite shamefully transparent, all at the expense of public safety and progress.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the red meat.  Word has it, there could be a few unwelcome surprises in store for Newsom, the POA and Chief Gascon on the November ballot.  What could these be?  Random drug testing?  Mandatory, targeted foot patrols? Patrol specials? They&#8217;re all being talked about.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see Newsom, the POA, and Gascon, fight those measures while pretending to be the stewards of public safety.<\/p>\n<p>And, by the way, FCJ invited Newsom spokesperson Tony Winnicker to respond to the allegations raised by Mirkarimi and Chiu \u2013 that Newsom is using Sit\/Lie as a wedge issue and that he lacks leadership over the police department.  You\u2019d think this would be a perfect opportunity for the mayor to address these concerns.  Instead, Winnicker has chosen silence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And as for SFPD Chief Gascon, who is Newsom\u2019s wingman on this caper, even he is careful not to admit that police enforcement of loitering laws is the solution to many of the problems being raised. 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