{"id":2553,"date":"2011-01-03T17:15:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T01:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2011-01-04T09:06:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T17:06:22","slug":"overheard-in-fog-city-interim-mayor-michael-hennessey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2553\/overheard-in-fog-city-interim-mayor-michael-hennessey\/","title":{"rendered":"Overheard in Fog City: Interim Mayor Michael Hennessey?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/michael_hennessey_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff Michael Hennessey.  Photo 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><em>Analysis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>January 3, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Though it is next to impossible to predict who will be appointed interim Mayor of San Francisco to replace Lt. Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, Sheriff Michael Hennessey may be the most likely candidate who can get six votes tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Following discussions with progressive and centrist Board members today, what is becoming clear is no sitting Board member can get to six votes (supervisors cannot vote for themselves). Attention is now centered on a compromise \u201ccaretaker\u201d candidate, someone who does not intend to exploit their interim-mayoral status to run for mayor, who will focus on closing the city\u2019s projected $350 million budget shortfall and, more importantly, someone who is respected on all sides of the political aisle, including Newsom.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->That someone, it appears, is Hennessey, a non-ideological pragmatist who would likely retire from politics when a new mayor is elected at large in November. Hennessey was first elected in 1979 and holds the distinction of being the longest tenured sheriff in the State of California.  He has never received less than 80 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Expect Hennessey to get six or more votes from Supervisors David Campos, Bevan Dufty, Michela Alioto-Pier, Eric Mar, Ross Mirkarimi, John Avalos and, possibly, Chris Daly.<\/p>\n<p>Should Hennessey be appointed interim mayor, he will be in a position to appoint his replacement. He may also be in a position, if Newsom has not already done so, to appoint someone to the Office of District Attorney to replace Attorney General-elect Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and top deputy Chris Cunnie are likely candidates to replace Hennessey.  Should Mirkarimi get the nod, Hennessey will be required by charter to appoint a replacement to the District 5 seat.<\/p>\n<p>If the current Board fails to appoint an interim mayor tomorrow, the new Board, seated on Saturday (January 8), will be in a position to appoint Newsom\u2019s replacement. Should the new Board fail to appoint an interim mayor, whoever is elected Board President (first order of business) will remain acting mayor until November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following discussions with progressive and centrist Board members today, what is becoming clear is no sitting Board member can get to six votes (supervisors cannot vote for themselves). Attention is now centered on a compromise \u201ccaretaker\u201d candidate, someone who does not intend to exploit their interim-mayoral status to run for mayor, who will focus on closing the city\u2019s projected $350 million budget shortfall and, more importantly, someone who is respected on all sides of the political aisle, including Mayor Gavin Newsom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overheard in Fog City: Interim Mayor Michael Hennessey? - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2553\/overheard-in-fog-city-interim-mayor-michael-hennessey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overheard in Fog City: Interim Mayor Michael Hennessey? - Fog City Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following discussions with progressive and centrist Board members today, what is becoming clear is no sitting Board member can get to six votes (supervisors cannot vote for themselves). 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