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San Francisco Ethics Commission. File photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

September 14, 2012<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Ethics Commission denied Thursday a request by suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi to postpone until after the November election the Commission\u2019s delivery of its findings of fact and non-binding recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no evidence suggesting that any member of the Board of Supervisors will disregard the facts and the law and instead vote to sustain the charges based upon perceived political pressure,\u201d wrote Ethics Commission Chair Ben Hur. \u201cThe Commission cannot presume that any Board member will act in such manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond, it is not the role of the Commission to determine the optimal time for the Board to decide this matter,\u201d Hur added. \u201cIndeed, granting the Sheriff\u2019s request could cause the Commission to engage in the type of political maneuvering that it seeks to avoid.\u00a0 The Commission will not manipulate the timing of the Board\u2019s decision in a misguided attempt to predict the nadir of public pressure on the Supervisors.\u00a0 Rather, the Commission will send the record and its recommendation to the Board promptly upon completion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The delay was sought<\/a> to \u201cavoid forcing a political train wreck at the Board in the midst of a highly charged political election,\u201d wrote Mirkarimi defense attorney David Waggoner in a brief filed with the Commission on Monday. \u201cSending the record to the Board immediately prior to an election deprives the Sheriff of a neutral decision maker, as guaranteed by the Due Process clauses of the 5th and 14th Amendments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five members of the Board of Supervisors are seeking re-election in November including Eric Mar, David Chiu, David Campos and John Avalos.\u00a0 Supervisor Christina Olague, who was appointed by Mayor Ed Lee following Mirkarimi\u2019s election to Sheriff, is seeking election in her own right.<\/p>\n

The Commission, a five-member quasi-judicial body comprising political appointees, voted 4-1<\/a> (Hur in dissent) last month to sustain two of six charges of alleged official misconduct filed by the mayor, who suspended Mirkarimi without pay following Mirkarimi\u2019s plea in March to one misdemeanor count of false imprisonment stemming from a heated argument with his wife, Eliana Lopez, on December 31, during which Mirkarimi grabbed Lopez\u2019 arm and caused a bruise.<\/p>\n

The incident was reported to police January 4 without Lopez\u2019 knowledge, consent or permission by the couple\u2019s neighbor, Ivory Madison, who provided police a 53-second video of a tearful Lopez pointing to the bruise on her arm.\u00a0 Madison, who represented herself to Lopez as an attorney, according to Lopez – urged Lopez to make the video so that it could be used against Mirkarimi if the couple sought divorce and entered into a child custody battle.<\/p>\n

Mirkarimi and Lopez have maintained from the outset that the zealous nature of Mirkarimi\u2019s prosecution is politically motivated \u2013 a belief bolstered by the mayor\u2019s alleged perjury on the witness stand<\/a> – and believe the interpretation of the definition of official misconduct, as defined in the City Charter<\/a>, is being misapplied and misinterpreted in an effort to remove a political rival from office.<\/p>\n

Mirkarimi, a progressive, opposed Lee\u2019s appointment to serve as caretaker mayor following then-Mayor Gavin Newsom\u2019s election to Lt. Governor.<\/p>\n

Nine of eleven Supervisors must vote in the affirmative to remove a democratically elected official from office.\u00a0 A suspended official is reinstated by default if the Board fails to vote on the matter within the 30 days, according the City Charter.\u00a0 The clock is expected to begin ticking on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mirkarimi said he was disappointed but not surprised by the denial of his request.<\/p>\n

“The politics are so brazen, it’s official,” Mirkarimi told FCJ. “Use the family as a weapon to oust the democratically elected Sheriff.\u00a0 When he wouldn’t go, cut his pay so that he cannot provide for his family. When he wouldn’t resign, dehumanize him in every portrayal.\u00a0 When that’s not enough, attack his wife’s credibility. If they stand their ground, force the Mirkarimi vote before the November election by putting the supervisors running for re-election, or seeking higher office, into a pincer move.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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