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Candidate for District 5 Supervisor Julian Davis. File photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

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

October 22, 2012<\/p>\n

New details have emerged in the effort to derail the Julian Davis campaign for District 5 Supervisor, details that shed light on why Kay Vasilyeva, the woman who has accused Davis of sexual assault, went public with her claim six years later, and three weeks before Election Day.<\/p>\n

According to Vasilyeva, as first reported by the SF Weekly<\/em><\/a>, Davis grew \u201chandsy,\u201d and during a 2006 Chris Daly for District 6 Supervisor campaign bar-crawl, \u201ctouched her beneath her clothing in an unwelcome physical advance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vasilyeva was a paid staffer on the Daly campaign; Davis was a volunteer.<\/p>\n

Davis has repeatedly denied Vasilyeva’s allegation.\u00a0 He concedes he \u201ccrossed boundaries<\/a>\u201d when he, Vasilyeva and her ex-boyfriend went to see a movie together in 2008, during which he was being \u201coverly flirtatious\u201d with Vasilyeva.\u00a0\u00a0Davis said he apologized to Vasilyeva in 2010, which, he said, she accepted.<\/p>\n

He wrote in an October 19 letter to members of Harvey Milk Democratic Club, which is set to vote today on a resolution to revoke its endorsement of Davis, \u201cTo be clear: the allegation of sexual assault brought against me is completely false. I will admit, as I did many years ago, that I was at times overly flirtatious in my past. I took this very seriously, and have since apologized, had my apology accepted, and made amends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supervisor John Avalos, who first learned of an issue between Vasilyeva and Davis in March, endorsed Davis<\/a> in August because\u00a0Vasilyeva assured Avalos<\/a>\u00a0the matter had been\u00a0resolved after Davis apologized<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cease-and-desist letter<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Davis was first made aware Vasilyeva\u2019s on the record comments to the SF Weekly<\/em> on October 10, he sent\u00a0Vasilyeva a cease-and-desist letter October 12 to let her know he was\u00a0aware she was making what he considered to be false and defamatory remarks.<\/p>\n

The purpose of a cease-and-desist letter is to notify a person who is making slanderous or defamatory remarks or printing libel that they should immediately stop doing so.<\/p>\n

Several elected officials – Supervisors\u00a0Avalos<\/a>, David Campos and Jane Kim – cited the\u00a0cease-and-desist letter as the impetus behind their decision to pull their endorsements of Davis.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0San Francisco Bay Guardian<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0San Francisco Examiner<\/em>, print publications owned by publisher Todd Vogt, followed suit and revoked their endorsements of Davis.\u00a0Assemblymember Tom Ammiano also revoked his endorsement of Davis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn regards to the cease-and-desist letter I sent to Kay Vasilyeva, I understand why the letter created the reaction it did, but I ask you to look at this from a human perspective,\u201d Davis said in his letter to the Harvey Milk Democratic Club.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cMy intention was never to intimidate her from speaking but to protect myself from defamation. Given the magnitude of her false accusation, I exercised my rights, knowing that in the court of public opinion, many would not care that her claim is uncorroborated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whisper campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vasilyeva attended an event after-party on September 27, a party Davis supporters attended to distribute campaign signs.\u00a0\u00a0According to a witness, when Vasilyeva was asked why she didn\u2019t want a Davis campaign sign, she responded, \u201cDo you know about the whisper campaign?\u00a0\u00a0You should ask Julian about the whisper campaign.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The witness was willing to go on the record without attribution due to fear of retribution.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>, \u201cA whispering campaign or whisper campaign is a method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are spread about the target, while the source of the rumors seeks to avoid being detected while spreading them. It is generally considered unethical in open societies, particularly in matters of public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connection to D5 opponents?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vasilyeva is a friend of Aimee Ellis who is\u00a0listed\u00a0as a \u201ccommunity leader\u201d on the endorsements page of District 5 Supervisor Christina Olague\u2019s campaign website.\u00a0\u00a0She also serves as External Vice President on board of the District 5 Democratic Club (D5DC).<\/p>\n

As early as June, Ellis began publicly attacking Davis.<\/p>\n

Davis sent Ellis a cease-and-desist letter June 22 after Ellis alleged at a June 6 D5DC candidates meet and greet, held at the Oasis caf\u00e9 on Divisadero, that Davis was \u201cfired from Senator Mark Leno\u2019s office for sexual assault.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis\u2019 letter included a signed letter from Senator Mark Leno, who wrote, \u201cAlthough employee-employer discussions are typically confidential in nature, I feel it\u2019s important to clarify, upon his request, that Julian Davis did not leave my office related to issues of sexual harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several witnesses at the candidates meet and greet confirmed Ellis\u2019 public attack on Davis.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe made many inappropriate remarks and personal attacks against Julian,\u201d said D5DC Communication Chair Charles Lemon.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt was embarrassing for me and everyone else at the meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t hear the first couple words of the argument, but suddenly Aimee is screaming across the room at Julian – \u2018You were fired for mistreating women,\u2019\u201d said D5DC Internal Vice President Jonah Horowitz.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe completely flipped out and went into a rant saying Julian mistreats women and that he was let go from Mark Leno\u2019s office for sexually harassing women,\u201d said Shannel Williams, City College Association Students Council President and former Davis campaign manager.<\/p>\n

Ellis sought meetings with activists, political leaders, and the\u00a0SF Weekly<\/em>, beginning in mid-August to claim that Davis had a problem with women.\u00a0The SF Weekly<\/em>, in turn, talked to Vasilyeva but she was not willing at that time to be attributed with a claim against him.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Bay Guardian Endorsement of Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vasilyeva only agreed to\u00a0go on the record with SF Weekly<\/em> after the\u00a0San Francisco Bay Guardian<\/em>\u00a0endorsed Davis<\/a>\u00a0as its number-one pick in the ranked choice race; describing Davis\u2019 \u201cpersonal life and behavior in his 20s\u201d as \u201cnot always admirable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vasilyeva is a city employee who works in the Department of Emergency Management. She also serves as the Endorsements Chair of San Francisco Women\u2019s Political Committee (SFWPC) whose core principle is to, \u201cAppoint and elect women to public office and position of political leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

London Breed received the SFWPC’s sole D5 candidate endorsement.<\/p>\n

Breed told Fog City Journal that she \u201cdoesn\u2019t know Kay very well\u201d and said the rumors she heard about Davis were \u201chearsay\u201d and \u201cmalicious\u201d and \u201chave nothing to do with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the fact that he\u2019s not been convicted of anything and everybody all of a sudden is in an uproar to pull their endorsements, I think is really sad, and I think it\u2019s just an excuse for them to jump on Christina\u2019s [Olague] bandwagon because she supported Ross [Mirkarimi],” Breed said.<\/p>\n

Olague, Avalos, Campos and Kim voted October 9 to reinstate Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi following a 7-month politically-charged inquisition into whether Mirkarimi was guilty of official misconduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t take pleasure in this,\u201d Breed added.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not a fan of Julian but I just feel like the way this is going down is over the top and it\u2019s wrong. I just think it\u2019s a setup and, sadly, folks have just jumped ship on Julian – and they jumped ship on Olague before, and now they\u2019re back on her team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Breed said she is not the type of person or candidate to do \u201csomething this malicious.\u201d \u201cI want to win this race fair and square,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Olague told Fog City Journal she had no personal knowledge of Ellis and Vasilyeva\u2019s whisper campaign against Davis and disassociated her campaign from their activities saying she is running a positive campaign on the issues facing the City and District 5 residents.<\/p>\n

Asked about Ellis\u2019 connection to Olague’s campaign, Olague said, \u201cThat\u2019s between Aimee and Davis. It doesn\u2019t have anything to do with us.\u00a0She supports me as a candidate but she has not been working on our campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNeither one of them is working on my campaign,\u201d Olague added.<\/p>\n

When Fog City Journal spoke with Vasilyeva for comment, she was openly hostile, refused to go on the record or answer questions about her allegation, or her involvement in the alleged whisper campaign.<\/p>\n

Ellis did not return requests for comment.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Ellis participated in a whisper campaign against Jane Kim<\/a> in the District 6 Supervisor’s race. Ellis and Vasilyeva supported Debra Walker.<\/p>\n

When asked about the whisper campaign and the recent fallout from Vasilyeva’s allegation, Davis said he is \u201cdone commenting on the matter\u201d and does not \u201cwish to malign my allies in the progressive movement for the political decisions they\u2019ve chosen to make.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke Thomas is a resident of District 6.\u00a0 As a professional photographer, he has supplied photography services to several campaigns in this election cycle, including the Davis campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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