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\nElaine Santore with Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi’s “Baby Mama,”
\nVenezuelan soap opera actress Eliana Lopez, at the swearing-in after-party
\nheld at Temple Nightclub, Thursday.
\nPhotos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Elaine Santore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

January 12, 2009<\/p>\n

Happy New Year, Foggers!<\/p>\n

The new Board of Supervisors was sworn in Thursday amid massive fanfare, haters, and drama. Watching the inaugural meeting<\/a> was just like watching Gossip Girl<\/em>, only with an older, less attractive cast of characters.<\/p>\n


\nSupervisors John Avalos, David Chiu Ross Mirkarimi,
\nDavid Campos, Carmen Chu, Eric Mar and Sean Elsbernd
\nare sworn into office during the inauguration of the Class of 2008.<\/p>\n

Do Not Pass Go<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fog City Journal arrived at board chambers 15 mins before the inaugural meeting was scheduled to start – plenty of time to get settled, talk trash, and get ready to document the election of the new board president. But we were told by the Sheriff’s office that the press box was already full and our only option to cover the meeting was to observe the proceedings in the overflow room, aka Siberia.<\/p>\n

Luckily for us, we managed to get word to the Clerk of the Board who immediately instructed the sheriffs to let Luke in to photograph the proceedings.<\/p>\n

“My lucky number is 7”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not wanting to get into a fight with the sherrifs, I headed to Supervisor John Avalos’ office to watch the meeting on TV. This ended up being the perfect spot for me to camp out because it allowed me to update my Twitter, text friends on my CrackBerry, make snarky comments about Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier’s outfit, and snack on Red Vines.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, I was surrounded by a revolving door of wonks and political junkies including Marc Salomon, Nicole Derse, Susan King, Quintin Mecke, Kay Vasilyeva and David Gartner. Supervisor Chris Daly came in for a snack break during public comment.<\/p>\n


\nSupervisor Chris Daly needed some Red Vines.<\/p>\n

Of course, there was talk of a betting pool for the number of voting rounds it would take to elect a new board president. I guessed seven because that’s my lucky number. Some were expecting the vote to take several hours like it did when Matt Gonzalez was elected board president. Way to be efficient, Class of 2008!<\/p>\n


\nSupervisor David Campos nominated Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi,
\nbut later changed his vote to Supervisor David Chiu
\nwhen the Mirk couldn’t get past four votes.<\/p>\n


\nSupervisor Ross Mirkarimi.<\/p>\n

Why is Luke Thomas always right?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, that’s not a sad attempt to get a promotion (though I’m hoping to reach “Official Poser” by the end of the year). Thomas correctly predicted<\/a> on December 5 the board presidency would go to freshman Supervisor David Chiu. Of course, I didn’t remember this and was shocked when it happened. Maybe I should read our website more often?<\/p>\n


\n“You’re not much. Enjoy the attention while it lasts.”
\nBoard President David Chiu takes questions from the press
\nfollowing his election to Board President.<\/p>\n

The Smartest Person in the Room: Jade Mar<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Susan King, Supervisor Mar’s 8-year-old daughter, Jade, had the best political analysis in the room. Jade paid close attention to her dad’s votes and inquired about Supervisor David Chiu and Mayor Gavin Newsom’s shiny foreheads. (FYI: Clinique Pore Minimizer T-Zone Shine Control helps, and there’s always Photoshop.)<\/p>\n


\nSupervisor Eric Mar (far right) speaks while his daughter,
\nJade (second from left) steals the spotlight.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0
\nSupervisor Eric Mar and family, including twin brother Gordon (far right).<\/p>\n

Babies are taking over the world<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supervisor Sean Elsbernd announced his wife is pregnant, but Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi trumped Elsbernd when he announced he is having a baby with a partner nobody had heard of – Venezuelan soap opera actress Eliana Lopez. (Check out her demo reel here.)\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently the hot couple met in the summer when Mirkarimi attended a Green Party confab in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Fog City Journal’s baby shower gifts for Mirkarimi: a box of Nice ‘N Easy, a thesaurus, a slice of humble pie, and a lipdub of me performing “Just Waiting on a Friend” by the Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n


\nParents-to-be Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and Eliana Lopez.<\/p>\n

According to Enrique Asis, Mayor Newsom looked like he’d been stabbed in the heart when he found out there was a mini-Mirk on the way. Gavin and Jennifer Siebel Newsom need to catch up in the baby-making race.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0
\nMayor Gavin Newsom, conveying as much emotion
\nas his electrical circuits and Madame Tussauds visage can muster.<\/p>\n

And more babies! Bevan Dufty’s daughter, Sidney, was only three months old during the 2006 inauguration. On Thursday, I watched as she ran around her dad’s office while her mother, Rebecca Goldfader, directed guests to the delicious cupcakes and desserts.<\/p>\n


\nSidney Goldfader-Dufty and Supervisor Bevan Dufty.<\/p>\n

Ladies Third<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the meeting, Luke Thomas, Hope Johnson and I stopped by Sophie Maxwell’s office to say hello. Hope complimented Sophie on being so gracious in her speech, despite being passed over for Board President (again).<\/p>\n


\nSupervisor Sophie Maxwell<\/p>\n

Maxwell was grateful for the praise and Hope and I talked to her about the importance of more women running and winning elected office, and addressing the treatment of women in politics. We also talked about how much we all love Michelle Obama<\/a> (duh!).<\/p>\n

After the show it’s the after-party, and after the party is the hotel lobby<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it wasn’t that kind of party.<\/p>\n

But it was still pretty good. Sunny Angulo, Sonya Mehta and Julian Davis organized “Peoples’ Inauguration featuring Roasted Supe!” at Temple Nightclub<\/a> (not our beloved Temple Bar) to celebrate and roast the new supes. From what the little I could hear – I was too busy gossiping and posing – it was much gentler than an actual roast.<\/p>\n

Anybody who’s ever discussed, written or heard about San Francisco politics was there. It was like looking at a live version of my Facebook friend list, my reject list, and my block list all in one room. Basically, all the dregs of local politics.<\/p>\n

Among the politicos: State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (“Can you believe there’s only one bartender working tonight? You should write about that!”); State Senator Mark Leno; former State Senator Carole Migden; Supervisor Chris Daly; Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi; School Board Commissioner Jane Kim; former Board President Aaron Peskin; and all the freshman progressive supervisors. Mike Farrah made a whiskered appearance and all that was missing was that wax figure from Room 200.<\/p>\n

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\nInauguration party organizers Sunny Angulo, Julian Davis and Sonya Mehta.<\/p>\n


\nDarcy Brown and a friend from Belgium.<\/p>\n

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\nSunny Angulo, Elaine Santore and Hope Johnson.<\/p>\n


\nTim Paulson and Nicole Derse.<\/p>\n


\nSunny Angulo, Sonya Mehta, School Board Commissioner Jane Kim
\nand Board President David Chiu.<\/p>\n


\nFormer Board Prez Aaron Peskin hi-fives his successor, Board President David Chiu,
\nwhile the ubiquitous Frank Chu (sans inter-galactic anagram) looks on.<\/p>\n


\nSunny Angulo, Julian Davis, Supervisor Eric Mar, Sonya Mehta, Board President David Chiu,
\nSupervisor John Avalos, former Board President Aaron Peskin and Supervisor Chris Daly.<\/p>\n


\nSupervisor Eric Mar, Supervisor John Avalos, labor honcho Tim Paulson,
\nSupervisor David Chiu and Supervisor David Campos.<\/p>\n


\nSFBG reporter Sarah Phelan with husband Khalil (left) and Oliver Luby.<\/p>\n


\nElaine Santore, Independent co-owner Michael O’Connor
\nand Melanie Nutter.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\"bethmel.jpg\"
\nBeth Spotswood<\/a>, Elaine Santore and Melissa Griffin<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nSFBG Reporter Sarah Phelan and husband Khalil, aka “Dr. Phelan,”
\nmeditate on the day’s events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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