Oh No, Ed Jew!: ARREST WARRANT!
10:30 p.m.: We went out to dinner and missed Ed Jew's surrender to the authorities.... in Burlingame!!! Awesome. Hey, that way he could just go straight home afterwards. Jew posted bail and was released on his own recognizance. His first court appearance is scheduled for July 16.
7:42 p.m.: KCBS has an audio clip (3:53) of their interview with Bill Fazio up. Jew found out a warrant was being issued at around 4 p.m. today, though Fazio's been talking with the DA's office for about a week now. Fazio's arguing that Jew lived on 28th Ave. before, moved out briefly, and then moved back, and says the DA doesn't have any evidence to support their claims. Jew will probably turn himself in tomorrow morning.
7:35 p.m.: Tom Ammiano has compared Ed Jew to Paris Hilton.
6:35 p.m.: Peskin's called for Jew to resign. You know, we understand that guy doesn't care if you have pets.
6:25 p.m.: More stuff! Fog City has copies of the correspondence between the City Attorney and Steve Gruel (.pdfs, just keep scrolling through the document), and reports that Bill Fazio (the guy who Kamala Harris beat for the DA's office) is representing Jew in the criminal proceedings and has Newsom's statement too (blah blah, very serious, blah blah, continue my careful investigation, blah blah, Chris Daly sucks. Okay, we made up that last part.)
A warrant's been issued for Ed Jew's arrest! More news as it happens; previous updates are after the jump.
6:20 p.m.: Okay, we're back. It seems to us like this is going to be a pretty tough case for the DA's office to prove -- under California law, it looks like they'll have to prove that Ed Jew knew he didn't live in San Francisco when he filed all his paperwork, to get a guilty verdict.
So Jew could theoretically avoid a conviction by saying that he genuinely thought he resided in District 4 just by owning (or, to clarify, by living in) the 28th Avenue house. Either that or there are some smoking guns in the utility bills the FBI seized.
5:30 p.m.: The Chron's got a small bit up, with promises of updates to come. Okay, we're heading out for a bit but will come back with more news!
5:18 p.m.: Fog City has the press release from Kamala Harris's office. They're charging him with lying under oath and falsifying documents about where he lived when he declared for office. Also, voter fraud, for registering to vote at the 28th Avenue address. Jew will be given the option of a self-surrender and arraignment is expected in the next few days.
5:15 p.m.: A source watching NBC 3 says the crime is said to be "residency-related." Is it a crime not to live in San Francisco now?
Around 5:00 p.m.: OMG, OMG, breaking news! ABC 7 is reporting that an arrest warrant's been issued for Tapioca Ed. Bail is set at $135,000 (that's 3.375 Quickly shakedowns).