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Oh No, Ed Jew!: Around The Districts
Nothing too new to report on the Ed Jew got arrested front this morning, but the Chron did survey all the other Board of Supervisor members for their reactions. Let's go in order!
--District 1 (Jake McG): "The appearance is so bad, we don't need a trial."
--District 2 (Michela Alioto-Pier): Considers Jew a friend, "Let's remember he's not been found guilty of anything."
--District 3 (Aaron Peskin): "If I was in his place, I would [resign.] .... unless he has some remarkable story that he has not told yet to give people confidence." Peskin told the Examiner that Jew was in "a pickle."
--District 4 (Tapioca Ed): left work early yesterday (3:30 p.m.).
--District 5 (Ross the Conquistador): They had to cancel a meeting yesterday because everyone was so distracted about Ed.
--District 6 (C. Daly): Has apparently been calling for Jew to resign for weeks; busy issuing statements about the budget showdown.
--District 7 (Sean Elsbernd): no comment.
--District 8 (Bevan Dufty): "Only Ed and his conscience can tell him what to do at this point."
--District 9 (Tom Ammiano): "A resignation would be the best thing."
--District 10 (Sophie Maxwell): Innocent until proven guilty.
--District 11 (Gerardo Sandoval): "I'm in a state of shock."
After the jump, a collection of links and some tidbits about Ed Jew (including some of the ones folks are asking about in the comments). We totally did not realize Kamala Harris had hired Jew as an advisor in her DA campaign! Awkward!
Today's news coverage:
--The Examiner goes through the city's options for getting rid of Ed -- Newsom can ask Jew to resign for "official misconduct" at any time, and if Jew's convicted, he's required to step down under the City Charter. However, if Jew leaves office before July 10, we have to have a special election in November for whoever gets appointed to the seat. If Jew leaves after July 10, Newsom's appointee can serve out the rest of Jew's term. The rest of the Ex's coverage doesn't have too much new to add.
--Matier and Ross detail the DA's investigation, and note that both the Board of Supes and the Ethics Commission can force Jew out of office, if the matter's referred to them by Newsom.
And some older news:
--Fiona Ma called this Burlingame thing back in 2002, when Jew ran for the District 4 seat the first time.
--Hey, did you know that in 2003, when Kamala was running for the DA's office, she hired Jew to advise her on Chinatown outreach? Guess Jew's wishing he'd backed Fazio now, huh?
--Commenter Shibi asked if anyone remembered the homeless man beaten to death outside Jew's flower shop last year. Here's some articles.
--Someone on the Wall was reminiscing about how Ed Jew accused Doug Chan of not living in District 4 too during the race. Here's that link.
--Here's some other articles on Ed Jew from the Chron archives: here's Ed on a business district in Chinatown in 2005, money missing from the PTA association Jew volunteered with, a protest Jew organized against the PUC against raising sewer rates, Jew's activism against the SF Unified School District's desegregation plans,