As we mentioned on Friday, former Castro Supervisor Bevan Dufty was brought back in to the CIty Family fold last week after Mayor Lee gave him a new post as San Francisco's Next Top Homeless Advocate "Director of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships and Engagement." (It stands for "HOPE", get it?) Dufty, who will be leaving his temporary $75-per-hour gig sending out form letters to SamTrans riders, will reportedly be making a cool $156,000 yearly salary in the job that Mayor Lee just made up.

As the Chronicle's tireless duo Matier & Ross reported yesterday, the gig pays about 50 grand more per year than his old job as the District 8 Supervisor (and in that gig, you get pressured in to turning down your bonus). Insinuating there may have been some favoritism involved in the appointment, Matier & Ross also point out that there was no posting on the job (because it's an appointment by the mayor) and that Dufty was the only candidate to interview for the gig even though the Mayor's office mentioned several others were in the running.

Previously: Bevan Dufty Named City's New Homeless Czar, Bevan Dufty's New Public Transit Gig
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