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San Francisco Mayor Under Fire for Ethics Violations

August 6, 2021 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

San Francisco Chronicle: “San Francisco Mayor London Breed has agreed to pay a $22,792 city fine to settle allegations that she committed a series of ethics violations while in office, including asking former Gov. Jerry Brown to release her brother from prison and allowing Mohammed Nuru, the disgraced former head of Public Works, to pay for repairs to a car she owned.”

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