This was the first administration to have five women deputy mayors, the first woman police commissioner and the second woman police commissioner. We had the first Dominican deputy mayor, the first Filipino deputy mayor, the first East Indian deputy mayor, and the first Persian deputy mayor an administration that looks like the city it serves and that has delivered for our city every single day.
If all goes well, this will be the last time I am the news and you can instead count on me to bring you some uncompromising journalism as the latest addition to the Mercury's news team. You may be familiar with my work at Street Roots, where I worked as a staff reporter for the past few years. I'll say, despite the risk of turning this into a cover letter, I learned a lot about reporting on housing and homelessness there,
The voters of District 4 have recalled Supervisor Joel Engardio, one of the city's most conservative supervisors. With irony not lost on anyone, it was Engardio who played a major role in creating San Francisco's recall machine. Recalls were once a tool for removing officials who had engaged in misconduct, but Engardio helped lead a reactionary movement to recall progressive leaders like District Attorney Chesa Boudin-not for misconduct, but over policy differences.
