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Web of corruption: Explore the cronyism, lies, and federal crimes at the heart of San Francisco’s government
Will SF get anticorruption inspector general? Peskin hopes good government measure is also good politics.
Aaron Peskin, running for mayor, sells himself as a man in recovery for a city in need of recovery. Will voters buy that?
Alberto Vargas Quero, Mission shooting victim, arrived in San Francisco last Wednesday. By Friday, he was dead.