S.F. activist Tom Steyer: I’m not a candidate
Billionaire San Francisco activist Tom Steyer has been rumored to be running for either governor or Senate in California for years, but on Monday he announced he’d do neither in 2018. Instead, he’s going to spend $30 million on getting other Democrats elected and another $20 million to try to impeach President Trump.
“I am not going to run for office in 2018,” Steyer said Monday at a news conference in Washington, D.C. “That’s not where I can make the biggest difference.”
Steyer, 60, would not rule out running for president in 2020. Any organizing effort he undertakes this year — and the mailing list of 4.1 million people who have signed his online impeachment campaign against Trump — would give him a solid foundation to mount a presidential run.
“We are all in through Nov. 6, 2018. This is a must-win situation,” Steyer said. “We are not focused on anything starting Nov. 7. We don’t have the ability to know what’s going to happen after that.”
Sean Clegg, a political strategist who is advising gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and an independent expenditure
A San Francisco police officer was arrested on charges of sexual assault Monday, officials said.
Justin McCall, 30, of San Francisco, was booked into San Francisco County Jail on charges of sexual assault when the victim is prevented from resisting by an intoxicating substance and sexual assault of a victim who was unconscious or asleep, San Francisco police officials said.
The San Francisco Police Department’s internal affairs criminal division was notified of the allegation in September of 2017 and opened an investigation, officials said.
McCall, who was off duty at the time of the alleged assault, was removed from direct contact with the public and reassigned from his role in the Field Operations Bureau.
“The public’s trust is of the utmost importance to the members of the SFPD and the department will continue to work hard to build and maintain this trust,” the department said in a statement. “As San Francisco Police Chief William Scott has stated, department members will continue to hold each other accountable and will act swiftly to report any behavior that might bring dishonor to the police department and the city of San Francisco.”
McCall, a four-year veteran of the department, has been suspended without pay following his arrest.