Subject: Angela Calvillo

• Going Legit: Following SF Weekly Story, Board of Supes Now Plans to Obey Law It Flouted For Years

  Earlier this week, we wrote about a law meant to ferret out campaign finance corruption voted into existence by the Board of Supervisors and affirmed by Mayor Gavin Newsom -- that neither the Supes nor Newsom have ever bothered to make even a minimal effort to follow. Capping everything off, the city's Ethics Commission has opted to not enforce the law. Here, in a nutshell, is how we put it before: In 2006, the Ethics Commission's staff devised an ordinance calling for elected officials who vote

  March 26, 2009

• Clerk of Board of Supervisors Falls on Sword, Claims Supes' Failure to Obey Law Was All Her Fault (Even Though It Wasn't)

  Angela CalvilloAs noted previously on this page, we've always admired Board of Supervisors Clerk Angela Calvillo's professionalism and steadiness when dealing with deranged lunatics during public comment sessions at meetings. And now we add that we can add that we admire her candor in claiming total responsibility for the Board's disregard of an anti-corruption campaign finance law for more than two years. It was a stand-up gesture, as was Calvillo's pledge to obey the law from this point forwar

  March 27, 2009