David Onek

Election Money -- Who Gave What in San Francisco

Invest, young man. Invest in politics! ​As of last night, San Francisco's election season is all over except for the shoutin' -- and recriminatin' and fulminatin' and tabulatin' who bought what. Assuming Mayor Ed Lee does pull it out, a number of observers will note he did so in spite of the actio ... More >>

DA Candidates Ramp Up Attacks on George Gascón over Efforts to Conceal DNA Lab Memo

Photo courtesy Sharmin Bock for District AttorneyBill Fazio, David Onek, and Sharmin Bock speak to reporters at City Hall​Candidates attempting to unseat District Attorney George Gascón in the November election held a press conference today in an effort to draw attention to Gascón's continued ef ... More >>

City Attorney Contradicts DA George Gascón's Statements on DNA Lab Memo

George Gascón​The San Francisco City Attorney's Office yesterday contradicted statements District Attorney George Gascón made last week about why his office has refused to release an internal memo criticizing the DNA unit of the city's troubled police crime lab.The memo, which was authored by na ... More >>

DA George Gascón Defends Handling of Crime Lab Memo

George Gascón​District Attorney George Gascón fought back against attacks on his suppression of an internal memo criticizing the San Francisco Police Department Crime Lab's DNA unit at a public forum for DA candidates last night, asserting that his office was prepared to disclose the memo throug ... More >>

DA Candidates Call for Release of Secret Crime Lab Memo, Citing SF Weekly Cover Story

​Contenders in this year's election for San Francisco District Attorney have called on current DA George Gascón to release an internal memo that criticizes procedures for analyzing DNA evidence at the San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory.The memo, the existence of which was first reve ... More >>

City Charter May Keep Top Contender Out of DA Race

Ed Lee Spends Sunday Waiting for Cheering Fans Who Never Showed Up

Hang Out, Ed, Hang Out!​When Gavin Newsom was mayor, he worked hard to burnish his persona as a fabulous man of the people. He would roll up to a gritty corner in Hunters Point with a camera crew and ambush a few  passersby, hoping they'd talk with him while the cameras rolled. But after 10 ... More >>

Lucinda Moyers Says She's a Prostitute, Not Alex Trebek's Burglar

Prostitution is also a crime​Lucinda Moyers, the 56-year-old woman charged with allegedly burglarizing Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek's hotel room two weeks ago, says she has an alibi. Mark Jacobs, the deputy public defender handling Moyers' case, said that his client has told the media that she was ... More >>

DA Candidates Ask Gascón to Recuse Himself from 'Run, Ed, Run' Investigation

DA George Gascón​Three challengers of interim District Attorney George Gascón in this year's DA's race are calling upon him to recuse himself from a potential investigation of criminal wrongdoing by the committee behind the campaign to draft Mayor Ed Lee to run for a full term.Last week, retired ... More >>

George Gascón Criticized for Considering Three Strikes Law in Alex Trebek Burglary

Will he strike out with voters?​Update: District Attorney George Gascón's campaign manager Maureen Erwin told SF Weekly today that she believes David Onek's campaign incorrectly propagated information that Gascón chose to prosecute Lucinda Moyers under the Three Strikes law."From a campaign's st ... More >>

Leland Yee Promises to Fight for Medical Marijuana, Except When He's Opposing It

Leland Yee REALLY wants to be mayor, even if it means supporting and not supporting medical marijuana​State Sen. Leland Yee will stand up for medical cannabis. Even against his own interests and against the cannabis-opposed Chinese community of San Francisco, the mayoral candidate is your man, he ... More >>

George Gascón Likens Community Courts to Village Elders Meting Out Justice

Electing George Gascon as D.A. Will Be Like Siccing These Guys On SF Apple Stealers​Are Community Courts, as proposed by District Attorney George Gascón, a great way to quickly resolve nonviolent crime cases without clogging up the Hall of Justice? Or are they merely a way for prosecutors to rail ... More >>

D.A. Candidate David Onek Backed by Investigative Journalist Sy Hersh

George Gascón Opponent David Onek Vows 'Open' DA's Office

And if you file a public records request, I'll give you my hair care secrets​David Onek, who is running against District Attorney George Gascón this fall, says that if elected, he will do something the sitting DA won't: Share department records with the public. He said this all while lambasting h ... More >>

Gavin Newsom to Let Kamala Harris Name Own Successor?

Here's betting Kamala Harris doesn't tab Tyra Banks to succeed her. But you never know. ​Update: Mayor's office claims reports Gavin Newsom will allow Kamala Harris to name own successor not entirely accurateReports that Mayor Gavin Newsom has decided to let District Attorney Kamala Harris name he ... More >>

Kamala Harris Wins Attorney General Race as Steve Cooley Concedes

Tyra Banks' AG of choice, Kamala Harris, is the big winner​Say what you will about Steve Cooley, but the man can do math. The Republican candidate for attorney general would have had to beat Kamala Harris by insane margins among uncounted ballots in Harris-leaning counties. Not going to happen -- ... More >>

Local Pols Angle for New Jobs as Harris, Newsom Vacate Seats

No: I get to be on the government oversight committee.​Notwithstanding 9.6 percent national unemployment, if you happen to be a politician in San Francisco, Nov. 03 is a great day to be in the market for a new job."It's what everybody's talking about," said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, in reference ... More >>

Police Commissioner David Onek to Run for District Attorney if Kamala Harris Wins A.G. Post

David Onek​San Francisco Police Commissioner David Onek announced today that he plans to run for district attorney -- provided current D.A. Kamala Harris, his political ally, wins the November election for California attorney general and vacates the office early."DA Harris is a friend and I would ... More >>

S.F. in No Hurry to Correct SNAFU, Add Police Commissioners

​Last month we reported that a jaw-dropping procedural screw-up would result in the city needlessly having four police commissioners this month instead of seven. Well, that happened. Three commissioners' terms expired on April 30. And, since the Board of Supervisors and mayor didn't get around to ... More >>

SNAFU Will Result in Three Fewer Police Commissioners Next Month

Ladies and gentlemen, your new police commissioners! ​"Put it off, put it off, blow it off" makes for one hell of a senior quote. But it's no way to run a municipal government. Well, welcome to San Francisco. A delay in appointing and/or reappointing members of the Police Commission until it was j ... More >>

Police Commish Jim Hammer Says He's No David Campos Stooge

A dangerous hand-held device​Police Commissioner Jim Hammer has so far maintained a studied silence on the subject of texts 'n' TASERs. For those of you who don't follow the All My Childrenesque twists and turns of City Hall's daily news cycle, Hammer was at the center of a dust-up during the past ... More >>

S.F. Ticketing Program Could Open Costly Pandora's Box For City

Joe EskenaziFormer SPOT director Pat Tobin lectures a mover during a hearing. Contractors claim such hearings denied them their right to due process -- and members of the Police Commission worry this could be true.Wednesday night's hearing regarding a controversial police ticketing program was not n ... More >>

Condi Rice for Next SFPD Chief! And Other Ideas From Last Night's Tenderloin Policing Forum

Peter JamisonPolice Commission President Theresa Sparks (right) talks it outAhhhh, democracy. Try as we might, it never quite runs according to script, save in those enlightened, post-democratic nations -- such as Russia, Haiti or Uzbekistan -- that have figured out how to tame the snarling beast of ... More >>