Mayor, City Attorney, and Supervisor races all in play in November.
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<p>The lobbyist who has been working behind-the-scenes to broker a settlement on the 101 Ash Street building scandal hired the wife of Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s Chief of Staff during a critical time when the building’s owner was trying to convince the City to enter into a lease.</p>
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<p><br><em>Investigative Reporter</em></p>
<p>Sworn testimony and recently-released emails show Mayor Kevin Faulconer and his spokesman, Craig Gustafson, misled reporters and the media to cover up his role in the disastrous 101 Ash Street building deal.</p>
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<p>Gavin Newsom survived a recall election that at first seemed a possible threat to his political future but eventually failed to garner enough support to oust the state’s 40th Governor. </p>
<p>Late on election night, with potentially more than a million absentee ballots still left to be counted statewide, nearly 64% of the votes counted were for NO on the recall, with a margin of over 2.5 million between the NO and YES votes. More than 5.84 million voters chose NO on the recall.</p>
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<p>Emails and documents confirm that Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s administration worked to cover up the fact that the 101 Ash Street building was an unsafe fire hazard before they forced nearly 1,000 employees to move into the building in December 2019.</p>
Jason Hughes deserves the beating he’s now taking for playing both sides of the deal, but we should follow the rope back to see who is really behind the cheap entertainment.
<h6><sup>Photo credit: Zoë Meyers/inewsource</sup><br>
<sup>Pictured: Councilmembers Barbara Bry, Jen Campbell, Chris Ward, Monica Montgomery Steppe,<br>
Mark Kersey, Chris Cate, Scott Sherman, Vivian Moreno in 2019</sup></h6>
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Dismissing and ignoring our questions is not an assault on La Prensa’s significance: it is an affront to our readers and our community.
City leaders were warned the fire systems were not operable, but City staff then misrepresented the building status to the press, the public, and even the San Diego Ethics Commission.
Downtown high-rise building purchased as a new space for over 1,100 staffers was closed down last year over asbestos exposure, but a greater threat to people in the building could have been uncontrollable fires.