SF supervisors name Mark Farrell interim mayor
San Francisco has a new interim mayor: moderate Supervisor Mark Farrell.
The vote to appoint Farrell — led, in a twist, by the board’s progressives — happened twice, after Supervisor Katy Tang withdrew her initial vote of support, saying she had been caught up in the moment.
In the end, Farrell carried the vote 6-3, with Supervisors Malia Cohen, Ahsha Safai and Tang dissenting. It came amid shouts and jeers by supporters of acting Mayor London Breed.
“Shame on you!” shouted spectators, some of whom had waited through hours of public comment before the tense debate over who should fill former Mayor Ed Lee’s term until the June 5 election. Lee died on Dec. 12, at which point Breed became acting mayor.
Scores of residents showed up for the public comment, which lasted well into the evening, many to support Breed. Some accused the board of racism and sexism — and even of reviving the Jim Crow policies of the 1950s and 1960s — for moving to replace Breed, an African American woman, with an interim mayor.
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