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The Chronicle, Schwarzenegger, Amos Brown and Dufty: Misleading Readers Twice on Same Day
With Carla Marinucci’s endless cheerleading for Schwarzenegger’s re-election, one wonders if the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporters have money at stake on the Governor serving another term. The October 12 Chronicle reported that former Supervisor Reverend Amos Brown has endorsed Arnold and shot a television commercial for his re-election. In order to give weight to Brown’s endorsement, the Chronicle falsely identified Brown as “one of the Bay Area’s most outspoken progressives.” In truth, he was among the Board’s most conservative Supervisors and was soundly defeated for re-election by progressive Gerardo Sandoval. Meanwhile, the Chronicle added to its October 12 reign of error in its story on the District 8 Supervisor race. The paper framed the race as a cultural battle, completely ignoring the #1 issue that sets the two main candidates apart -- tenants’ rights and the mass displacement of people with AIDS from the Castro.
From 1996 to 2000, Amos Brown served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. As the Bay Guardian once described it, “nobody can offer a better example of the pro-developer, anti-neighborhood board than Amos Brown,” and that’s putting it lightly. His tenure was replete with contempt for the poor, a maniacal and disturbing hatred of the homeless, and a ravenous desire to rid the city of rent control. Only after he evicted an elderly lady and her disabled son in order to carpet-bag into District 11 for his re-election campaign did Brown lose his seat to Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval, who cleverly ran with the slogan “Evict Amos.”
“Amos Brown was very unsupportive of efforts to stop the criminalization of homeless people,” said Sister Bernie Galvin of Religious Witness for Homeless People. “His remarks reflected a stereotypical attitude that was very hurtful.” During his tenure on the Board, Brown promoted legislation that cracked down on even the most tame forms of panhandling, tried to criminalize the possession of shopping carts, wanted to seize the cars of people suspected of prostitution, and forbade the homeless from standing still on the road for more than five minutes.
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“Amos Brown was very unsupportive of efforts to stop the criminalization of homeless people,” said Sister Bernie Galvin of Religious Witness for Homeless People. “His remarks reflected a stereotypical attitude that was very hurtful.” During his tenure on the Board, Brown promoted legislation that cracked down on even the most tame forms of panhandling, tried to criminalize the possession of shopping carts, wanted to seize the cars of people suspected of prostitution, and forbade the homeless from standing still on the road for more than five minutes.
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