Ross Mirkarimi Politician
Ross Mirkarimi (born August 4, 1961) is the sheriff of San Francisco, California. Prior to being sheriff, he served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 5 from 2005 to 2011. Mirkarimi was elected sheriff in November 2011. He served from January to March 2012, at which time he was charged with domestic violence battery, child endangerment, and dissuading a witness in connection with a December 31, 2011 New Year's Eve altercation with his wife, and Mayor Ed Lee suspended him from office pending an ethics investigation. Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment. According to the San Francisco city charter, removing a public official for misconduct requires the vote of nine of eleven supervisors; only seven supervisors voted to remove Mirkarimi from his office and he was reinstated in October 2012.Mirkarimi is a co-founder of the Green Party of California. However, in March 2010, he became a Democrat.As a supervisor, Mirkarimi received national attention in 2007 when he introduced the first legislation prohibiting the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags by large supermarkets and drugstores, making San Francisco the first city to do so.
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| office | Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 5 Sheriff of the County of San Francisco |
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