by Will Jarrett and Joe Eskenazi : missionlocal – excerpt (includes interactive graphic)
In January, 2020, the first domino fell.
Mohammad Nuru, then the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Works, was hit with a raft of federal corruption charges and was accused of lying to the FBI – crimes that could see him in prison for up to 25 years.
At the time, U.S. Attorney David Anderson commented on the allegations by saying, “corruption is pouring into San Francisco from around the world.”…(more)
The SF Family graphic indicates the parties and their relationships so far released by the FBI who have been exposed by the media. There are some blanks in the chain who’s names are so far being withheld. Friends and associates of the named parties must be nervous.
Since the news of the deeply imbedded corruption DBI and the permitting Departments have been exposed by the FBI, the SF Board of Supervisors has taken on many investigations into the City Family as they consider how to fix the system that lead to the corruptions. They have their hands full. This week they considered the roll the Planning Department has and doesn’t have in determining the outcome of the construction projects that are going up and where enforcement and oversight are lacking.
Clearly the building system is failing when it relies on pay to play operators to handle such important details as engineering, contracting and inspections. How many buildings have been given the green light to open that were not properly inspected by qualified personnel?
Concerns have been rising since high levels of pollution at Treasure Island and Hunter’s Point were reported. The Millennium and Transbay Terminal disasters, the faulty steel and connectors turning up and the poor quality of steel and other mistakes made on SF expensive and public transportation systems are bringing to overfed, financially draining construction industry into full public light and the pubic is demanding action.
What are SF authorities going to do to fix the rotten building industrial complex that has been exposed as criminal to the core and unfair to the small property owners and businesses that have been over charged and sucked dry by the system?
The Supervisors Land and Transportation Committee held a hearing to give the new Planning Director an opportunity to describe what the roll the Planning Department plays in enforcement and consider how the department may do more. Judging from the discussion at the meeting this process is going to take a while.
We notice a lack of new cranes in the city? Could the exposures of corruption in DBI, and role they had in pay-to-play and fast-tracking the large projects be the reasons for the slowdown? We shall have to wait and see. Some of the data are astounding. Watch the program here to see what you think is going on: https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/39758?view_id=177&redirect=true Item #3