What Makes San Francisco Government Vulnerable to Corruption?

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🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Earlier this month, the FBI indicted a major local real estate developer for bribing three San Francisco officials to obtain permits and expedite inspections. This episode is just the latest in a series of corruption scandals that began in 2020 and brought down officials in the Department of Power and Water, the Department of Building Inspection, and the city’s public utilities commission, among others. Is there something systemic or cultural that leaves San Francisco more vulnerable to corruption by public officials? We talk to experts and hear from you. Guests: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, reporter/producer covering politics, KQED News Jason McDaniel, associate professor of political science, San Francisco State University. He teaches urban politics and campaigns and elections. JoAnne Speers, principal, S2 Ethics Strategies. Speers is the former chief executive of the Institute for Local Government and former general counsel of League of California Cities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.8	Music From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm politics editor Scott Schaefer, in for Alexis Madrigal.
0:53.9	Less than a month ago, the FBI indicted a major local real estate developer
0:57.9	for allegedly bribing three San Francisco officials to obtain permits and expedite inspections.
1:04.2	It's just the latest chapter in a saga that began three years ago
1:07.7	when the FBI arrested San Francisco's director of public works
1:11.4	Muhammad Nuru. Their investigation found Nauru at the center of a broad corruption scheme in the
1:16.9	city. He's now serving a seven-year sentence in federal prison. Others have resigned city jobs
1:22.5	or pleaded guilty, and the investigations continue. This hour, San Francisco's apparent culture of corruption. That's
1:30.0	coming up next after this news.
1:38.1	Good morning and welcome to Forum. I'm Scott Schaefer and today for Alexis Madrigal. Well,
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