Controversies
In 2008, the San Francisco City Attorney and the Department of Human Resources launched an investigation into allegations that Peskin threatened the jobs of city employees. According to a letter obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, the port director claimed that Peskin made a series of harassing telephone calls to officials at the Port of San Francisco and said he would eliminate their jobs and cut funding to the agency because staff members disagreed with him. San Francisco city law prohibits members of the board of supervisors from interfering in the business of city departments and qualifies such activity as official misconduct. Numerous complaints have been lodged against Peskin with the City Attorney. On February 1, 2008 Mayor Newsom told The San Francisco Chronicle that people around City Hall had been complaining about Peskin's behavior for years.
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