{"id":28878,"date":"2023-10-05T19:50:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T02:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=28878"},"modified":"2023-10-05T19:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T02:50:20","slug":"elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-san-francisco-supervisor-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/05\/elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-san-francisco-supervisor-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk calls for jailing San Francisco supervisor \u2014 again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Second supervisor targeted in five days by billionaire and keyboard antagonist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f0374e3ac452f541232f3692f5f7b2a4?s=160&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f0374e3ac452f541232f3692f5f7b2a4?s=80&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\"> by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\">JOE RIVANO BARROS<\/a><\/strong> OCTOBER 3, 2023 (MissionLocal.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-03-at-16.03.36-1200x560.png\" alt=\"Tweet from Elon Musk reading &quot;Prison for Peskin.&quot;\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tweet from Elon Musk reading &#8220;Prison for Peskin.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk has once again called for a San Francisco supervisor to be put in prison, the second time in the span of a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Musk&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1709251789885726882?s=20\">posted<\/a>&nbsp;on X, formerly Twitter, that Board President Aaron Peskin should be locked up: \u201cPrison for Peskin,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk was replying to a post from Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan, a fellow tech executive who had written that Peskin had \u201cdone his part to doom spiral this city\u201d and that the supervisor should retire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peskin, in a brief statement, said the incident was beneath him: \u201cMy intelligence is insulted by having to talk about Elon Musk and his friend Garry Tan.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/strong>&nbsp;and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\">Privacy Policy<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\">Terms of Service<\/a>&nbsp;apply.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peskin is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/01\/aaron-peskin-san-francisco-board-president\/\">long-time city politico<\/a>&nbsp;who became the president of the Board of Supervisors in January. He is well-known as a political operator with a Rolodex filled with city bureaucrats and commissioners, contacts gained over decades in San Francisco government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk\u2019s post was prompted by an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/10\/03\/san-francisco-supervisor-aaron-peskin-says-people-want-him-to-run-for-mayor\/\">article<\/a>&nbsp;speculating on the possibility of a Peskin mayoral run next year, a prospect Peskin has thus far shot down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prison for Peskin<\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1709251789885726882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five days ago, Musk had called for&nbsp;<em>another<\/em>&nbsp;San Francisco supervisor,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/09\/elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-of-san-francisco-supervisor\/\">Dean Preston<\/a>, to be put into jail. Musk\u2019s comment last Thursday was made in response to a Mission Local&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/09\/sf-ban-armed-guards-property-crime\/\">article<\/a>&nbsp;detailing Preston\u2019s legislation to ban security guards in San Francisco from unholstering their weapons to protect against shoplifting and other property crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The billionaire at the time&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1707725140618858935?s=20\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;that \u201cDean Preston should go to prison.\u201d Preston, like Peskin, is on the progressive wing of the Board of Supervisors. He is the lone democratic socialist on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk had earlier&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1705189205108748557?s=20\">pledged<\/a>&nbsp;$100,000 to a campaign to unseat the District 5 supervisor next year, but his post last week seems to have backfired: The political pressure group organizing the \u201cDump Dean\u201d campaign said it would not accept any donations from Musk after his comments, saying he was not aligned with their values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk has a propensity for spurious and quickfire online posts&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/01\/31\/technology\/elon-musk-tweets.html\">dating back several years<\/a>, in which he replies to all manner of people online at all hours of the day. He has frequently made outlandish and unserious remarks, as when he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/13\/business\/zuckerberg-musk-cage-fight.html\">pledged<\/a>&nbsp;to fight Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match that never materialized.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tan, the tech executive to whom Musk was responding, is also on the board of Grow SF, the group campaigning to unseat Preston. Tan has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/09\/27\/garry-tan-y-combinator-declares-war-san-francisco-politics-progressives-elon-musk\/\">history of online vitriol<\/a>&nbsp;against leftists and progressives in San Francisco and has spent almost $300,000 in local political races to back moderate candidates and measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE ON MUSK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/09\/elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-of-san-francisco-supervisor\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-29-at-12.27.14-800x600.png\" alt=\"Elon Musk calls for jailing San Francisco supervisor Dean Preston\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/09\/elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-of-san-francisco-supervisor\/\">Elon Musk calls for jailing San Francisco supervisor Dean Preston<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\"><\/a>by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\">JOE RIVANO BARROS<\/a><\/strong>SEPTEMBER 29, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/04\/bob-lee-sf-officials-slam-elon-musk-spreading-rampant-crime-narrative\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/breed_scott_jenkins.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Lee killing: SF officials slam Elon Musk, others, for spreading rampant crime narrative\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/04\/bob-lee-sf-officials-slam-elon-musk-spreading-rampant-crime-narrative\/\">Bob Lee killing: SF officials slam Elon Musk, others, for spreading rampant crime narrative<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/elenib\/\"><\/a>by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/elenib\/\">ELENI BALAKRISHNAN<\/a><\/strong>APRIL 13, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/09\/critics-sf-police-commission-get-facts-wrong\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9151.jpg\" alt=\"Shoot first, ask questions later? Debunking SF Police Commission critics.\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/09\/critics-sf-police-commission-get-facts-wrong\/\">Shoot first, ask questions later? Debunking SF Police Commission critics.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/elenib\/\"><\/a>by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/elenib\/\">ELENI BALAKRISHNAN<\/a><\/strong>SEPTEMBER 19, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\">JOE RIVANO BARROSSENIOR EDITOR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:joe.rivanobarros@missionlocal.com\">joe.rivanobarros@missionlocal.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe was born in Sweden, where the Chilean half of his family received asylum after fleeing Pinochet, and spent his early childhood in Chile; he moved to Oakland when he was eight. He attended Stanford University for political science and worked at Mission Local as a reporter after graduating. He then spent time in advocacy as a partner for the strategic communications firm The Worker Agency. He rejoined Mission Local as an editor in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second supervisor targeted in five days by billionaire and keyboard antagonist by\u00a0JOE RIVANO BARROS OCTOBER 3, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Elon Musk has once again called for a San Francisco supervisor to be put in prison, the second time in the span of a week. On Tuesday, Musk&nbsp;posted&nbsp;on X, formerly Twitter, that&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/05\/elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-san-francisco-supervisor-again\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1161,890],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28879,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28878\/revisions\/28879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}