Aaron Peskin, a veteran San Francisco politician, is departing from his position on the Board of Supervisors after 17 years. Peskin reflects on his career and the challenges facing the city, expressing optimism for its future.
San Francisco will seat a new mayor and a new member to the Board of Supervisors this week, and among the departures is one of the longest-serving politicians in city history. Aaron Peskin may have lost the mayor's race, but he has now spent more time in city hall than perhaps just two other people. But Peskin said he's not walking away from city politics, at least not entirely. 'Here is my last gavel that they bestowed upon me,' Aaron Peskin said, showing off a parting honor from city hall .
Peskin's personal office in North Beach is looking more like a museum, now stacked with artifacts from a one-of-its-kind political career.'My certificate of honor from the city attorney when I left office last time,' he said, pointing to one of several plaques on the wall.That first time around started back in 2000. He served for eight years and took a seven-year break. And since city's term limits don't allow for more than two consecutive terms, he came back in 2015, fighting allegations that he was a bully and abusive. 'I mean, I have changed over time,' Peskin said of his tenure. 'I've gotten older, wiser, more mature. I stopped drinking somewhere along the way, that was a big help.'And after 17 years of representing District 3, he's not only one of the longest-serving politicians in city history, his name has also become synonymous with North Beach, where everyone seems to know him.'Even before we thought up the chain store ban, this was a neighborhood that was into its own self-determination,' he said of North Beach. 'That resisted gentrification, that stuck up for tenants.'And those are the values he said should guide the city in the face of what he calls the unwarranted influence of billionaires. And despite the current challenges, he is optimistic. 'San Francisco is an incredibly resilient city. It has boomed and busted many times,' he said of the city. 'Since before the great earthquake and fire. After the earthquake and fir
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