When Aaron Peskin first started getting involved in San Francisco politics, he fancied himself as someone who could get along with anyone. Someone who
would forge enduring bonds with everyone from the most real-estate obsessed downtown power broker to the most Bay Area progressive that ever progressived. started trying to dig up dirt on him and get it in the papers. Meanwhile, the progressive people were fun, and kept inviting him to parties.
Earlier this week, Peskin’s events manager, a tall, stylish woman named Hana Haber, forbade—or at least strongly discouraged—Peskin from wearing a tie to the concert, which Haber finangled as a fundraiser for Peskin’s mayoral campaign. Try to look cool, she said, kindly, but firmly.““It took me a long time to learn to dress like this,” Peskin replied from the low-elevation velveteen depths of the phone banking sofa .
By the night of the concert, speculation on what Peskin is going to wear has reached a fevered pitch among the younger staff and volunteers. When he arrives at El Rio in a Juanita More t-shirt and an SF Flower Market hoodie and the general vibe of a record store clerk who won’t judge your musical choices, the huddle of staff and volunteers at the front door react as though they are witnessing a minor miracle. backed $8.
Angulo is about to take a leave of absence as Peskin’s chief of staff, to start next week as Peskin’s campaign manager. Peskin is jubilant at this state of affairs. Angulo, less so. It’s Peskin’s last term as supervisor, so the team at his office in City Hall won’t be together for much longer no matter what happens. But leaving now feels rough.
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