Aaron Peskin Questions Whether Gavin Newsom Can Be a Member of Local Democratic Party
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| Luke Thomas |
| Dear Gavin ... |
Instead, they are going to great lengths to remove any remaining ties Newsom might have to San Francisco. Aaron Peskin, chairman of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee -- and Newsom's longtime political rival -- fired off a letter yesterday to the state's second-in-command asking him to please, for the record, clarify where he is living these days.
According to state law, as Peskin cites in the letter, Newsom can no longer serve as an ex-officio for the San Francisco Democratic Club if he isn't living here.
The state elections code and the SFDCCC bylaws both clearly state that an ex-officio member must reside in San Francisco in order to maintain his or her membership on the SFDCCC. Pursuant to state law, as set forth above, if you are in fact a Marin County resident, you would no longer be a member of the SFDCCC and would instead be a member of the Marin Democratic County Central Committee."
Peskin then goes on to ask Newsom to respond to the letter ASAP and clarify his current address. Newsom's spokesman, Francisco Castillo, kicked our call over to Peter Ragone, who told us the follwoing:
"If Peskin spent as much time trying to win elections as he did obsessing about Gavin Newsom over the past few years, the Democratic Party in SF might be an even stronger organization."
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