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62. Ron Russell, “Blind Eye Unto the Holy See,” San Francisco Weekly, July 13, 2005, http://www.sfweekly.com/news/blind-eye-unto-the-holy-see/.
63. Russell, “Zipped Up”; Fernandez, “Victims’ Group Irate over Prosecutors’ Deal with Catholic Church”; Lee Fang, “As San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala Harris’s Office Stopped Cooperating with Victims of Catholic Church and Child Abuse,” Intercept, June 9, 2019, https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/kamala-harris-san-francisco-catholic-church-child-abuse/.
64. Russell, “Zipped Up.”
65. Fang, “As San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala Harris’s Office Stopped Cooperating.”
66. Russell, “Zipped Up.”
67. St. Ignatius College Preparatory, Facebook post, September 10, 2018, https://www.facebook.com/St.IgnatiusCollegePreparatory/posts/california-governor-jerry-brown-55-signs-a-landmark-energy-and-environmental-bil/10160801814360453/; “The Gettys Host St. Ignatius Chairmen,” San Francisco Magazine, n.d., photograph, https://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/scene/the-gettys-host-st-ignatius-chairmen/img281623; “In Memoriam: Judge William A. Newsom III ’51,” St. Ignatius College Preparatory, December 12, 2018, https://www.siprep.org/about-us/si-in-the-news/in-memoriam/in-memoriam-story/~board/in-memoriam/post/judge-william-a-newsom-iii-51.
68. “List of Jesuits from Jesuits West Province with Credible Claims of Sexual Abuse of a Minor or Vulnerable Adult,” Jesuits West, December 7, 2018, https://jesuitswest.org/assets/publications/file/JW_List_1207_English.pdf; “Database of Publicly Accused Priests in the United States,” Bishop Accountability, n.d., http://jesuitswest.org/assets/publications/file/JW_List_1207_English.pdf; https://bishop-accountability.org/priestdb/PreistDBbylastName-A.html.
69. “Catholics & Molestation Victims Want Lawyer to Quit National Post,” Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, March 4, 2005, press release, http://www.snapnetwork.org/snap_press_releases/2005_press_releases/advisory_march4_lawyer.htm.
70. Michael R. Merz, “A History of the National Review Board,” United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, April 2011, p. 30, http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/child-and-youth-protection/upload/NRB-History-5–17–2011.pdf.
71. Dennis Opatmy, “Harris Pledges to Repair Relationship with SFPD,” Daily Journal, December 24, 2003; Campaign Finance Disclosure, https://sfethics.org .
72. Harriet Chiang, “Veteran Alameda Prosecutor to Be Harris’ Deputy / He Has Prevailed in Major Drug Cases,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 23, 2003, https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Veteran-Alameda-prosecutor-to-be-Harris-deputy-2508282.php; Pam Smith, “Harris Reaches Across Bay to Fill Top Slot,” Recorder, December 23, 2003, https://www.achlaw.com/articles/recorder_11–23–2003.pdf; Campaign Finance Disclosure, https://sfethics.org; Partner Cristina Arguedas was the defense attorney for Father Milton T. Walsh, a priest who was arrested and charged by D. A. Hallinan in 2002 for sexual abuse, and then removed from active ministry. Charges were dropped in 2003 due to the change in the statute of limitations law. Walsh was formerly an advisor to Bishop John Quinn, who first introduced Walsh to the boy who later claimed he was victimized.
73. Campaign Finance Disclosure, https://sfethics.org.
74. Kamala Harris, Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safer (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2010), p. 204; Jim Herron Zamora, “Renne to Lead Newsom Team,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 16, 2003, https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Renne-to-lead-Newsom-team-2509028.php; Pat Lynch, “This DA Makes a Difference for Women,” Womensradio.com, on Internet Archive, accessed June 26, 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20101219095441/http://www.womensradio.com/articles/This-DA-Makes-a-Difference-for-Women/559.html (the screenshot of the site was captured on December 19, 2010).
75. “Commission Members,” City & County of San Francisco Ethics Commission, n.d., https://sfethics.org/ethics/2009/05/commission-members.html; “Joseph Russoniello,” LinkedIn profile, accessed September 10, 2019, https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-russoniello-a8652b7/.
76. Russell, “Zipped Up.”
77. Fang, “As San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala Harris’s Office Stopped Cooperating.”
78. Smith, “A Secrecy Fetish.”
79. John Roemer, “Victim Lashes Out at Harris,” Daily Journal, December 6, 2003.
80. Homepage, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, accessed July 3, 2019, http://www.snapnetwork.org/; Smith, “A Secrecy Fetish.”
81. Smith, “A Secrecy Fetish.”
82. Ibid.
83. Ibid.
84. Russell, “Zipped Up.”
85. Fernandez, “Victims’ Group Irate over Prosecutors’ Deal with Catholic Church”; Don Lattin, “Levada Takes Heat over Abuse Injury / Panel Member Resigns, Says Church Suppressed Results,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 12, 2004, https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Levada-takes-heat-over-abuse-inquiry-Panel-2673017.php.
86. Larry B. Stammer, Richard Winton, and Jean Guccione, “Mahony: Protecting Minors ‘Job 1,’ ” Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2004, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-feb-18-me-priest18-story.html; “Bishop Accountability,” February 17, 2004, accessed July 18, 2019, http://www.bishop-accountability.org/usccb/natureandscope/dioceses/losangelesca.htm; “Report to the People of God: Clergy Sexual Abuse Archdiocese of Los Angeles 1930–2003,” Archdiocese of Los Angeles, February 17, 2004, http://www.bishop-accountability.org/usccb/natureandscope/dioceses/reports/losangelesca-rpt.pdf.
87. Maria Dinzeo, “Priest Accused of Abusing Children for Decades,” Courthousenews.com, October 1, 2012, https://www.courthousenews.com/Priest-Accused-of-Abusing-Children-for-Decades/.
88. “Sunshine Ordinance Task Force: Complaint Committee,” City & County of San Francisco, March 8, 2011, https://sfgov.org/sunshine/ftp/meetingarchive/sunshine_complaint_committee/Modules/030811item2-documentid=D37842.pdf.
89. Eliza Relman, “Kamala Harris Is Running for President in 2020. Here’s Everything We Know About the Candidate and How She Stacks Up Against the Competition,” Business Insider, accessed July 4, 2019, https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-kamala-harris-bio-age-family-key-positions-2019–3; Gustavo Arellano, “Column: California Needs to Take Another Look at Its Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Cases,” Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2018, https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-arellano-catholic-church-sex-abuse-california-20180912-story.html.
90. “Bishop Accountability,” BishopAccountability.org, n.d., http://bishop-accountability.org/member/ (search for “charged” or “convicted” for major cities’ dioceses).
91. Philip Matier and Andrew Ross, “Cops, D.A. tangle over strip club raids,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 2004, https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Cops-D-A-tangle-over-strip-club-raids-3324156.php.
92. Ibid.
93. Ibid.
94. Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross, “Strip club doors drawing lots of attention in D.A. probe,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2004, https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Strip-club-doors-drawing-lots-of-attention-in-3324137.php.
95. John King, “Nightclub Operator Sam Conti Dies,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 11, 2009, https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Nightclub-operator-Sam-Conti-dies-3210907.php; Sarah Phelan, “The Mitchell Sister,” Guardian (archive), May 19–25, 2010, http://sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2010/05/18/mitchell-sister/; Lee Romney, “In S.F., Weighing Strippers’ Rights,” Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2004, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-19-me-stripper19-story.html; Katie Dowd, “Police Investigating Four SF Strip Clubs for Allegedly Stealing Thousands from Patrons,” San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2017, https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Police-investigating-four-SF-strip-clubs-credit-10917966.php#photo-12337271; Jaxon Van Derbeken, Michael Bott, and Jeremy Carroll, “San Francisco Strip Club Patrons Allege Rip-Off,” NBC Bay Area, February 7, 2017, https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/SF-Strip-Club-Patrons—413081593.html; Bruce B
ellingham, “Bellingham by the Bay,” Northside San Francisco, December 2009, http://www.northsidesf.com/dec09/op_bellinghambythebay.html; David Steinberg, “Lap Victory,” SF Weekly, September 8, 2004, http://www.sfweekly.com/news/lap-victory/; Phil Bronstein, “Is It Porn—Or Just an Odd Couple Spat?” San Francisco Chronicle (blog), August 17, 2009, https://blog.sfgate.com/bronstein/2009/08/17/is-it-porn-or-just-an-odd-couples-spat/.
96. Byrne, “Kamala’s Karma”; Hoge, “Harris Playing Catch-up in 3-Way Race to Be D.A. / Spending Violation, Low Name Recognition Dog Ex-Hallinan Ally.”
97. Williams, “D.A. dismisses ethics charges.”
98. Chuck Finnie and Lance Williams, “Warrant for Ex-S.F. Planning Chief / He’s Charged with Local and State Conflict-of-Interest Violations,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 1, 2002, https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Warrant-for-ex-S-F-planning-chief-He-s-charged-2776157.php.
99. Ibid.
100. Williams, “D.A. dismisses ethics charges.”
101. Jaxon Van Derbeken, “Empire Built on Sand: Businessman allegedly poured inferior concrete into key projects,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 6, 2006, https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/EMPIRE-BUILT-ON-SAND-Businessman-allegedly-2516190.php.
102. Ibid.
103. Ibid.; Jaxon Van Derbeken, “Big concrete case crumbles,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 1, 2008.
104. Ibid.
105. Ibid.
106. Ibid.
107. Michael Finnegan, “State candidate’s job program trained illegal immigrants; San Francisco’s D.A., an attorney general hopeful, kept felons out of prison to learn work they were ineligible for,” Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2009; Francie Diep, “A Pacific Standard Guide to Kamala Harris’ Record on Criminal Justice Reform,” Pacific Standard, January 22, 2019, https://psmag.com/news/kamala-harris-record-on-criminal-justice-reform.
108. Kamala Harris, Letter to the Editor: “Does this job program work?,” Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2009; Finnegan, “State candidate’s job program trained illegal immigrants; San Francisco’s D.A., an attorney general hopeful, kept felons out of prison to learn work they were ineligible for.”
109. Finnegan, “State candidate’s job program trained illegal immigrants; San Francisco’s D.A., an attorney general hopeful, kept felons out of prison to learn work they were ineligible for”; Jaxon Van Derbeken, “D.A.’s office let illegal immigrants go,” SF Gate, June 23, 2009, https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/D-A-s-office-let-illegal-immigrants-go-3226767.php.
110. Ibid.
111. Ibid.
112. Ibid.
113. Maeve Reston, “Kamala Harris Rips Up the Script,” CNN, April 2017, https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2017/politics/state/kamala-harris-rips-up-the-script/; “Kamala Harris for Attorney General,” Los Angeles Sentinel, May 27, 2010, https://lasentinel.net/kamala-harris-for-attorney-general.html; Robert Gammon, “Where’s Kamala Harris?” East Bay Express, July 18, 2012, https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/wheres-kamala-harris/Content?oid=3289649.
114. McKenzie Jean-Philippe, “8 Things to Know About Senator Kamala Harris’ Husband, Douglas Emhoff,” Oprah, July 9, 2019, https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a25905360/kamala-harris-husband-douglas-emhoff/; Dana Goodyear, “Kamala Harris Makes Her Case,” New Yorker, July 22, 2019, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/kamala-harris-makes-her-case.
115. “Venable LLP,” n.d., https://www.venable.com/files/Event/af34eab5-a39d-4fc3-b98d-318db6222890/Presentation/EventAttachment/74a6fe00–47f6–4472-a961–45a0d687837a/Post_Election_Review.pdf; “Douglas C. Emhoff,” DLA Piper, accessed September 10, 2018, https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/people/e/emhoff-douglas-c/?tab=experience.
116. Mitchell Evall, James E. Nelson, and James L. Shea, “Venable Names Douglas C. Emhoff Managing Director, West Coast and Mitchell Evall Partner-in-Charge of Its Los Angeles Office,” Venable LLP, August 13, 2015, https://www.venable.com/about/news/2015/08/venable-names-douglas-c-emhoff-managing-director-w; “Venable Opens California Office with Lawyers from Two Los Angeles Firms,” PR Newswire US, July 26, 2006.
117. Andrew Khouri, “14 States Ask Congress to Investigate the Herbal Supplement Industry,” Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2015, https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-state-attorneys-herbal-investigation-20150402-story.html.
118. Julia La Roche, “Dietary-Supplement Stocks Are Getting Crushed,” Business Insider, November 17, 2015, https://www.businessinsider.com/doj-to-take-action-against-dietary-supplement-company-2015–11.
119. Diane Bartz, “Herbalife Says FTC Opens Inquiry Long Sought by Ackman,” Reuters, March 12, 2014, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-herbalife-ftc/herbalife-says-ftc-opens-inquiry-long-sought-by-ackman-idUSBREA2B1KS20140313.
120. “Consumer Watchdog Opposes California Sen. Hueso’s Bill That Would Limit Criticism of Shady Business Practices; Shadow Sponsored by Herbalife,” PR Newswire, June 23, 2016, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consumer-watchdog-opposes-california-sen-huesos-bill-that-would-limit-criticism-of-shady-business-practices-shadow-sponsored-by-herbalife-300289474.html.
121. “Herbalife Refunds,” Federal Trade Commission, May 2019, https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/refunds/herbalife-refunds.
122. Khouri, “14 States Ask Congress to Investigate the Herbal Supplement Industry.”
123. “Venable LLP,” Law 360, accessed September 11, 2019, https://www.law360.com/firms/venable-llp/clients.
124. Jessica Corso, “Walgreen Escapes False Ad Suit Over Homeopathic Ear Meds,” Law360.com, January 8, 2015, https://www.law360.com/articles/609258/walgreen-escapes-false-ad-suit-over-homeopathic-ear-meds.
125. Re: Response to Request for Application to Serve as Independent Compliance Auditor for Herbalife, August 29, 2016, Venable correspondence to Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, pp. 20, 21.
126. Matthew Handley, “Herbalife and the 1986 State of California Final Judgment,” Seeking Alpha, December 3, 2014, https://seekingalpha.com/article/2728325-herbalife-and-the-1986-state-of-california-final-judgment.
127. Alexander Nazaryan, “Why Did Kamala Harris Let Herbalife Off the Hook?,” Yahoo, March 18, 2019, https://news.yahoo.com/kamala-harris-herbalife-accused-of-exploiting-latinos-090000896.html.
128. “Luncheon for Fundraiser for Kamala Harris for Senate,” Political Party Time, February 26, 2015, http://politicalpartytime.org/party/38907/; “Rep. Bishop, Hill Veterans Launch Lobby Shop—Groups Lobby on Ex-Im, RFS—Podesta Hosts Fundraiser,” Politico, February 25, 2015, https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2015/02/rep-bishop-hill-veterans-launch-lobby-shop-groups-lobby-on-ex-im-rfs-podesta-hosts-fundraiser-212543; Opensecrets.org, “Lobbyists Representing Herbalife International, 2013,” n.d., https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientlbs.php?id=D000022026&year=2013.
129. Nazaryan, “Why Did Kamala Harris Let Herbalife Off the Hook?”
130. Evall, Nelson, and Shea, “Venable Names Douglas C. Emhoff Managing Director, West Coast and Mitchell Evall Partner-in-Charge of Its Los Angeles Office.”
131. Christopher Cadelago, “Gov. Jerry Brown Endorses Kamala Harris’ U.S. Senate Bid,” Sacramento Bee, May 23, 2016, https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article79332672.html.
132. Liza Tucker, “Brown’s Dirty Hands,” ConsumerWatchdog.org, August 2016, https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2017–09/BrownsDirtyHands.pdf; Mihir Zaveri, “Corroded Well Lining Caused Aliso Canyon Gas Leak That Displaced Thousands, Report Says,” New York Times, May 17, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/business/porter-ranch-gas-leak.html.
133. John Wildermuth, “In Senate Debate, Kamala Harris on the Hot Seat,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 2016, https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/In-senate-debate-Kamala-Harris-on-the-hot-seat-7459059.php.
134. Susan Shelley, “Daughters of Charity Deal Carries Warning for the Future of Health Care,” Los Angeles Daily News, December 8, 2015.
135. Ibid.
136. Prime
Healthcare Services Inc. and Prime Healthcare Foundation Inc. v. Kamala Harris, Complaint, United States District Court Central District of California, Eastern Division, pp. 3–4, 29.
137. Ibid., pp. 3–4, 34, 36.
138. Ibid., pp. 9, 19.
139. Ibid., pp. 6–7.
140. Ibid., pp. 9, 36.
141. Ibid., p. 7.
142. Ibid., pp. 6–7.
143. Ibid,, pp. 7–8.
144. Shelley, “Daughters of Charity Deal Carries Warnings for the Future of Health Care.”
145. Prime Healthcare Services Inc. and Prime Healthcare Foundation Inc. v. Kamala Harris, Complaint, United States District Court Central District of California, Eastern Division, pp. 8–9.
146. Ibid., p. 24.
147. Ibid., pp. 23–24, 27.
148. Ibid., p. 29.
149. Ibid., pp. 30–31.
150. Anthony Brino, “Daughters of Charity Gets $250 Million Lifeline from BlueMountain Capital Management,” Healthcare Finance, July 17, 2015, https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/daughters-charity-finds-savior-hedge-fund.
151. “Blue Mountain Freezes Its Largest Hedge Fund,” New York Times, November 3, 2008, https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/blue-mountain-capital-freezes-its-largest-hedge-fund/.
152. Prime Healthcare Services Inc. and Prime Healthcare Foundation Inc. v. Kamala Harris, Complaint, United States District Court Central District of California, Eastern Division, pp. 46–49.
153. Banks Albachn, “Hospital Chain Deal Gets Approval, with Conditions,” Daily Journal, December 8, 2015.
154. Federal Election Commission (FEC) data: see FEC.gov.
Chapter 3: Joe Biden
1. “Timeline of Biden’s life and career,” Associated Press, August 23, 2008, https://web.archive.org/web/20080925021142/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2008%2F08%2F22%2Fpolitics%2Fp222636D16.DTL (captured September 25, 2008).