SAN FRANCISCO 3.11.2024
Mayoral hopeful Daniel Lurie, billionaire scion of the historic Levi Strauss & Co. family, has hired one of the City’s most shrill political attack dogs as his liaison to the Asian American Pacific Islander Community (AAPI).
Political opportunist Man Kit Lam.
To describe Kit Lam as simply a political operative understates his true skill.
Unleashing shrill and over the top attacks on political opponents in the street, the ballot box and the courtroom is his forte. District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Members of the San Francisco School Board. Individuals and political causes. Any and all which have questioned and opposed his incendiary tactics.
Kit Lam was instrumental in the 2022 Recall of three Progressive school board members and the 8M funded political coup d’etat which ousted District Attorney Chesa Boudin.
Not satisfied with hanging those political trophies on his wall Kit Lam went after a young man who, in a moment of agitation, attempted to confiscate school board recall petitions. The young man was charged by the DA for this transgression. Not satisfied with the criminal court punishment, Kit Lam sued the young man in Superior Court. Forced him to issue a public apology. Kit Lam, as part of that lawsuit, deposed members of the San Francisco Berniecrats. A blatant act of political harassment.
After the successful recalls Kit Lam then went to work for Supervisorial candidate Joel Engardio who was striving to oust the incumbent Gordon Mar. Engardio’s campaign was successful. Kit Lam was rewarded for his political chores with a job on now Supervisor Engardio’s staff.
Obviously Kit Lam has higher ambitions. By hitching his wagon to Daniel Lurie’s Levi’s star he hopes to put his rabble rousing past behind him and move into a comfortable sinecure in the Mayor’s office next January.
Top photo: Daniel Lurie and Man Kit Lam -3.11.2024
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