Commissioner Testified That He Recused Himself From Hearing His Business Associate's Cases — But He Didn't Always Do It

San Francisco CA

19 October, 2021

7:23 PM

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By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local October 19, 2021 San Francisco Board of Appeals president Darryl Honda unambiguously swore in a deposition earlier this year that he recuses himself whenever a project from SIA Consulting comes before his commission. "I'm their realtor," Honda explained regarding SIA, which bills itself as a "planning, design and engineering" firm. It's a position Honda estimated he's held for "10 or 11 years." A review of cases before the Board of Appeals, however, does not bear out Honda's claim: Mission Local found at least three SIA projects in which Honda failed to recuse himself: Two in 2015 and one in 2017. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.