A San Francisco commission unanimously voted Wednesday night to fire city official Kimberly Ellis, a progressive holdover from the previous administration, for what new Mayor Daniel Lurie called “unlawful activities.”
Ellis, the director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, was the subject of a monthslong investigation by the city attorney’s office for secretly moonlighting for a political group and directing taxpayer money to groups run by her friends.
In this photo taken Saturday, May 20, 2017, Kimberly Ellis addresses the California Democratic Party Convention in Sacramento, California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
The seven-member oversight board, the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, voted to dismiss Ellis after Lurie, who does not have the direct authority to fire her, asked the panel to do so.
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