Overview
- Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Thursday night that Alcaraz would step down a week after being sworn in to fill the seat vacated by recalled Supervisor Joel Engardio.
- Mission Local published texts it verified came from Alcaraz’s phone in which she wrote she paid workers “under the table,” estimated $50,000 to $75,000 in unreported cash, and recorded personal spending as business expenses.
- Accounting professionals quoted in the coverage said the messages read as an admission of filing false tax returns and warned of significant tax and legal risk.
- Earlier reporting from the San Francisco Standard relayed the new owner’s claims that Animal Connection was left with rodent infestations, foul odors, dead animals in storage, and sustained financial losses.
- Lurie expressed regret about his vetting process and said he will quickly seek a new appointee for the Sunset district seat, calling the revelations a distraction from city business.