User:Jim Dorenkott



Return to private life Following the mayoral contest, Gonzalez announced he would not seek re-election to the Board of Supervisors. Explaining his decision to retire from politics, he said:

I like the whole idea of disengaging from politics for a while and looking at things from the outside. I think the world would be a better place if politicians returned to private life from time to time... Hey, you've got to follow your instincts, you know. That's how I got into politics in the first place, joined the Green Party, ran for the board presidency and later for mayor. What am I supposed to do now? Not listen to myself?[29] Gonzalez left office when his term ended in January 2005 and opened a legal practice with Whitney Leigh. In May 2005 Gonzalez vowed to pursue legal action in order to overturn the contract of San Francisco school Superintendent Arlene Ackerman.[30] His firm has brought suit against a San Francisco hotel for not paying its workers the minimum wage[31]; two wrongful death suits against Sacramento police for their use of taser guns; against the city of San Jose and Ringling Brothers Circus for interfering with free speech rights of protestors; and against Clear Channel in a naming rights dispute over the locally owned San Francisco Warfield Theatre. It has also been involved in examining the New Year's Eve attack on the Yale Glee Club in Pacific Heights.[32]

As well as his many other talents, Gonzalez is an artist. In the spring of 2007, an exhibit of Gonzalez's collages was displayed at the Lincart gallery in San Francisco.

His successor to the Board of Supervisors is Ross Mirkarimi, a Green Party member and community activist who had also worked on Gonzalez's campaign.

^ Hampton, Adriel (March 29, 2004) "Supe Walks Away." San Francisco Examiner. ^ Woodward, Tali. "Cutting the Golden Parachute". Retrieved on 2006-05-10. See also Knight H., "Lawsuit filed to toss school chief's raise." San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2005, accessed 8 April 2006 ^ Hogarth, Paul (January 3, 2007) "Gonzalez Law Firm Scores Minimum Wage Victory" Beyond Chron ^ Matier, Phil; E. Ross (January 17, 2007) "Yalies' case -- not mayor's race -- brings Gonzalez back to spotlight." San Francisco Chronicle.

Return to private life
Following the mayoral contest, Gonzalez announced he would not seek re-election to the Board of Supervisors. Explaining his decision to retire from politics, he said:
 * I like the whole idea of disengaging from politics for a while and looking at things from the outside. I think the world would be a better place if politicians returned to private life from time to time... Hey, you've got to follow your instincts, you know. That's how I got into politics in the first place, joined the Green Party, ran for the board presidency and later for mayor. What am I supposed to do now? Not listen to myself?

Gonzalez left office when his term ended in January 2005 and opened a legal practice with Whitney Leigh. In May 2005 Gonzalez vowed to pursue legal action in order to overturn the contract of San Francisco school Superintendent Arlene Ackerman. and a moratorium on the death penalty His firm has brought suit against a San Francisco hotel for not paying its workers the minimum wage ; two wrongful death suits against Sacramento police for their use of taser guns; against the city of San Jose and Ringling Brothers Circus for interfering with free speech rights of protestors; and against Clear Channel in a naming rights dispute over the locally owned San Francisco Warfield Theatre. It has also been involved in examining the New Year's Eve attack on the Yale Glee Club in Pacific Heights.

As well as his many other talents, Gonzalez is an artist. In the spring of 2007, an exhibit of Gonzalez's collages was displayed at the Lincart gallery in San Francisco.

His successor to the Board of Supervisors is Ross Mirkarimi, a Green Party member and community activist who had also worked on Gonzalez's campaign.

and a moratorium on the death penalty

His firm has brought suit against a San Francisco hotel for not paying its workers the minimum wage