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David Campos is the one who has repeatedly stressed to the media that he was once an undocumented immigrant. He is the one who pushed this matter into the public forum. He did so with gusto and pride, insisting that his status as an undocumented immigrant had political implications.

So it's entirely proper for voters to weigh, debate, and question these implications.

Among such questions are these, as noted above in prior posts:

When did he cease to be undocumented?

How did he cease to be undocumented?

Can he prove that he is legally qualified to sit on the board of supes?

Public Service Announcement,

Thanks for your thoughtful and informative post above.

Judging by David Campos' behavior, I never would have guessed that he had a good education. His foolish blunders have been many, and detailed on this chatboard. For example:

*He crafted a resolution calling for the suspension of federal prosecution of marijuana, but in such a clumsy way as to exempt dealers from any federal laws if they complied with state laws.

*He led an assault on the U.S. Attorney for Northern California, in the name of "better process," but in such an arbitrary way as to disallow any testimony from the Attorney himself and any public comment.

*His big priority as chair of the Public Safety Committee has been to restore the granting of sanctuary to young illegal immigrants suspected of felonies, even though he himself acknowledged that such persons have been involved in the murder of several San Franciscans.

*He makes excuses for the sterile record of the Public Safety Committee under his predecessor, Ross Mirkarimi, and continues the same sterility himself.

*He is in denial about the fact that the city has an ongoing crime and grime crisis.

*He claims that the police budget reflects the interests of wealthy, straight, white males, overlooking (for example) the sacrifice of Officer Isaac Espinoza, who was slain while fighting crime in a poor, minority neighborhood.

*He boasts of the fact of having been an illegal immigrant, which is an insult to every immigrant who has struggled to enter this country legally.

My guess is that the problem with David Campos is that he rose too quickly in the hierarchy of power at the supes, and the elevation went to his head. From never having held elective office before, he suddenly became chair of the important Public Safety Committee.

All of which goes to show that even a good education is no substitute for good judgment.

The March of Folly prevails too often in human affairs.

The remarkable thing is that someone as hostile to law enforcement, and also as inexperienced, as David Campos could be appointed chair of the Public Safety Committee.

Campos' appointment reflects poorly on David Chiu, the board prez, who put Campos in that position. But Chiu also is remarkable, in that he became board prez without ever having held elective office before.

Chiu's selection, in turn, reflects poorly on the Six Guys Club - the six male progressives who now run the board of supes.

Four of them are ideologically driven rookies - John Avalos, David Campos, David Chiu, and Eric Mar. And two of them are veteran ideologues - Chris Daly and Ross Mirkarimi.

Combine inexperience with ideological bravado, and you get a board that readily goes off the deep end.

And at the other end of City Hall, we have an M.I.A. mayor who loves to spend the day looking at himself in the mirror.

Heaven help San Francisco!