San Francisco Gets Female Fire and Police Chiefs
San Francisco's new mayor, Gavin Newsom, is gaining our esteem. In the past few days he has given San Francisco it's first woman fire chief and first woman police chief:
Mayor Gavin Newsom named Assistant Police Chief Heather Fong as his pick for interim police chief Sunday, two days after he swore in Joanne Hayes-White as the city's first woman fire chief.
If the city's Police Commission confirms the 26-year veteran's appointment this week as expected, San Francisco will have the rare distinction of having women lead its two key public safety departments.
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