Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Ross Mirkarimi (born August 4, 1961) is the sheriff of San Francisco, California. Mirkarimi is a graduate of the San Francisco Police Academy, where he was the president of his class. He then served in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office investigating white collar crime. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 5 from 2005 to 2011. In November 2011, he was elected sheriff and served from January to March 2012, at which time he was suspended by Mayor Ed Lee; he was reinstated by the Board of Supervisors in October 2012. Mirkarimi is a co-founder of the Green Party of California, but in March 2010, became a Democrat.As a supervisor, Mirkarimi garnered national attention when he introduced the first legislation prohibiting the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags by large supermarkets and drugstores in 2007, making San Francisco the first city to do so. Later, other cities around the US and the world took up similar bans.Mirkarimi also garnered national attention when he was charged with domestic violence battery, child endangerment, and dissuading a witness in connection with a December 31, 2011 New Year's Eve altercation with his wife. Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment. On March 20, 2012, Mayor Lee suspended Mirkarimi pending an ethics investigation. According to the San Francisco city charter, removing a public official for misconduct requires the vote of nine of eleven supervisors; only seven supervisors voted to remove Mirkarimi from his office and he was reinstated.. }
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- Ross_Mirkarimi abstract "Ross Mirkarimi (born August 4, 1961) is the sheriff of San Francisco, California. Mirkarimi is a graduate of the San Francisco Police Academy, where he was the president of his class. He then served in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office investigating white collar crime. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 5 from 2005 to 2011. In November 2011, he was elected sheriff and served from January to March 2012, at which time he was suspended by Mayor Ed Lee; he was reinstated by the Board of Supervisors in October 2012. Mirkarimi is a co-founder of the Green Party of California, but in March 2010, became a Democrat.As a supervisor, Mirkarimi garnered national attention when he introduced the first legislation prohibiting the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags by large supermarkets and drugstores in 2007, making San Francisco the first city to do so. Later, other cities around the US and the world took up similar bans.Mirkarimi also garnered national attention when he was charged with domestic violence battery, child endangerment, and dissuading a witness in connection with a December 31, 2011 New Year's Eve altercation with his wife. Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment. On March 20, 2012, Mayor Lee suspended Mirkarimi pending an ethics investigation. According to the San Francisco city charter, removing a public official for misconduct requires the vote of nine of eleven supervisors; only seven supervisors voted to remove Mirkarimi from his office and he was reinstated.".