NEW: In a series of interviews, I spoke w/ 3 women who filed police reports against San Francisco nonprofit housing director Jon Jacobo—a once-rising star in local politics.

They filed reports after he was publicly accused of rape by Sasha Perigo in 2021.
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The allegations by the 3 women—who’ve all worked at high levels of local govt & public policy in SF—range from threats & domestic violence to sexual assault & rape.

But their cases appear to be languishing & their attempts to alert his progressive Democrat allies went nowhere.

The story includes disturbing audio of Jacobo threatening one of the women & on-record accounts from people who learned of the incidents contemporaneously.

“It got so bad that I literally thought about moving to another country just to escape him,” one woman said.

John Manly, an attorney for sexual assault victims who was lead counsel on the case against ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, told me:

“SF law enforcement & political leaders can’t claim to be progressive on all issues, like women’s rights, and then drop the ball here.”

I want to offer my deep gratitude to the people who bravely went on record for this story—most notably the 3 women coming forward now & Perigo.

They’ve risked their careers & safety but felt compelled to speak out in an effort to get some accountability.

Thanks for reading. 🙏