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==Resignation amid Sex Scandal==
==Resignation amid Sex Scandal==
Filner was elected as mayor of San Diego in November 2012.<ref>[http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/government/article_4852ca8e-304d-11e2-b592-0019bb2963f4.html ''Voice of San Diego'' "Filner Will Temporarily Leave 51st District Vacancy," November 19, 2012]</ref> He resigned less than a year after taking office amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.<ref name="Condon">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57599950/bob-filner-agrees-to-resign/|title=Bob Filner agrees to resign|last=Condon|first=Stephanie|date=August 23, 2013|work=CBS News|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref> He later pleaded guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and [[battery]].
Filner was elected as mayor of San Diego in November 2012.<ref>[http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/government/article_4852ca8e-304d-11e2-b592-0019bb2963f4.html ''Voice of San Diego'' "Filner Will Temporarily Leave 51st District Vacancy," November 19, 2012]</ref> He resigned less than a year after taking office amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.<ref name="Condon">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57599950/bob-filner-agrees-to-resign/|title=Bob Filner agrees to resign|last=Condon|first=Stephanie|date=August 23, 2013|work=CBS News|accessdate=}}</ref> He later pleaded guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and [[battery]].
California [[Attorney General]] [[Kamala Harris]] drew considerable criticism for allowing Filner to plead guilty to charges of false imprisonment and battery against three women in exchange for a light sentence. 20 women accused Filner of sexual harassment and misconduct. Some said he put them in “Filner headlocks.” Filner could have faced up to five years in prison, but the plea bargain instead gave him three months of house arrest, three years' probation, and partial loss of his mayoral pension. The plea deal let him escape registering as a sex offender. Filner was allowed to keep his [[civil service system]] pension.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/plea-deal-by-kamala-harris-ag-office-for-sexual-harassing-san-diego-mayor-was-too-lenient-critics-say</ref>
==Sponsored Communist Party "Jobs Bill"==
==Sponsored Communist Party "Jobs Bill"==
==Congressional Progressive Caucus==
==Congressional Progressive Caucus==
In 1998 Bob Filner Democrat was listed as a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19990219104730/www.dsausa.org/pc/pc.members.html DSA website: Members of the Progressive Caucus (archived on the Web Archive website)]</ref>
In 1998 Bob Filner Democrat was listed as a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990219104730/www.dsausa.org/pc/pc.members.html DSA website: Members of the Progressive Caucus (archived on the Web Archive website)]</ref>
As of February 20, 2009 Bob Filner was listed as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.<ref>[http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?ContentID=166&ParentID=0&SectionID=4&SectionTree=4&lnk=b&ItemID=164 Congressional Progressive Caucus website: Caucus Member List]</ref>
As of February 20, 2009 Bob Filner was listed as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.<ref>[http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?ContentID=166&ParentID=0&SectionID=4&SectionTree=4&lnk=b&ItemID=164 Congressional Progressive Caucus website: Caucus Member List]</ref>
==Dining with Fidel Castro==
==Dining with Fidel Castro==
In February 2002 a delegation<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,45300,00.html</ref> of California [[Democratic Party]] Congressmen and women including Bob Filner, Sam Farr, Diane Watson, and Mike Thompson, together with singer Carole King and representatives of California's rice and wine industries visited [[Havana]] as ''part of the latest effort to change U.S. policy toward [[Cuba]].''
In February 2002 a delegation<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,45300,00.html</ref> of California [[Democratic Party]] Congressmen and women including Bob Filner, Sam Farr, Diane Watson, and Mike Thompson, together with singer Carole King and representatives of California's rice and wine industries visited [[Havana]] as ''part of the latest effort to change U.S. policy toward [[Cuba]].''
Carole King serenaded [[Fidel Castro]] with "You've Got a Friend" at a weekend dinner, and U.S. representatives from California shared wines from Napa and Sonoma
Carole King serenaded [[Fidel Castro]] with "You've Got a Friend" at a weekend dinner, and U.S. representatives from California shared wines from Napa and Sonoma
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