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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=}}</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"==