Editing San Diego (section)

===Scandals===
[[File:Jacob Weinberger U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA Jun 03 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Jacob Weinberger United States Courthouse|Weinberger U.S. Courthouse]]]]
San Diego was the site of the 1912 [[San Diego free speech fight]], in which the city restricted speech, vigilantes brutalized and tortured anarchists, and the [[San Diego Police Department]] killed a member of the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (IWW).

In 1916, [[Rainmaking|rainmaker]] [[Charles Hatfield]] was blamed for $4&nbsp;million in damages and accused of causing San Diego's worst [[Floods in the United States: 1901–2000#Southern California floods - January 1916|flood]], during which about 20 [[Japanese American]] farmers died.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jenkins, Garry|title=The Wizard of Sun City: The Strange True Story of Charles Hatfield, the Rainmaker Who Drowned a City's Dreams|year=2005|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press via Amazon Look Inside|page=Front flap|isbn=978-1-56025-675-5}}</ref>

Then-mayor [[Roger Hedgecock]] was forced to resign his post in 1985, after he was found guilty of one count of [[Conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy]] and 12 counts of [[perjury]], related to the alleged failure to report all [[Campaign finance|campaign contributions]].<ref name=Horstman>{{cite news|author=Horstman, Barry|title=Man About Town: San Diego's Ex-Mayor Roger Hedgecock Hasn't Let His Felony Conviction Get Him Down. But This Week, the Past May Catch Up With Him.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-06-tm-27105-story.html|date=December 6, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Abrahamson">{{cite news|author=Abrahamson, Alan|title=Bailiff's Bias in Hedgecock Trial Disclosed|date=February 2, 1992|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-02-mn-1802-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> After a series of appeals, the 12 perjury counts were dismissed in 1990 based on claims of [[juror misconduct]]; the remaining conspiracy count was reduced to a [[misdemeanor]] and then dismissed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hedgecock has clean slate; judge erases felony record |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11782F5483FF36EF&p_docnum=4&s_dlid=DL0111060115504727581&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=sdubsub&s_accountid=AC0110122214325408110&s_upgradeable=no |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=January 1, 1991 |access-date=June 1, 2011}}</ref>

A 2002 scheme to underfund pensions for city employees led to the [[San Diego pension scandal]]. This resulted in the resignation of newly re-elected Mayor [[Dick Murphy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_24/b3937087.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050606234800/http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_24/b3937087.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2005 |title=San Diego's Widening Pension Woes |date= June 13, 2005 |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> and the criminal indictment of six pension board members.<ref>Strumpf, Daniel (June 15, 2005) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090219224628/http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=3244 <!--http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=3244-->San Diego's Pension Scandal for Dummies], San Diego City Beat via Internet Archive. Retrieved April 3, 2011.</ref> Those charges were finally dismissed by a federal judge in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hall |first=Matthew T. |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/08/five-cleared-in-pension-case/ |title=Five cleared in San Diego pension case |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=April 8, 2010 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref>
[[File:San Diego, 2016 - 302 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse|Carter-Keep U.S. Courthouse]]]]
On November 28, 2005, U.S. Congressman [[Duke Cunningham|Randy "Duke" Cunningham]] resigned after being convicted on federal [[bribery]] charges. He had represented [[United States House of Representatives, California District 50|California's 50th congressional district]], which includes much of the northern portion of the city of San Diego. In 2006, Cunningham was sentenced to a 100-month prison sentence.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/05/AR2007010501858.html|title=Cunningham Moving to Arizona Prison |date=January 5, 2007|access-date=February 3, 2010}}</ref>

In 2005 two city council members, [[Ralph Inzunza]] and Deputy Mayor [[Michael Zucchet]], were convicted of [[extortion]], [[wire fraud]], and [[Conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy to commit wire fraud]] for taking campaign contributions from a [[strip club]] owner and his associates, allegedly in exchange for trying to repeal the city's "no touch" laws at strip clubs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Greg |last2=Thornton |first2=Kelly |title=Councilmen Guilty |name-list-style=amp |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=10B7E53625734BA8&p_docnum=1&s_dlid=DL0111040622315622760&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=sdubsub&s_accountid=AC0110122214325408110&s_upgradeable=no |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=July 19, 2005 |access-date=April 6, 2011 |archive-date=August 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809033803/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=10B7E53625734BA8&p_docnum=1&s_dlid=DL0111040622315622760&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=sdubsub&s_accountid=AC0110122214325408110&s_upgradeable=no }}</ref> Both subsequently resigned. Inzunza was sentenced to 21 months in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/Ralph-Inzunza-Prison-Atwater-137790888.html|title=Ralph Inzunza Goes to Prison (Soon)|date=January 20, 2012|work=NBC San Diego|access-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> In 2009, a judge acquitted Zucchet on seven out of the nine counts against him, and granted his petition for a new trial on the other two charges;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2009/09/01/05-50902.pdf |title=Appeals Court opinion, Sept.&nbsp;1, 2009 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> the remaining charges were eventually dropped.<ref>{{cite news |title=''Seven Years Later, Zucchet Cleared'' |author=Greg Moran |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=132E15958E125350&p_docnum=3&s_dlid=DL0111040622192220299&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2025%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=sdubsub&s_accountid=AC0110122214325408110&s_upgradeable=no |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=October 14, 2010 |access-date=April 6, 2011}}</ref>

In July 2013, three former supporters of Mayor [[Bob Filner]] asked him to resign because of allegations of repeated [[sexual harassment]].<ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Jul/11/filner-backers-news-conference-resign/?#article-copy Filner apologizes, gets professional help], ''San Diego Union Tribune'', July 11, 2013</ref> Over the ensuing six weeks, 18 women came forward to publicly claim that Filner had sexually harassed them,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/san-diego-mayor-bob-filner-scandal|title=Another sex harassment accusation for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner|last=Lah|first=Kyung|date=August 21, 2013|work=CNN|access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref> and multiple individuals and groups called for him to resign. Filner agreed to resign effective August 30, 2013, subsequently pleading guilty to one felony count of [[false imprisonment]] and two misdemeanor [[battery (crime)|battery]] charges.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/us/san-diego-mayor-resigns-in-sexual-harassment-scandal.html|title=San Diego Mayor Resigns in Sexual Harassment Scandal|date=August 23, 2013|work=NY Times|access-date=August 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/15/bob-filner-charged-san-diego-mayor/2987005/|title=Ex-San Diego mayor Bob Filner pleads guilty to 3 charges|date=October 15, 2013|work=USA Today|access-date=October 15, 2013}}</ref>