The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

Here s a plausible political scenario that would drive the mayor and his allies nuts—and it s based entirely on their own colossal screwup: Proposition A passes in November. It takes a week or so to count all the votes, and another week or so to make sure no problems might have impacted the outcomes. Then the Department of Elections certifies the results, and the new Charter Amendment becomes law. The next day, former Sup. Aaron Peskin walks into Elections and files as a candidate for District 3 in the 2028 election. The billionaires went after Aaron Peskin. Now they gave him a new political life. Photo by Andrew Brobst Voters approved a measure in June that was designed to make that impossible: The bill, by Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, imposed a lifetime ban on anyone serving more than two terms on the board. It was aimed directly at Peskin, the only person ever to take advantage of the 2000 Charter rule that allows a supervisor to serve two terms, wait for years, and run aga