SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A top San Francisco official has been charged with public corruption in schemes that include offering a bribe for a lease at the airport, providing inside information to help a friend get permits for homeless shelters and accepting lavish gifts from a billionaire Chinese developer.
San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru appeared in court Tuesday along with Nick Bovis.
He owns a popular sports bar and other businesses.
Nuru goes by the Twitter handle “MrCleanSF,” but critics note that San Francisco streets remain littered with feces, trash and used needles amid a homelessness crisis.
Information on attorneys for the two men was not immediately available.
