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   From: vacancy@kamala.harris   
      
   Jon Jacobo, a rising political star in San Francisco and an influential   
   affordable housing advocate, resigned from his building inspection commission   
   seat late Friday and took a leave of absence from his nonprofit work after a   
   woman, in a tweet and an    
   extensive online post, accused him of raping her.   
      
   Sasha Perigo, a 26-year-old tenant rights advocate, said she had visited   
   Jacobo at his apartment in the Mission District one evening in early April   
   when he forcibly groped and kissed her that night and raped her the next   
   morning. Perigo said she told    
   Jacobo “no” dozens of times during both encounters, and tried to push him   
   off her and block his advances, but that he repeatedly ignored her pleas and   
   persisted.   
      
   In a series of tweets Friday night, Jacobo, 32, said, “My memory of these   
   events is different than her memory. I believed then, as I do now, that our   
   relationship was completely consensual.” He wrote that “every woman needs   
   to be heard” and that    
   he is “deeply saddened by the deep pain being experienced by Sasha Perigo,   
   which she says I caused.”   
      
   Jacobo did not respond to requests seeking comment other than to refer   
   reporters to his tweets.   
      
   Sasha Perigo   
   @sashaperigo   
   (TW: sexual assault)   
      
   I'm heartbroken to share that the man who raped me in April is   
   @Jon_Jacobo   
      
   Prior to my rape, I considered Jon a great friend and a great person, which is   
   why it's so important for me to come forward.   
      
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   In the hours and days after the alleged incident, Perigo said she began   
   telling her friends and family that Jacobo had sexually assaulted her and went   
   to San Francisco General Hospital to have a forensic exam conducted as part of   
   a rape evidence kit.    
   Perigo said she didn’t file a police report because of her fundamental   
   distrust of law enforcement and her previous friendship with Jacobo.   
      
   But she said that when a friend told her in June about an unsettling   
   experience with Jacobo, she felt compelled to detail her account publicly.   
      
   “I chose to come forward to protect other women from being victimized,”   
   Perigo said in an interview with The Chronicle. “And to lift the weight of   
   bearing this secret off of my shoulders.”   
      
   A hospital spokesperson declined to comment on the case, citing patient   
   privacy laws. A spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department also   
   would not comment beyond acknowledging that the Special Victims Unit “is   
   aware of the social media posting    
   and is looking into the matter. Due to the sensitive nature of the allegation,   
   we cannot comment further.”   
      
   Jacobo’s response on Twitter included an announcement that he was resigning   
   his position on the Building Inspection Commission and that he was taking a   
   leave of absence from work. A Mission District native, Jacobo is a policy   
   director with the South of    
   Market nonprofit Tenants and Owners Development Corp., known as TODCO.   
      
   I believe every woman needs to be heard. I believe every victim of trauma   
   needs to be heard, and the process of speaking out is a part of healing and   
   justice. And I am deeply saddened by the deep pain being experienced by Sasha   
   Perigo, which she says I    
   caused.   
      
   — Jon Jacobo (@Jon_Jacobo) August 7, 2021   
   Last year, he worked as a press secretary in the Latino community for Sen.   
   Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, and rose to greater prominence as the   
   chair of the health committee on the San Francisco Latino Task Force, helping   
   to lead coronavirus    
   testing efforts in the Mission and drawing attention to racial disparities in   
   infections and aid.   
      
      
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