San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
October 14, 2008 — David Chiu, a candidate in the city’s most crowded contest for supervisor, filed a formal complaint Tuesday with the Ethics Commission, accusing the San Francisco Association of Realtors of running an “outrageously false” TV ad against him.
The District Three candidate made the complaint after the slick, 30-second ad began running this week. The ad, which cost the association nearly $84,000, claims Chiu supports Proposition K to decriminalize prostitution in the city. Actually, Chiu is against the measure.
In his complaint, Chiu said the ad violates city ethics laws that prohibit ads with false endorsements. He has also complained to Comcast. (link to the story here).