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Shortly after his election, Sandoval spoke out against a $80M legal settlement that the City of San Francisco was paying to its biggest corporations. At a community meeting, Sandoval stated that the issue was not a legal one but a political one. Sandoval articulated an argument that San Franciscans should leave no stone unturned in trying to fight back, stating people should protest at "corporate headquarters, at the homes of CEOs, and their birthdays, weddings, bar mitzvahs or wherever" as the lawsuit would take money away from underserved segments of the population. The statements were criticized as anti-semetic. Sandoval apologized to San Francisco Jewish community leaders for making the remark.<ref>Eskenazi, Joe (May 4, 2001) [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/16011/edition_id/313/format/html/displaystory.html "S.F. Supe apologizes for off-the-cuff 'bar mitzvah' remark."] ''Jewish News Weekly''.</ref>
On February 14, 2005, while defending his vote to reject a plan to bring the historic World War II Iowa battleship to San Francisco to serve as a museam, Sandoval made the case on the show [[Hannity_and_Colmes]] on [[Fox News]] that the United States should not have a military. <ref>transcripts [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184951,00.html] "Fox News"</ref> <ref>video [[http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=4505]]</ref>
Sandoval introduced, but failed to pass a resolution "condemning the defamatory language used by talk radio host [[Michael Savage (commentator)| Michael Savage]]" after Savage made satirical comments on his radio program directed at illegal aliens who were fasting in support of the so called [[DREAM_Act]].<ref>[[http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/bcn_savage_hate_speech_070814.shtml]]</ref><ref>Rob Roth, KTVU[[http://www.ktvu.com/video/13902807/index.html]]</ref><ref>[[http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/071185.pdf]]</ref> Sandoval's resolution was voted down by fellow Supervisor [[Ed Jew]], who cited Savage's right to free speech.<ref>"World Net Daily" [[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57170]]</ref> This incident was seen as controversial since Sandoval, a government official, had attempted to use government resources to censure and economically impede a citizen over a [[political correctness|politically incorrect]], yet completely legal statement.
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