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>
SandovalOn introducedAugust 14, 2007, the Supervisors voted on a resolution introduced by Sandoval "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|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, which required unanimous approval, 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 for expressing a [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] opinion.
