Jim Gilchrist's Minuteman Project held a protest today in San Francisco against their sanctuary policy. A report is here, some pictures and links to video are here. The MMP was counterprotested by a group waving signs including many from ANSWER; two were arrested, both from the pro-illegal immigration side.

The MMP called for Newsome, "District Attorney Kamala Harris and William Siffermann, head of the city's Juvenile Probation Department" to resign. And, per this:

Newsom has put a stop to the controversial practice of protecting juvenile offenders. And no, he won't be resigning. Newsom says the Minutemen is not a group he turns to for advice.

Indeed. I'm going to imagine that most Frisco'ans - even including those who are shocked by the recent triple murder allegedly committed by an alleged illegal alien - are going to think of the Minuteman Project as being some combination of out-of-towners, yahoos, and Hayward residents. To some Frisco'ans, being protested by the MMP might even be a credibility boost for the mayor.

And, after the protest (link):

[Newsom] accused critics of misunderstanding both the law and the intent behind it... [he] said the goal of San Francisco's sanctuary ordinance, enacted in 1989, is to promote public safety... [he said] the law was intended to allow undocumented immigrants to feel they can safely report crimes in their neighborhood, or bring their sick children to the hospital, without the threat of deportation... Newsom also said the ordinance's establishment was "directly connected with the failure of the federal government" to address immigration reform "in a thoughtful and comprehensive manner."

We'd already had "reform", i.e., amnesty, just a few years before the ordinance was established, so apparently Gavin is mixed up on his dates.

..."I believe in its principles and its purpose," Newsom declared, adding that several other major U.S. cities, including Oakland, San Jose, New York City, Detroit and Chicago, also are sanctuary cities yet have not provoked the ire of groups like the Minuteman Project in the same way that San Francisco has... "The sanctuary status was never to be a shield to break laws," Newsom later responded... [...details of the supposed missed communication that resulted in the alleged murderer being set free...] ...Newsom said his staff last week began "a comprehensive analysis and review" of San Francisco's sanctuary ordinance, in order to "tighten up the language" in a way "that maintains the spirit that brought us here in the first place," he said... "Which I will not back off on," Newsom added.

The way to deal with people like Newsom isn't through relatively ineffective things such as protests. The way to resolve this issue is to have an impact on his career by discrediting him on video. Newsome wants to run for governor of California, and publicly showing that he's a liar or is unable to think things through will even cause many in San Francisco to turn against him.

The problem then becomes thinking up a difficult question to ask him, since he's slick enough to come up with a weasely reply to most questions. But, I'll bet if someone wanted to they could come up with questions that would make him look very bad. The only remaining problem becomes finding someone willing to perform the simple task of reading one of those questions. Too many people are unwilling to do something that would be very effective.