San Francisco has done it yet again... this time by sending convicted juvenile offenders to group homes, yes, you guessed it- in San Bernardino County.  Better yet, they've already escaped!  If that doesn't put you over the top, this certainly will: not only does San Francisco advertise itself as a "sanctuary city"- it literally advertised that.  They spent over $83,000- of TAX dollars- to advertise free public services to illegal immigrants!  Unbelievable.  Watch this newsclip, and read the accompanying article (excerpt immediately follows), and see for yourself.  WARNING: This may make your blood boil. 

This most recent event has sparked the anger of Gary Ovitt who is the San Bernardino County Supervisor, and he speaks out about San Francisco's practices by saying, "I was unaware that the city had its own foreign policy and immigration laws that superseded federal law. No one should have to suffer from a poorly thought-out policy such as this."

It was also news to Yucaipa Mayor Dick Riddell, who said he was "very upset" by news of the Honduran escapees and complained that local officials deserve better notification from the state about who goes to his small city and under what circumstances  (LA Times).

Kudos to Supervisor Ovitt and Mayor Riddell for speaking up- and I hope the rest of our local elected officials follow suit.  This story is absolutely infuriating, and almost unbelievable.  I don't know what those San Franciscans put in their water, but it certainly has surpassed Kool-Aid.  Here is the story from the San Francisco Gate:

 
An effort by San Francisco to shield eight young Honduran crack dealers from federal immigration officials backfired when the youths escaped from Southern California group homes within days of their arrival, officials said Monday.

The walkaways are the latest in a string of embarrassments for city officials who are protecting illegal-immigrant drug dealers from federal authorities and possible deportation because of San Francisco's 1989 declaration that the city is a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.

Until recently, San Francisco flew juvenile illegal immigrants convicted of drug crimes to their home countries rather than cooperate with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, a practice that drew national attention when The Chronicle reported it Sunday.

When federal law enforcement authorities demanded that San Francisco halt the flights and began a criminal investigation, the city decided to house some of the dealers in long-term youth rehabilitation centers. Some of those centers are run by a nonprofitcompany called Silverlake Youth Services in mountain towns southeast of San Bernardino.

Eight Honduran juveniles who had been convicted of dealing drugs in San Francisco were sent within the past few weeks to the company's group homes, where one month's placement costs $7,000 per youth - an expense borne by San Francisco taxpayers.

Within 10 days of being sent to the unlocked group homes, however, all eight youths ran away, said Bill Siffermann, head of juvenile probation in San Francisco. He said his agency has issued arrest warrants for them.

Siffermann said the city has stopped sending juvenile offenders to Silverlake because of the escapes. "We have now eliminated that as a prospect," he said, adding that San Francisco is trying to come up with an approach for handling the juveniles that does not involve giving them to federal immigration authorities.

San Bernardino County sheriff's Capt. Bart Gray said Silverlake had reported the Honduran youths as runaways - not as juvenile offenders. Three of the youths were listed as missing from Silverlake's Douglas House in the town of Yucaipa, 16 miles southeast of San Bernardino, on June 20 and two more on June 22, Gray said.

Juvenile probation officials say three other Honduran youths who had been convicted as juveniles in San Francisco disappeared from another Silverlake-run group home, but it was not immediately known which one.

Silverlake officials confirmed that the youths had vanished but would say nothing further, referring inquiries to San Francisco officials. Silverlake's operations officer, Jeff Boyd, said he was barred by law from commenting (continue reading).