Bay Area mayor Dominic Foppoli (R) refuses to resign after sex assault allegations
The mayor of Windsor, a small town in Sonoma County, is under a sheriff's investigation after five women stepped forward with allegations of sexual assault.
Five women told the San Francisco Chronicle that Dominic Foppoli, 38, assaulted them. The alleged incidents took place from 2002 to 2019 and include claims of forced oral copulation and rape, prompting the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office to open an investigation, the Chronicle reported. (SFGATE and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but operate independently of one another.)
Foppoli has denied the women's claims, writing in a statement he is "completely innocent of the conduct alleged."
Calls for Foppoli's resignation have been near-unanimous in Bay Area political circles. All Sonoma County supervisors have expressed support for his removal, and eight county mayors signed a joint statement "demand[ing] Dominic Foppoli resign immediately from the Windsor Town Council and all other elected and appointed positions and roles held with special districts and regional boards."
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