Bilal Mahmood became the first Muslim American elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors last year. Today, Mahmood is calling for a hearing into one of the country’s largest private prison corporations after the death of a residents at its facility in the Tenderloin.
Mahmood is also the architect of controversial legislation to put homeless shelters in each supervisorial district throughout the city. Scott is joined in studio by Mahmood, who represents the city’s fifth district including the Haight-Ashbury, Fillmore, Western Addition and Tenderloin neighborhoods.
