as a former local san Franciscan that incident was not really a surprise and see it locally will have reprecussions. the villians of that town are techies with deep pockets who will pay any price to live in san Francisco. the local has been very public how much they hate these people. but now the techies will see how this town will bendover backwards go to protect a non-taxpaying career criminal.
my advice for buying a home is don`t do it in a sanctuary city.