San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott displays a 49ers jersey while accepting a challenge from his counterpart in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The two chiefs agreed to wear the jersey of the winning team in Sunday's NFC Championship matchup between the 49ers and Packers. (Photo courtesy of San Francisco Police Department)

As the San Francisco 49ers celebrate their NFC Championship and prepare for the team’s seventh trip to the Super Bowl, a few officials in Green Bay, Wisconsin, this week were swallowing their Packer pride and sporting red-and-gold attire in the name of charity.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich, along with their police and fire chiefs, agreed to friendly wagers on Sunday’s title game between the Packers and Niners — a game won in dominant fashion by the Bay Area hosts, 37-20.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.