A TUMULTUOUS Richmond City Council meeting on Wednesday ended with a failed attempt to censure Mayor Eduardo Martinez after he shared posts on social media last month that councilmembers said were antisemitic. The council instead approved Martinez’s own atonement plan. 

Martinez is under fire for several posts he made on LinkedIn in the aftermath of the December terrorist attack that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Australia’s Bondi Beach, killing 15 people. Martinez reposted and “liked” content that characterized the attack as a false flag and promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.