San Francisco Citizen

Yes. Mayor Gavin Newsom’s official vehicle (or one of the official vehicles, anyway) has an engine with a larger displacement and more power than those in the 40-foot-long Culturebuses that used to roam the City.

Here’s the famous SUV, recently seen parked in a bike lane near Golden Gate Park. Note the T.V. antenna (maybe it’s used for other things, but fundamentally, it’s a TV antenna) on top:

And here’s one of the huge CultureBuses, from a time before the whole program got cancelled:

Does the mayor of San Jose, a nearby town with (unlike S.F.) more than a million people, have a “Mobile Command Vehicle” too? Mmmm.

Oh well.

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