Does anyone else find the first sentence of the third paragraph painfully difficult to parse? I finally got it, but only after several minutes of staring in confusion. First two paragraphs included for context. (
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Lance Farber, the fire-starting, tomato-tossing boyfriend of new San Francisco Planning Director John Rahaim, is out of jail - but only after the city took him to the cleaners.
Farber, who had been sitting in jail for almost six weeks on $1 million bail, pleaded guilty last week to one count of unlawfully and recklessly starting a fire and one count of vandalism with over $400 in damage.
The 47-year-old New Age chiropractor was accused of setting a bed on fire and tossing an open can of tomatoes through the city's historic fire chief's house - staining the walls - after an alcohol-fueled lovers' spat with Rahaim back in February. The newly arrived couple had been staying at the vacant residence at Mayor Gavin Newsom's invitation.