Paul Miyamoto, San Francisco ’s Democratic sheriff, is defending his endorsement of Chad Bianco, a Trump-supporting Republican sheriff in Riverside County running to be California’s next governor.

Miyamoto’s name appears on Bianco’s campaign website for endorsements — first reported by Mission Local — along with the names of three dozen other California sheriffs. (The only other Bay Area sheriff on that list is Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara.)

In an interview with KQED Friday, Miyamoto said he and other sheriffs signed a letter of support for Bianco, but his endorsement has limits: as a professional courtesy to a fellow law enforcement officer and member of the California State Sheriffs Association , the nonprofit professional organization representing all of California’s 58 e

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