SAN FRANCISCO -- Roger Boas, a civic leader who pleaded guilty to statutory rape involving sex with teenage prostitutes, was sentenced Friday to a six-month garbage cleanup program and fined $100,000.
Superior Court Judge Timothy Reardon termed Boas's actions 'reprehensible' as he passed sentence on the car dealer, who formerly served as a Democratic state chairman, a city supervisor and chief administrative officer to Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
The sentence included an order that the $100,000 be used for a city program to counsel juvenile offenders; a six-month jail term, to be served in the Sheriff's Work Alternative Program, or SWAP; six months of community service and three years of probation.
Boas, 67, who came in third among 11 candidates in the November 1987 mayoral race, pleaded guilty on Oct. 20 to seven counts of statutory rape involving girls as young as 14 who worked in a two-story townhouse brothel in the Mission District. He was accused of visiting the brothel for 2 years, including the night before the mayoral election.
Boas contritely stood before Reardon during his sentencing and promised to pay his debt to society. 'I am very sorry for what has occurred,' he said. 'I feel sad for everyone who has been affected by this matter.'
Boas said he was extremely sorry for the young victims and for his own actions, said John Carbone, assistant district attorney. The defendant also promised he would try to be a better citizen, Carbone said.
In the SWAP program Boas, under the direction of Sheriff Michael Hennessey, will report for work each day, don anorange prisoner's uniform and participate with a work crew picking up garbage on city streets and cleaning graffiti from buildings, Carbone said.
The SWAP program also includes painting buses and doing some clerical filing in city offices, a spokesman said.
'He is now a convicted felon, seven times over,' Carbone said. 'So long as he performs satisfactorily in the work alternative program he won't spend nights in jail. Should he not be able to continue, he can be sent to prison without a trial.'
Boas originally was charged with 19 felony counts, of which 12 were dropped in exchange for his plea. He has been free on bail.
He was indicted long with 14 others, including the brothel owner, Patrick 'Dale' Roberts, San Francisco Police Officer Patrick Miyagishima and jeweler John Azevedo.
One of the young prostitutes identified Boas as a customer she knew as 'George' after spotting his picture on a large city billboard during his mayoral campaign.
