For subscribersPublished Aug. 2, 2026at6:00pm
Mr. Clean is back.
Yes, Mohammed Nuru, the former San Francisco Public Works director whose bribery schemes graced front pages, websites, and television screens in 2020, has returned to our foggy shores after serving part of his sentence (opens in new tab) at U.S. Penitentiary Lompoc in Santa Barbara County.
Power Play’s tipsters have spotted him about town, including under City Hall’s gilded rotunda.
Nuru is a tough man to reach — calls to his cellphone number went straight to a prerecorded survey gauging voter interest in potential presidential candidates. J.D. Vance, anyone? When Power Play reached him at his house in the Bayview, he declined an interview.