Turns out, the first Asian American sheriff in California isn't who people thought.
Marco della CavaSAN FRANCISCO — When Paul Miyamoto won election last fall as San Francisco sheriff and again when he was sworn in last month, local and state media headlines echoed his office's description of him as the first Asian American sheriff in state history.
"Bottom line is, I'm American," says Saxon."I was raised American, and my parents never treated me as anything but American."In preparing the profile of Miyamoto, USA TODAY interviewed the sheriff about the milestone, which was brought to his attention last fall by San Francisco Sheriff’s Department staff.
Within hours, a few messages from Weaverville-area residents appeared on the Record Searchlight's Facebook page, suggesting that Saxon had preceded Miyamoto as the state's first sheriff of Asian ancestry.USA Today Miyamoto took the news in stride, and in fact was in some ways pleased to hear it. During his interview with USA TODAY, Miyamoto had said that while he was proud of the achievement,"what I’d really like is for us to never have any more firsts. I’d like us to be on an equal footing."
After moving with his parents to the U.S. as an infant, Saxon grew up in Los Angeles, Michigan, Nebraska and Colorado before settling in the Bay Area town of Newark.
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