Exclusive | Elaine Forbes wife visits her in custody after ex-Port of San Francisco boss bizarre arrest
The estranged wife of embattled former Port of San Francisco executive director Elaine Forbes rushed to her side Monday after the Sausalito city manager’s bizarre yacht arrest – but didn’t post her bail to get her out of jail, The Post has learned.Angela Cavillo, the longtime clerk of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, visited Forbes while she was first in custody Monday following her arrest on suspicion of felony burglary after authorities say she was found aboard a 75-foot yacht in Sausalito.The two spent years together as a power couple in San Francisco, Carvillo a respected City Hall bureaucrat and Forbes a powerful leader at the powerful Port of San Francisco.
But the two separated in September 2022 and began divorce proceedings in early 2023.Forbes would go on to abruptly resign from her role at the port in September 2025, which shocked political insiders in the well-heeled city.Records obtained by The Post show Forbes agreed to a property settlement with Cavillo that divided two Bay Area homes and required Forbes to make a six-figure payment.Under the October 2023 agreement, Forbes retained the couple’s home on 19th Street in San Francisco’s Dolores Heights/Eureka Valley neighborhood, near the Castro.
The parties valued the property at $1.7 million after deciding against selling it.Cavillo, meanwhile, kept a lake house in Auburn that the parties valued at $554,000.The settlement recognized that Forbes had contributed $90,000 in separate funds toward the down payment.
Cavillo agreed to pay Forbes $90,000 to reimburse that contribution, with the agreement specifying that no remaining equity in the property would be divided.Cavillo was given one year to refinance the mortgage into her own name.The agreement also required Cavillo to reimburse Forbes $5,000 for expenses related to preparing the San Francisco home for sale and awarded Cavillo sole ownership of a BMW.
After accounting for the property division, Forbes agreed to pay Cavillo a net e...