In his first week as mayor, Da Vinci must deal with an apparent gay-bashing death; squatters in an abandoned department store; and a local tycoon upset over losing a city contract.

A war of words heats up between Da Vinci and Police Chief Jacobs over a police shooting at a halfway house. Zack goes undercover with a group of squatters.

Da Vinci gives the go-ahead to establish the Red Light zone despite the opposition of Chief Jacobs and community groups. Ferris and her cohorts plan another grow-op bust.

Things are finally going Da Vinci's way: the newly established Red Light zone is operating smoothly; both Lloyd Manning and Roger Woo are interested in buying the racetrack.

Da Vinci and Chief Jacobs negotiate a tenuous compromise on the level of police cooperation with the Crab Park squat, the Red Light zone, and the Fire Department initiative.

Da Vinci must defuse an impending war between the city's most powerful unions when the Police suggest that a Fire Department inspection notice tipped off a grow operator to an impending raid.