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San Francisco has long been at the forefront of legal efforts to protect consumers, defend the integrity of our public institutions and advance civil rights for every American. I'm proud to continue that tradition as City Attorney, and my office remains committed to providing our City with the highest caliber legal representation. It is my pleasure to offer this Web site as a means to make my office more open and accessible to the people it serves. Thanks for visiting.
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DENNIS J. HERRERA
City Attorney of San Francisco
The California Supreme Court denied without comment Sup. Michela Alioto-Pier’s petition for review and stay of a unanimous appellate court ruling that last week restored the legal effect of the “rounding-up rule” for term limits for members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The rule provides that if an appointed incumbent serves more than two years of a term, it counts as a full four-year term for purposes of term limits. In rejecting the appeal, the high court has effectively affirmed the legal opinion of City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s office, which advised Alioto-Pier in February 2008 that she was ineligible to seek another term on the board in 2010 under the City Charter’s term limits provisions.
Last updated: 11/13/2009 10:07:47 AM
OFFICIAL REPLY
In accordance with state law governing Civil Grand Juries, the City Attorney's Office has responded to jury members' findings and recommendations about City employee pension and health care benefits.
MAJOR CASE
Following a U.S. District Court's ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutionally discriminatory, another decision is soon expected about whether the ruling will be stayed during the appeal process.
MAJOR CASE
Since 2006, the City Attorney's Office has obtained civil injunctions against violent street gangs that plague San Francisco neighborhoods with criminal and nuisance conduct. Learn more here.
MAJOR CASE
Working with the ACLU and others, the City Attorney's Office established a fair, accessible administrative process for reformed gang members to seek to be removed from civil gang injunctions.
