The mission of the San Francisco City Attorney's Office is to provide the highest quality legal services to the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, and nearly 100 departments, boards, commissions and offices of the City and County of San Francisco. With a total budget of $64,814,702 during Fiscal Year 2008-09, the office accounts for less than one percent of the City's budget.
 |
| Legal Service |
$56,675,880
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87%
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| Claims |
$5,403,822
|
9%
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| Legal Initiatives |
$2,735,000
|
4%
|
| TOTAL |
$64,814,702
|
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City Attorney's Office News: FY 2008-09
- Herrera Files Amicus Brief in Support of Federal Challenge to Proposition 8. City argues that California's Prop 8 was based on moral disapproval of gays and lesbians, similar to Colorado amendment that U.S. Supreme Court struck down in 1996. (June 18, 2009)
- Herrera Takes on Walgreens in California Court of Appeal over Tobacco Sales Ban. Groundbreaking law is 'rationally related to a legitimate governmental purpose' in discouraging leading cause of preventable death, brief argues. (June 10, 2009)
- Herrera praises President's choice of Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court. President Obama makes 'a first-rate choice that honors the legal profession and affirms the Latino community's place in America.' (May 26, 2009)
- Herrera Hails Federal Protections for Credit Cardholders, But Warns of More Problems. Law to limit rates and fees an 'important step' -- but abuses by credit card companies' 'arbitration mills' still under challenge by City. (May 22, 2009)
- Herrera, SFUSD Sue State for Refusing to Reimburse Health Care for School Kids. Defiant state bureaucracy continues to stiff local schools for health care costs for children covered by Medi-Cal, lawsuit alleges (May 21, 2009)
- Herrera Hails Passage of Bills to End Health Insurance 'Gender Rating'. Both city litigation and state legislation target discriminatory pricing scheme that costs women more for health coverage (May 14, 2009)
- Herrera, tenant groups sue U.S. Postal Service over mail delivery to SRO residents; New USPS policy halts secure mail service to individual tenants, inflicts devastating hardships on many low-income San Franciscans. (May 5, 2009)
- Herrera blasts Mirant's 'deplorable corporate citizenship' with seismic safety lawsuit. Code violations at controversial Potrero plant mark the latest in list of threats to public health, safety and the environment (Apr. 27, 2009)
- Herrera Sues Defiant Landlord for Breaching Contract After Evicting Disabled Tenant. City funding of $38,165 for lead abatement required landlord to continue to rent unit to low- or moderate-income tenants. (April 20, 2009).
- Herrera set to sue U.S. Postal Service over mail delivery to SRO tenants. Demand letter requested by U.S. Attorney's Office details causes of action and heart-rending hardships; sets May 1 deadline for federal lawsuit (Apr. 16, 2009)
- Herrera Testifies for Bill to End Health Insurance 'Gender Rating' in California. Discriminatory Pricing Scheme That Costs Women Up To 39% More for Coverage is Being Challenged by City Attorney. (March 31, 2009)
- Herrera Task Force to Maximize Efficiency, Accountability in S.F. Stimulus Spending. City Attorney's Central Role Enables Office to Streamline, Scrutinize Federal Monies 'Without Needing to Invent Costly New Bureaucracy' (March 26, 2009)
- 'A Public Sector Consensus for Marriage Equality.' Senate, Assembly Resolutions Conclude Historic Shift, as Legislature Joins Governor, A.G., Cities and Counties Against Proposition 8. (March 2, 2009)
- Six New Oakdale Mobsters Added to Provisions of Civil Gang Injunction. Adult Members of Notorious Criminal Street Gang Engaged in 'Alarming Pattern' of Gang Violence Since Reaching Age of Majority. (Feb. 19, 2009)
- Declaration Triggers State Laws to Protect S.F. Tenants From Utility Shutoffs. Termination of Gas, Electricity Services Due to Owner Nonpayment Poses 'Significant Threat' to Public Health and Safety, City Finds. (Feb. 25, 2009)
- Herrera Challenges Constitutionality of Insurance 'Gender Rating' in California. Insurance Industry Practice of Charging Women Up to 39% More for Health Care Coverage Called Discriminatory, Unconstitutional (Jan. 27, 2009)
- Herrera Asserts Rights of S.F. Tenants During Foreclosure Crisis. Legal Memorandum Outlines Rights of Tenants to Stay in Rentals, Receive Utility Service When Property Owners Face Foreclosure. (Jan. 16, 2009)
- Herrera Hopes Leno Bill to End 'Gender Rating' Averts Pending Legal Challenge. City Attorney Sponsors Bill to End Insurance Industry Practice That Charges Women Up to 39% More for Health Care Coverage. (Jan. 14, 2009)
- Herrera Sharply Disputes Prop 8 Campaign's Push for 'Blank Check to Discriminate.' Reply brief on behalf of local governments and married couples defends principles of judicial independence, and argues against retroactivity (Jan. 5, 2009)
- Herrera Hails Dismissal of Walgreens' Suit Over Drugstore Tobacco Sales Ban. Consumers 'rely on stores like Walgreens to serve our health needs, not to enable our deadliest habits,' City Attorney says. (Dec. 19, 2008)
- Herrera, AGs Reach Pact with MillerCoors to Stop Producing Alcoholic Energy Drinks. Investigation Finds Market-Leading 'Sparks' Illegally Targets Underage Consumers, Poses Dangers to Health and Safety. (Dec. 18, 2008)
- Amended Petition Challenging Prop 8 Adds Local Governments, Married Couples. Seven Lawfully Wedded Same-Sex Couples to Address Retroactivity, Joining Local Governments Serving More Than 17.2 Million Californians. (Dec. 10, 2008)
- Herrera Moves to Modify Bike Plan Injunction to Improve Safety for Bicyclists, Pedestrians. Market and Octavia Intersection Leads List of Locations Where Cyclists Have Suffered an Alarming Increase in Collisions with Cars. (Dec. 1, 2008)
- Herrera Sues Former City Workers, Contractor in Scrap Metal Theft and Kickback Schemes. Betrayal of Public Trust by City Vendor, Employees 'Demands Our Most Aggressive Efforts to Pursue and Punish.' (Nov. 24, 2008)
- California Supreme Court Takes Up Legal Challenges to Proposition 8. Debate Shifts from Same-Sex Marriage to Core Constitutional Principles of Separation of Powers, Equal Protection. (Nov. 19, 2008)
- L.A. County Board Votes to Join Challenge to Prop 8, Following Herrera Testimony. Nation's Most Populous County Joins-for the First Time-the Legal Defense of Equal Protection, Fight for Marriage Equality in California. (Nov. 12, 2008)
- Herrera Joined by Los Angeles, Santa Clara Counterparts in Suing to Invalidate Prop 8. Leader of S.F.'s original constitutional challenge says amendment 'if allowed to stand...devastates the principle of equal protection.' (Nov. 5, 2008)
- Herrera's Municipal Bond Insurance Suit Shows Another Facet of Subprime Mortgage Crisis. Litigation Alleges Scheme to Fleece Government Entities, Withhold Information About Financial Exposure in High-Risk Subprime Market (Oct. 8, 2008)
- Herrera Hails Pre-Trial Ruling in Consumer Protection Case Against Credit Card Arbitrator. S.F. Superior Court Judge Denies Two Demurrers, Effectively 'Green-lighting' City's Case Against Unfair, Illegal Business Practices. (July 31, 2008)
- Herrera Vows to File Brief in Support of A.G. in Threatened Lawsuit Over Wording of Prop 8. S.F. City Attorney blasts marriage foes for 'playing hide-the-ball with voters, obscuring truth that Prop 8 would eliminate a constitutional right.' (July 29, 2008)
- Herrera Blasts Secrecy by Fat-Peddling Chains, As Fast Food Lobby Sues Over Menu Labeling. Lawyers for Fast Food Chain Restaurants Assert First Amendment Right to Withhold Nutrition Information from Consumers on Menus. (July 7, 2008)
