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Climate change

Earth Day highlights stakes, solutions

October 17, 2025April 22, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera said, “Earth Day should remind us of the moral responsibilities we owe to generations to come, and the stakes couldn’t be higher than for coastal cities like San Francisco.”
Amicus brief Herrera co-authored to support President Obama’s Clean Power Plan cites key examples of San Francisco’s ‘exemplary environmental stewardship’

Categories Climate change, News

Judge upholds S.F.’s plastic bag law, clears way for ban, 10-cent charge starting Oct. 1

October 17, 2025September 12, 2012 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Court rejects arguments by plastic bag manufacturers, distributors about inadequate environmental review, state pre-emption

Categories Climate change, News Tags Plastic Bag Ban
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