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Defending Public Funds

City Attorney statement on CA Supreme Court striking unconstitutional anti-tax measure from ballot

January 28, 2025June 20, 2024 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Court rules proposed measure that would have had disastrous consequences for local governments is unconstitutional

Categories Defending Public Funds, News

San Francisco leads national coalition defending use of development impact fees at the U.S. Supreme Court

January 28, 2025December 20, 2023 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
The City’s brief pushes back against legal effort that could harm local economies and slow housing development

Categories Defending Public Funds, Land Use, News

Herrera statement on key legal win in 2020 census case

September 10, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
“We’re proud to be part of the coalition of state and local governments fighting to ensure that every person in our country is counted.”

Categories Defending Public Funds, News

Herrera sues PG&E for costs over negligent work that caused landslide and damaged homes

January 17, 2018October 18, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
PG&E’s shoddy work resulted in a Casitas Avenue landslide that destroyed one home and damaged five others, leaving the city to foot the nearly $8 million bill 

Categories Consumer protection, Defending Public Funds, News

San Francisco’s federal suit to halt PG&E’s ‘$600 million shakedown’ heads to trial

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco's publicly-owned power enterprise was created by the federal Raker Act of 1913.
Investor-owned utility’s new demands on taxpayers to continue serving municipal electricity customers are unfair, anti-competitive, ‘illegal under federal law’

Categories Defending Public Funds, News

Asiana accord closes tragic chapter, reiterates ‘extraordinary heroism’ of firefighters, police

April 13, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Proposed $3.45 million settlement will resolve all claims on behalf of San Francisco taxpayers involving the tragic July 2013 crash Asiana Airlines caused at SFO

Categories Defending Public Funds, News, Public safety

Independent public counsel denies disgruntled former deputy’s bid for monetary damages

July 23, 2015July 17, 2014 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Following outside counsel’s review of claim and related files, Santa Clara County Counsel rejects aspects of claim, finds other allegations time-barred by state law 

Categories Defending Public Funds, News
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