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Land Use

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 Embarcadero Navigation Center decision

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Judge rules construction on the Navigation Center can continue

Categories Land Use, News

Herrera secures $1.2 million from rogue developer for gaming permit system

June 30, 2022July 29, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Settlement with real estate developer Ashok Gujral is a warning to other house flippers tempted to flout the law

Categories Affordable Housing, Housing & Tenant Rights, Illegal Businesses, Land Use, Neighborhood Protection, News Tags Ashok Gujral, developer, house flip, permits

Herrera statement on California Supreme Court upholding San Francisco’s wireless regulations

April 10, 2019April 4, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco’s approach strikes the right balance

Categories Defending S.F. Laws, Land Use, Neighborhood Protection, News Tags T-Mobile

Herrera urges HUD to reconsider

June 30, 2022August 25, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera has urged HUD Secretary Julián Castro to reverse its disapproval of of San Francisco's Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan.
S.F. City Attorney contends that the federal housing agency was “wrong as a matter of law and public policy” to reject San Francisco’s Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan

Categories Affordable Housing, Defending S.F. Laws, Housing & Tenant Rights, Land Use, Neighborhood Protection, News, Tenants

Herrera confident in face of ‘desperate appeal’ by opponents of Warriors Event Center

July 25, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Overwhelmingly-favored and thoroughly-vetted, popular mixed-use development project in Mission Bay faces yet another legal challenge by familiar foes

Categories Land Use, News

Amendments proposed to strengthen City’s short-term rental law against legal challenge

June 30, 2022July 12, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos.
Campos and Herrera agree that modest revisions can both address platforms’ objections in federal lawsuit and fulfill the intent of a fair, enforceable ordinance

Categories Affordable Housing, Defending S.F. Laws, Housing & Tenant Rights, Land Use, News, Tenants

Jim Brosnahan said what?

May 9, 2016May 7, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera responds to AAU lawyer's bizarre allegation: “I’m not sure which part of Jim’s theory is more ridiculous—that I’d be that petty, or that Elisa Stephens’ endorsement is that important."
Herrera laughs off ad hominem attack and conspiracy theory by AAU’s senior counsel, who lashes out against lawsuit over client’s rampant violations

Categories Academy of Art University, Land Use, News

Herrera sues one of city’s ‘most egregious land use scofflaws’—Academy of Art University

May 7, 2016May 6, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Civil litigation seeks replacement of some 300 housing units that the for-profit university unlawfully displaced in its real estate buying spree

Categories Academy of Art University, Land Use, News

‘Extremely litigious’ AHF misses deadline in latest meritless lawsuit

April 29, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said today's ruling "goes to the heart of CEC's predatory business model, which is predicated on threats, deception and falsehoods."
In its second lawsuit over a proposed formula retail pharmacy on Castro Street, AHF is ‘mistaken that the U.S. Constitution allows it to put chain stores wherever it wants’

Categories Defending Public Funds, Land Use, Neighborhood Protection, News

Court rules in favor of T-line loop and Bike Plan cases, moving projects closer to completion

January 20, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Herrera praises deputies’ efforts in successfully litigating transportation plans that will benefit thousands of San Francisco residents

Categories Land Use, News

Herrera vows aggressive defense on approvals of Warriors event center

February 22, 2016January 8, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera speaks to his office following his swearing-in to a fifth term on Jan. 8, 2016.
Taking the reins on his fifth term, City Attorney calls project ‘an important civic priority’ that has been thoroughly scrutinized, overwhelmingly supported

Categories Land Use, Major Case, News, Warriors Event Center

Beach Chalet soccer fields ‘turf war’ is in justices’ hands now

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Deputy City Attorney Jim Emery answers questions following oral arguments before the California Court of Appeal on Sept. 17, 2015.
‘Herrera praises deputy’s case for voter-endorsed soccer fields as ‘masterful’ Thursday.  But the fate of Golden Gate Park renovations is now up to the California Court of Appeal.

Categories Defending Voters' Will, Land Use, News

Herrera subpoenas Trinity over rent-controlled apartments used as ‘SOMA Suites Hotel’

June 30, 2022September 8, 2015 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Herrera at a City Hall news conference with Deputy City Attorney Yvonne Meré, lead counsel in the Trinity Place investigation.
After request for cooperation is met ‘with obfuscation and deflection of responsibility,’ City Attorney moves to compel production of evidence in housing investigation

Categories Housing & Tenant Rights, Land Use, News, Tenants, Trinity Place

Herrera demands answers from Trinity Place on tourist uses of rent-controlled dwellings

June 30, 2022August 6, 2015 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Deputy City Attorney Yvonne Meré, lead counsel in the Trinity Place investigation, with City Attorney Dennis Herrera at a neighborhood event.
Investigation finds evidence that nearly two-dozen residential apartments-including 16 rent-controlled units-were apparently leased to tourists as ‘SOMA Suites Hotel’

Categories Housing & Tenant Rights, Land Use, News, Tenants, Trinity Place Tags Trinity Place

City Attorney’s Office response to AHF lawsuit over proposed Castro Street project

July 23, 2015August 4, 2014 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Los Angeles-based foundation’s contention that San Francisco land use controls violate equal protection, due process and free speech rights is ‘absurd’

Categories Land Use, News

Herrera vows aggressive defense of Prop B, waterfront development voting measure

July 23, 2015July 15, 2014 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco’s participatory waterfront land use decision-making has included voters, elected leaders and appointed commissioners for decades, City Attorney argues 

Categories Defending S.F. Laws, Land Use, News

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