The following are S.F. City Attorney news releases in reverse-chronological order. For more information, contact the Community and Media Relations Office at +1 (415) 554-4662 or cityattorney@sfcityatty.org.
City Attorney spokesman defends SFPD’s permit denial as reasonable ‘given traffic and safety considerations’ of Market Street shut-down—but the ‘court saw it differently’
‘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.
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After request for cooperation is met ‘with obfuscation and deflection of responsibility,’ City Attorney moves to compel production of evidence in housing investigation
Embattled accrediting agency ‘has managed to achieve universal agreement about what accreditors shouldn’t do,’ says City Attorney who successfully sued ACCJC
S.F. Superior Court today sets hearing on Herrera’s motion for preliminary injunction to stop vandalism that has so far caused at least $88,000 in public property damage
City Attorney Herrera credits popular social network for mobile platforms with ‘leadership to resolve this litigation that’s worthy of its status as a market leader’
City Attorney adds, ‘Our hearts go out to the parents of Ye Ming Yuan and to all the surviving loved ones of the three who lost their lives’ in 2013’s Asiana tragedy
Yet another illegal conversion of a residential development by city commissioner demonstrates ‘a pattern that is well-devised, carefully-executed and, above all, willful’
Costs of defending evidence-intensive ‘as-applied’ challenge at trial ‘would have far exceeded the settlement amount,’ says City Attorney Herrera’s spokesman
Speculating that ‘pendulum’s swing toward unfettered gun access may finally have reached its pivot point,’ City Attorney has high hopes for viability of gun safety laws
Calling defendant ‘among the most abusive and lawless landlords I’ve encountered,’ City Attorney cites ‘breathtaking cruelty’ for targeting elderly, disabled renters
City Attorney’s unlitigated claim alleged that Art Institute of California-San Francisco underestimated program costs for its students, inflated job placement figures
Neighborhood-worst 1,100 calls for police service include drug sales, fights, assaults, auto burglaries and dog attacks — and McDonald’s Corp. is legally on the hook for it
Defiant landlords used the Ellis Act to evict long-term residents-including a disabled tenant-then marketed vacant flats as ‘vacation rentals’ for up to $595 per night
