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Cameras from a Dec. 2012 news conference relating to the federal constitutional challenge to Prop 8.

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.

Herrera’s U.S. Supreme Court Brief Blasts Federal Abortion Ban as an ‘Episode of Congressional Defiance’

July 13, 2015September 20, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
High Court Urged to Uphold Lower Courts’ Rulings Finding Abortion Ban Unconstitutional

Categories News Tags Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act

Settlement Secures $85,000 in Back Wages, Interest for Cheated Chinatown Restaurant Workers

July 13, 2015September 14, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
First Legal Action to Enforce Voter-Passed 2003 Minimum Wage Ordinance Highlights Successful Collaboration by Community, OLSE, City Attorney’s Office

Categories News Tags King Tin Restaurant, Minimum Wage Ordinance, Office of Labor Standards Enforcement

San Francisco Among Four Cities to File Amicus Brief in Watershed Global Warming Case

July 13, 2015August 31, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Fall Term on Whether EPA Should Regulate Emissions Contributing to Climate Change

Categories News Tags Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, global warming

Herrera Sues First Illegal Dumper to be Captured by Newly-Installed Surveillance Cameras

July 13, 2015August 23, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney, Sup. Maxwell and DPW Chief Abadi Announce Lawsuit Seeking Maximum Civil Penalties Against Bayview Dumper

Categories News Tags Dennis Herrera, Fred Abadi, Sophie Maxwell, Wilfredo Amaya

Herrera Files Brief in Defense of City’s Bike Plan

July 13, 2015August 21, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Argues that ‘Implementation of a Plan that Demonstrably Protects Public Safety is a Wholly Worthy Policy Imperative’

Categories News Tags Dennis Herrera, San Francisco Bicycle Plan

Herrera Sues Skyline Realty, CitiApartments for Egregious Pattern of Illegal Business Practices

July 13, 2015August 16, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
One of City’s Largest Residential Landlords Charged with Panoply of Lawlessness, Intimidation Tactics, Retaliation Against Residents

Categories News Tags CitiApartments, Hotel Conversion Ordinance, Skyline Realty

Herrera Wins TRO in Lawsuit Against Defiant Tenderloin Slumlords

July 13, 2015August 9, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Ordered to Comply with Health and Safety Codes, Apartment Building Owners Could Face Hundreds of Thousands in Penalties

Categories News Tags Chiu Ki Luk, Dennis Herrera

Herrera, Top Deputies Named Among Northern California’s ‘Super Lawyers’ for 2006

July 13, 2015July 31, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco City Attorney’s Office Accounts for Five of Eleven Selections From Public Law Offices in Government/Municipal Category

Categories News

Herrera Obtains Tough Injunction, Penalties Against One of City’s Most Prolific Graffiti Vandals

July 13, 2015July 24, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Reformed ‘Tagger’ Also Agrees to Complete Public Service Announcement Warning Others of Possible Legal Consequences in San Francisco

Categories News Tags Carlos Romero, Dennis Herrera

Herrera Lauds Appointment of Massullo to State Superior Court Judgeship

July 13, 2015June 20, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Gov. Schwarzenegger Names Deputy City Attorney A.C. Massullo to Fill Vacancy Created by Retirement of Judge James L. Warren

Categories News Tags Anne-Christine Massullo, Dennis Herrera, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, James L. Warren

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review in 9th Circuit Case Dealing with Federal Abortion Ban

June 30, 2022June 16, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
High Court Will Hear Second Case Involving Controversial Law ‘That More Fully Implicates the Important Issues Underpinning a Woman’s Right to Reproductive Choice’

Categories News, Reproductive Rights Tags Dennis Herrera, Planned Parenthood

Herrera to Appeal Trial Court’s Invalidation of Prop H Banning Handgun Possession, Firearms Distribution

July 13, 2015June 13, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Convinced That Issues Involved in City Voters’ Response to Gun Violence ‘Are Serious, and They Deserve a Full Hearing by the Court of Appeal’

Categories News

Court Strikes Down Prop H’s Ban on Handgun Possession, Firearms Distribution in City Limits

July 13, 2015June 12, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Evaluating Whether to Appeal 30-Page Ruling by Judge Warren, Which Held ‘Proposition H is Adjudged Invalid as Preempted by State Law’

Categories News

State Supreme Court Upholds Disqualification of S.F. City Attorney’s Office in Public Integrity Case

July 13, 2015June 5, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Ruling Comes at High Cost to Taxpayers and May Discourage Public Law Offices from Aggressively Pursuing Litigation for Fear of Disqualification

Categories News Tags Dennis Herrera, Jesse Smith

Herrera Joins Mirkarimi, Dufty to Expand ‘Neighborhood Rescue Team’ Model to Western Addition, Hayes Valley, Lower Haight

July 13, 2015May 17, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Initial Coordinated Inspection Today Included Multiple Departments, Focused on Hotspots on 300 and 400 Blocks of Haight Street

Categories News Tags Bayview Neighborhood Rescue Team, Bevan Dufty, Dennis Herrera, Ross Mirkarimi

Regional Water Quality Board Approves Modified Permit to Hasten End to Mirant’s Polluting Cooling System

July 13, 2015May 10, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Regional Water Quality Board Approves Modified Permit to Hasten End to Mirant’s Polluting Cooling System City Officials & Community Leaders Call Decision Requiring End to Destructive Cooling Process by 2008 as “Major Step in the Right Direction”

Categories News Tags California Regional Water Quality Control Board

City to Voluntarily Stay Enforcement of Prop. H While Challenge is Considered in Superior Court

July 13, 2015February 27, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Stay Responds to Strong Recommendation by Judge Warren; Affects Both Firearm Distribution, Handgun Possession Provisions

Categories News Tags Judge Warren, National Rifle Association

Constitutional Challenges to Red Light Camera Programs in S.F. & San Diego to be Dismissed

July 13, 2015February 22, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Success of Herrera’s Pre-Trial Motion That Plaintiffs Were Ineligible for Refunds of Criminal Penalties Through Civil Lawsuits Seals Cases’ Fate for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers

Categories News

Court of Appeal Reinstates Universal Relocation Assistance for Tenants Evicted Under Ellis Act

July 13, 2015February 21, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
State Court of Appeal Overturns Trial Court Decision Holding That State Law Required Relocation Payments Only to Low-Income Tenants

Categories News

State PUC Approves PG&E Outage Settlement Targeting Reliability and Safety Improvements in S.F.

July 13, 2015February 16, 2006 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
PG&E to Pay $6.5 Million in Lieu of Fines for Massive Holiday Season Outage Caused By Mission Street Substation Fire in December 2003

Categories News Tags California Public Utilities Commission, PG&E
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