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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 Wins Another Round in Case to Protect Affordable Housing

July 14, 2015April 17, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
U.S. District Court win in San Remo Hotel case upholds City’s Residential Hotel Conversion Ordinance

Categories News Tags Dennis Herrera, Hotel Conversion Ordinance, San Remo Hotel

Herrera Urges State PUC to Better Protect Consumers in PG&E Bankruptcy Financing Plan

July 14, 2015April 2, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco City Attorney Testifies That Dedicated Rate Component Plan Would Save California Ratepayers $5 Billion Over Next Decade

Categories News Tags California Public Utilities Commission, Dennis Herrera

San Francisco Unified School District, City Attorney Sue Progress Energy For $300 Million

July 14, 2015March 13, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Civil Suit Follows Criminal Conviction for Defrauding San Francisco Schools

Categories News Tags Progress Energy, San Francisco Unified School District

Herrera Fends Off Legal Challenge to Affordable Housing Project for Seniors

July 14, 2015March 10, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Superior Court ruling to help accommodate City’s changing demographics, while preserving historic landmark

Categories News Tags David Garcia, Dennis Herrera, Franklin Corridor Preservation Committee

City Wins Battle Against Pg&E’s Attempt To Gut Lawsuit

July 14, 2015March 7, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Herrera “Prepared To Fight For Ratepayers,” As Stage Is Set For Discovery Battle

Categories News Tags PG&E

Herrera Challenges Bush Administration Over Clean Air Rules

July 14, 2015March 6, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Concerned Over Local Effects, San Francisco Challenges U.S. EPA Rules Allowing Relaxed Requirements For Existing Power Plants

Categories News Tags air pollution, Bush Administration, Dennis Herrera

Fighting Elder Financial Abuse

July 14, 2015February 11, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Fighting Elder Financial Abuse (PDF) Prepared Remarks of City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Joint Press Conference on Elder Abuse, San Francisco City Hall East Entrance (Feb. 11, 2003)

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Herrera Names Top Building Department Official, Technology Vendors in Major Public Corruption Suit

July 14, 2015February 10, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Investigation by City Attorney’s Public Integrity Task Force and City Controller Uncovers Elaborate Wrongdoing; Criminal Investigation Referred to U.S. Attorney

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Herrera Wins Half-Million Dollar Ruling Against Lawless Landlord for ‘Subterranean Shantytown’

July 14, 2015December 31, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Superior Court’s sternly-worded rebuke “an important win for tenant protections,’ City Attorney says

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Herrera Fights To Hold Accounting Firms Accountable For Abetting Corporate Fraud In California

July 14, 2015December 18, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney’s Brief in State Appeals Court Reasserts PricewaterhouseCooper’s Cover-Up of Fraud by Old Republic Title Co.

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We’ve Gotta Give Them Hope

July 14, 2015December 9, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
We’ve Gotta Give Them Hope (PDF) Prepared Remarks of City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Human Rights Campaign Federal Club, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco (Dec. 9, 2002)

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Herrera’s $1.46 Million Settlement Not Too Harsch for Low-Income Housing in San Francisco

July 14, 2015December 2, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Decade-Long Dispute Over Allison Hotel Conversion Ends With Direct Payment By Harsch Investment Corp. to City Housing Non-Profits

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Herrera Sues Construction Giant Tutor-Saliba for Fraud in SFO Contracting

July 14, 2015November 6, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
S.F. City Attorney’s lawsuit seeks tens of millions in restitution and penalties and debarment of contractor for fraud

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Herrera, Lockyer Put the Boot On City Tow Fraud

July 14, 2015October 29, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco City Attorney, California Attorney General jointly seek recovery of millions in vehicle towing and auction scheme

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Rescued Historical Photographs Capture City’s Resurrection Following ’06 Quake

July 14, 2015October 24, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney, Library, and DPW team up to recover two-thousand public works photographs from early 20th Century

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Herrera Sues Airport Contractors For Defrauding City’s Minority Contracting Ordinance

July 14, 2015October 18, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney calls bidding scam, ‘a mockery of San Francisco’s long-held values of tolerance, diversity and equal opportunity’

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Remembering Robert Barnes

July 14, 2015August 26, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Remembering Robert Barnes (PDF) Prepared Remarks of City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Robert Barnes Memmorial Service, North Light Court, San Francisco City Hall (Aug. 26, 2002)

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Old Republic Title to Pay Millions to Homebuyers, City in Consumer Fraud Case

July 14, 2015August 22, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Case pursued by City Attorney and District Attorney nets more than $5 million

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Herrera’s Lawsuit Against Petco Charges Animal Mistreatment, Seeks to End Sales in S.F.

July 15, 2015June 18, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Pet supply retailer has ignored City citations and warnings involving scores of animal deaths because of illegal treatment

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Inaugural Address

July 15, 2015January 8, 2002 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Inaugural Address (PDF) Prepared Remarks of City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Inauguration of the City Attorney, Board of Supervisors Chambers, San Francisco City Hall (Jan. 8, 2002)

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