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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 Touts Public Service To Filipino Lawyers, Law Students

July 14, 2015October 7, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Filipino Bar Association of Northern California Provides San Francisco City Attorney With Unique Opportunity to Attract Interns, Attorneys to Public Sector Legal Practice

Categories News Tags Dennis Herrera, Filipino Bar Association of Northern California

Code Enforcement Settlement Nets $35,000 Fine, Ends Pattern of Public Health Code Violations

July 14, 2015September 25, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Property Owner, Shopkeepers of Jaime Market Agree to Injunctive Settlements, Will Observe State Health Codes, City Sidewalk Codes

Categories News Tags California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, Shu Xiong Tan

Herrera Backs TURN’s Recipe for Rate Reductions in PG&E Bankruptcy Bailout

July 14, 2015September 8, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Coalition of Ratepayer Advocates Agree: ‘Trim the Fat From the CPUC/PG&E Settlement’

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Herrera Files Testimony With State Utilities Commission Blasting PG&E Bankruptcy Plan for ‘Profound & Negative Impact’

July 14, 2015August 29, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Consumers, businesses and regional economy would be hit hard by proposed rate plan, economist and utility expert argues

Categories News Tags Barbara R. Barkovich, California Public Utilities Commission, Dennis Herrera, PG&E bankruptcy

Herrera Files Testimony With State Utilities Commission Blasting PG&E Bankruptcy Plan for ‘Profound & Negative Impact’

July 14, 2015August 29, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Consumers, businesses and regional economy would be hit hard by proposed rate plan, economist and utility expert argues

Categories News Tags Barbara R. Barkovich, California Public Utilities Commission, Dennis Herrera, PG&E bankruptcy

California Cities’ Settlement With Gun Industry Distributors, Dealers To Include Major Distribution Reforms, Payment

July 14, 2015August 21, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Herrera says settlement ‘shoots full of holes’ NRA rhetoric about ‘frivolous litigation’

Categories News Tags Dennis Herrera, Gun Industry, Gun Violence, Ingrid Evans, Kristine Poplawski, Owen Clements

Equal Benefits Ordinance for Domestic Partners is Upheld in Federal Court

July 14, 2015July 29, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
S.D. Myers loses bid to toss landmark LGBT protection for conflicting with state law

Categories News Tags domestic partners

Herrera, Consumer Groups Urge Garamendi to End Auto Insurance ZIP Code Rating

July 14, 2015May 29, 2003 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Petition Seeks Regulation Requiring Rates Based Primarily On How Policyholders Drive, Not Where They Live

Categories News Tags John Garamendi, zip code profiling

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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