Federal lawsuit pushes ‘dubious legal theory’ that the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause prohibits local jurisdictions from making local land use decisions
City Attorney’s Office’s efforts to protect San Francisco’s working poor and middle class families ‘have never been more important than they are today,’ says Herrera
The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) presented the San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera its 2009 Consumer Attorney of the Year Award at their annual meeting held recently in Philadelphia
High Court Will Hear Second Case Involving Controversial Law ‘That More Fully Implicates the Important Issues Underpinning a Woman’s Right to Reproductive Choice’
[Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, May 10, 2006]
The Regional Water Quality Control Board is scheduled to vote today on whether to accept the recommendation of its staff and approve a permit that would allow Mirant Corp. to continue operating its Potrero power plant in San Francisco out of compliance with environmental standards until June 30, 2011. The board should reject the permit.