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Prop 8

Herrera statement on historic appointment of Terry Stewart to the California Court of Appeal

July 23, 2015June 28, 2014 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Gov. Brown’s announcement during S.F.’s LGBT Pride Weekend marks historic milestone with first appointment of out lesbian to serve on California’s Court of Appeal.

Categories News Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8, Terry Stewart

Herrera will fight Prop 8 proponents’ ‘desperate bid’ to halt same-sex marriages

July 7, 2015July 13, 2013 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
After ‘ProtectMarriage.com’ files motion in state Supreme Court to halt same-sex marriages with flawed technical reasoning, S.F. City Attorney readies opposition

Categories Marriage Equality Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

Herrera’s statement on Ninth Circuit’s decision to not lift the stay

July 9, 2015March 23, 2011 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Same-sex couples will not be allowed to marry while Proposition 8 appeal is pending

Categories Marriage Equality Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

Herrera files response in Ninth Circuit in federal challenge to Proposition 8

July 9, 2015October 18, 2010 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Controversial amendment ‘is not rationally related to legitimate government interests’ in light of California’s constitutional guarantees

Categories News Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

S.F.’s arguments, evidence lent key assist to federal ruling that Prop 8 is unconstitutional

July 10, 2015August 4, 2010 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Failure to relate ‘a legitimate state interest’ pivotal to U.S. District Court finding that Prop 8 violates U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment

Categories Marriage Equality Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

Closing arguments in the Prop 8 federal trial set for June 16

July 10, 2015June 8, 2010 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Judge Walker issues orders setting schedule, enumerating specific questions

Categories News Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

San Diego Mayor Sanders, daughter Lisa availability after Prop 8 testimony today

July 10, 2015January 19, 2010 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Herrera will join City’s witness in U.S. District Court trial in the Media Center, Federal Building’s First Floor, around noon

Categories News Tags Jerry Sanders, Marriage Equality, Prop 8

San Francisco Allowed to Intervene in Federal Challenge to Proposition 8

July 10, 2015August 19, 2009 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Herrera says his office is well-prepared to help ‘put anti-gay discrimination on trial based on the facts’

Categories News Tags Prop 8

San Francisco Moves to Intervene in Federal Challenge to Proposition 8

March 14, 2016July 23, 2009 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Herrera says his office is ‘singularly well-prepared’ to help ‘put anti-gay discrimination on trial based on the facts’

Categories Marriage Equality Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

‘A Public Sector Consensus for Marriage Equality’

July 13, 2015March 2, 2009 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Senate, Assembly Resolutions Conclude Historic Shift, as Legislature Joins Governor, A.G., Cities and Counties Against Proposition 8

Categories Marriage Equality Tags Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mark Leno, Marriage Equality, Prop 8, Tom Ammiano

Herrera Sharply Disputes Prop 8 Campaign’s Push for ‘Blank Check to Discriminate’

July 13, 2015January 5, 2009 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Reply Brief on Behalf of Local Governments, Married Couples Defends Principles of Judicial Independence, Argues Against Retroactivity

Categories Marriage Equality Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

L.A. County Board Votes to Join Challenge to Prop 8, Following Herrera Testimony

July 13, 2015November 12, 2008 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Nation’s Most Populous County Joins-for the First Time-the Legal Defense of Equal Protection, Fight for Marriage Equality in California

Categories Marriage Equality Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

Herrera Joined by Los Angeles, Santa Clara Counterparts in Suing to Invalidate Prop 8

July 13, 2015November 5, 2008 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Leader of S.F.’s original constitutional challenge says amendment ‘if allowed to stand…devastates the principle of equal protection’

Categories Marriage Equality Tags Marriage Equality, Prop 8

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