City Attorney’s Office

SF building owners miss seismic safety deadline

The owners of nearly 500 "soft story" buildings missed a city deadline Friday to apply for permits to do seismic…

7 years ago

SF investigates whether Uber, Lyft are public nuisances

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is seeking a court order requiring Uber and Lyft to provide information to allow…

7 years ago

SRO owners sue city over short-term rentals

A group of residential hotel owners filed suit seeking to block legislation intended to make it harder for them to…

7 years ago

Settlement forces Airbnb toward legal compliance

A legal settlement will ease the registration process for short-term rental hosts and help ensure that only those who are…

7 years ago

SF supes propose law targeting fraudulent evictions

San Francisco lawmakers heard from the public and other city and county officials at a meeting Friday about the growing…

7 years ago

Eviction payment law struck down by appeals court

A state appeals court has struck down the city of San Francisco's most recent law on how much relocation assistance…

7 years ago

Judge denies police union injunction against force policy

A San Francisco Superior Court judge Tuesday denied a request by The City's police union for a preliminary injunction to…

7 years ago

Police union, city attorney spar over force policy

The San Francisco Police Commission is not required to bargain with The City's police union over provisions of a new…

7 years ago

Uber halts tests of self-driving cars

A controversial Uber test of self-driving cars in San Francisco was brought to a halt Wednesday after the California Department…

7 years ago

Supes approve 60-day limit on short-term rentals

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted to approve a new 60-night limit on all short-term rentals.

7 years ago

City attorney declines to defend ‘unconst­itutional’ bail system

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Tuesday called California's money-based bail system "unconstitutional" and said he would not defend it.

8 years ago

Dolores Park pissoir lawsuit dismissed

A lawsuit filed by a religious group seeking the removal of an open-air urinal or "pissoir" recently installed at Dolores…

8 years ago

Paralyzed citizen sues City after falling branch breaks spine

A woman whose spine was broken when a large tree branch fell on her in San Francisco's Washington Square Park…

8 years ago

Court blocks eviction protections for teachers

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has blocked a city ordinance protecting school employees from evictions during the school year.

8 years ago

Campos floats changes to Airbnb legislation after lawsuit

San Francisco Supervisor David Campos Tuesday introduced amendments to short-term rental legislation he said would address concerns raised by a…

8 years ago

Woman found dead at construction site was General Hospital patient

A 36-year-old woman whose body turned up at a construction site in San Francisco last year was on a psychiatric…

8 years ago

Airbnb sues San Francisco over registration rules

Airbnb filed suit against San Francisco in federal court over recently approved legislation requiring short-term rental companies to verify hosts…

8 years ago

Port Commissioner resigns amid real estate accusations

San Francisco port commissioner and real estate developer Mel Murphy resigned from his post Friday roughly a week after he…

9 years ago

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