Subject: Dennis Herrera

• Ed Jew Submits Records On Where He Lives

  June 7, 2007

• What? The city's health care plan is illegal? How does that work?

  December 27, 2007

• Tiger Beat: City Tells Mauled Brothers to Go Sue Someone Else

  May 9, 2008

• A Big Win for LGBTQ Rights!

  May 15, 2008

• San Francisco's McKesson Corp. Steals From The Frail

  October 6, 2008

• Last Night: Margaret Cho Assails Prop 8, Proposes to "Fingerfuck" Sense into Sarah Palin

  October 16, 2008

• City Attorney Joins "SF Weekly = Nostradamus" Bandwagon

  By Matt Smith Knowing a bandwagon when he sees one, City Attorney Dennis Herrera today indirectly proclaimed SF Weekly to be a newsprint-based All Being, All Knowing, Mistress of Sight and Sound.In a Dec. 18 press release titled "Herrera, AGs Reach Pact with MillerCoors to Stop Producing Alcoholic Energy Drinks" the city's chief litigant made official the prescience of a 2000 SF Weekly satire column, which facetiously predicted the introduction of an "energy beer" that would be viewed as a

  December 18, 2008

• Just How Many Favors Can S.F. Grant to City's Favorite Politically Connected Barkeep?

  The Planning Department maintains that Medjool's rooftop bar is illegal -- yet every politician in the city has raised bucks up there and no one seemed to know about itA fair amount of ink -- but not enough -- was spilled over how a typo will allow heavy Gavin Newsom donor Gus Murad to build a proposed condo project at the New Mission Theater 20 feet higher than zoning rules allow -- and Newsom's veto overrode the Board of Supervisors' attempt to remedy this error. So, in the hubbub over the Ame

  February 9, 2009

• Zion-I perform at NAACP Anniversary Celebration

  EKAphotographyZion-I crew The NAACP turns 100 this year, and youth outreach is on their mind. Perhaps inspired by Barack Obama's historic Presidential campaign--and the large number of young voters who participated in the process--they've joined forces with a new activist group, "Citizen Hope," and are throwing events specifically targeting the hip-hop generation. This Wednesday, the NAACP and Citizen Hope present "A Party for the Century," featuring headliner Zion-I, along with DJs Manny Bla

  February 24, 2009

• Terms of Endearment: Alioto-Pier Says She May File Suit if City Doesn't Reverse Stance That She's Termed Out in 2010

  Is that Alioto-Pier's 'happy' smile or her 'I'm gonna sue you' smile?Earlier this month, Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier sat down for a cup of coffee with City Attorney Dennis Herrera. She was hoping to get him to reconsider a ruling from his office stating Alioto-Pier will be termed out of office next year - and, if he declines to do so, their next meeting may not be over hot coffee but hot lawsuits. "I am not ruling out a lawsuit - absolutely not," she said. To put the City Attorney's Februar

  March 2, 2009

• Ammiano Says There Was No 'Wink-Wink, Nod-Nod' Behind Ruling Giving Him 14 Years as Supe

  Tom Ammiano says neither winking, nodding, nor a combination of both benefitted his political careerEarlier this week, SF Weekly reported on how Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier is prepared to take the city to court if City Attorney Dennis Herrera doesn't reverse a 2008 ruling that deems her termed out next year. One of Alioto-Pier's main bones of contention was a 2004 Herrera ruling generously allowing former Supervisor Tom Ammiano a fourth term -- and 14 years -- on the Board. Alioto-Pier ponder

  March 5, 2009

• Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier says she's not termed out

  March 4, 2009

• He's No Menace

  Gay marriage has been very, very good to Dennis Herrera.

  November 19, 2008

• On the Waterfront

  Pier 39's management dismisses Joe Abuzaid as a wingnut, but this wingnut may be a real whistleblower.

  October 22, 2008

• SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Message to Newsom: Quit Attacking Me!

  March 5, 2008

• Special Delivery: City Attorney Says He'll Sue U.S. Postal Service for Stiffing SRO Tenants

  Oh, you're getting sued!You don't have to be an FBI profiler to figure out that dumping piles of mail on the floor in the city's SRO hotels -- where many people are receiving assistance checks via the mail -- is nearly tantamount to the postman shouting "Hey, steal this!" as he leaves the building. To wit, the city passed the SRO mailbox ordinance in 2006, and the state followed suit in '07. One hangup though: The U.S. Postal Service has declared that "fiscal shortages" compel them to cease deli

  April 16, 2009

• The War On Gangs

  With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  August 22, 2007

• Tapioca and Water

  May 30, 2007

• Top Prize

  April 18, 2007

• Dark Side of Sunshine

  The city correspondence with one determined citizen is now more than 2,300 pages--even longer than War and Peace.

  March 28, 2007

• Bridge Out

  A look at the comically delayed Fourth Street drawbridge project, and how the city's Byzantine contracting system costs millions

  June 22, 2005

• SFO My God

  May 21, 2003

• The Fix Is In

  At least that's what Janet Campbell claimed about construction bids at UCSF, where she soon found herself out of a job

  February 26, 2003

• Griftin' on the Dock of the Bay

  November 20, 2002

• Acid Reign

  December 5, 2001

• A Vote of Competence

  This is no time for softheaded governing. In this election, Prop. F and Dennis Herrera pass the confidence test; MUD fails completely.

  October 31, 2001

• Red-Letter Day: City Attorney Follows Through on Threat to Sue Post Office

  You're sued, palIn an extremely fitting move, City Attorney Dennis Herrera last month sent a letter to the local U.S. Attorney's office -- informing them of his threat to sue the post office. His follow-through today came not via post but the more traditional venue of a press conference. Herrera today announced he has filed a federal suit against the post office for letter carriers' failure to deliver mail to the individual post boxes of SRO tenants; local policy is still to toss the mail in a p

  May 5, 2009

• Why Must Bike Activists Continue to Roll Over the English Language?

  Dennis Herrera -- and his fun but ungrammatical T-shirtLook, we're tickled by Dennis Herrera's photo of himself showing up to work on a bicycle today -- he looks like he's getting ready to wave a kid around third base while coaching his son's Little League team, and we like that casual look in a city attorney. We're also amazed at how fast the camera-ready potential mayoral candidate's cycling photo was up and ready on his city Web page -- that's speed and efficiency you don't need to blow throu

  May 14, 2009

• Pride Rides: Leno, Mirkarimi Give Shout-Out to City Car Share, Daly Gives Us The Finger

  There's no legal argument Dennis Herrera can make to convince us this car ain't a beaut...Yesterday we began answering the eternal question: If a tree fell in the forest and no one was there to hear it -- what kind of cars would your elected representatives ride in Sunday's Pride Parade? Our personal favorite thus far is Supervisor Eric Mar (and six other guys) riding on a seven-seat bicycle. Our second favorite, though is a tie between Senator Mark Leno and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. Both are s

  June 25, 2009

• Can Dennis Herrera Shut the Gates of Heaven? City Attorney Declares War on North Beach Strip Club.

  Heaven is a place on earth. But maybe not for longCity Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed papers in San Francisco Superior Court asking for an injunction that would close down Heaven, the North Beach strip club that Herrera says has stayed open in defiance of city and state laws and despite repeated police citations for prostitution.According to a press release from the city attorney's office, Heaven was also "implicated" in an April shooting. A witness told police investigators that an employee

  July 22, 2009

• While San Fran Attempts to Butt Into Legal Challenge to Prop. 8, Pair of Gay Supe Hopefuls Plead for Patience

  Scott Wiener This week, City Attorney Dennis Herrera petitioned to become a party in the case challenging Prop. 8 in federal district court, ramming full speed ahead into the legal challenge to the same-sex marriage ballot initiative.Meanwhile, the debate continues about when same-sex marriage advocates should take the issue back to the polls. What's it gonna be? Is 2010 too soon to change public opinion? Will the issue go stale by 2012, with voters even more entren

  July 24, 2009

• SF City Attorney Upends U.S. Credit Card Industry; Minnesota Attorney General Swoops In for the Credit

  Dennis Herrera: He wuz robbed!​Minneapolis barrister Martin Carlson recalls feeling a sense of déjà vu Tuesday upon seeing news reports that his old boss, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, had run a Washington D.C. victory lap in which she took credit for attacking a loophole companies use to prevent consumer lawsuits. A July 17 settlement reached between Swanson's office and the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) had been described in thousands of news articles as u

  July 27, 2009

• So, Top City Elected Officials Lost 2.45 Percent of Their Salaries? Here's What They Could Have Bought.

  Apparently, even this guy has been forced to give up $4.90 every time he passes "Go"​The official reason that 18 of the city's highest paid elected officials will take a minuscule pay cut was a recent city charter. But you could trace this one back to the Code of Hammurabi. Way down at the end, it states: "If ever the jaw-droppingly paid officials do lean on the unions to give wage concessions, lo, shall they give concessions also." This is right before the part about how an accused adulteress

  August 4, 2009

• North Beach turns to East Bay 'ambassadors' to calm club violence

  August 5, 2009

• Tenderloin Residents Offer Affidavits to City Attorney in Problem Strip Club Case

  Are the wild nights numbered?​More than 70 Tenderloin residents have given statements to the city attorney's office as part of a campaign to close Pink Diamonds, a notoriously violent strip club at 220 Jones Street, according to North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District Manager Elaine Zamora.Zamora said she was told by Deputy City Attorney Jerry Threet that the statements -- given in the form of affidavits to an office investigator -- would be used as evidence in City Attorney Denn

  August 6, 2009

• City Attorney Dennis Herrera Announces Mystery Press Conference Regarding Settlement With ... He's Not Telling!

  Roll up, it's ... Dennis Herrera?​In a bizarre turn of events, the City Attorney's office yesterday sent out a news release devoid of news. At 10:30 a.m. today, City Attorney Dennis Herrera has something to say -- but he isn't giving any hints as to what it is. A settlement in a "prominent and longstanding case" will be announced, but "under terms of the agreement, the parties are prohibited from discussing or disclosing it in advance of Thursday morning's scheduled announcement." What is this

  August 13, 2009

• No Smoking: City Attorney Announces Settlement to Shut Mirant Potrero Power Plant 'Irrevocably' By 2010

  Joe EskenaziCity Attorney Dennis Herrera delivers the big news, backed by (from left) PUC head Ed Harrington, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, and former Board of Supes President Aaron Peskin​The answer has been revealed to the "mystery settlement" announced yesterday by City Attorney Dennis Herrera. And as soon as we saw Supervisor Sophie Maxwell and Public Utilities Commission head Ed Harrington in the City Hall elevator, we guessed it -- it's Mirant! Herrera this morning signed off on a settl

  August 13, 2009

• City Attorney Dennis Herrera Ups Ante in S.F.-Minnesota Credit Card Credit-Hogging Dispute

  Don't worry, hypothetical Michigan Tech alum Chris L. Martin! Dennis Herrera has got your back.​When Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson hogged credit last month for attacking a loophole companies use to prevent consumer lawsuits, observers said San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera was getting the short end of the stick. A July 17 settlement between Swanson's office and the National Arbitration Association upended the U.S. credit card industry by making it harder for companies to avo

  August 13, 2009

• Superior Court Mandates Heaven To Immediately Close Its Doors To Sinners

  ​And they thought they could fool everyone with the innocent name. This morning, a Superior Court judge issued an injunction to shut down Heaven, the North Beach strip club that has faced multiple notices of violation, cease and desist orders, and citations for prostitution.Judge Charlotte Walter Woolard granted City Attorney Dennis Herrera's motion to immediately close Heaven Mini Theatre at 1054 Kearny Street, finding that Herrera's motion established "sufficient probability" that the city w

  August 19, 2009

• Prison Legal News Suing San Francisco, Sheriff's Department, and City Attorney Over Unanswered Public Records Request

  So much for the Sunshine Ordinance...​ The public records request was not very complicated. Prison Legal News (PLN), a Seattle-based nonprofit and monthly journal, wanted to review all the litigation filed against the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, including settlements and verdicts. PLN filed the records request with the Sheriff's Department on July 9, 2008, but was made to redirect its efforts to the city attorney's office, which finally produced a spreadsheet of 722 cases fiv

  August 20, 2009

• Oh, Snap: City Attorney Demands Proof of Cocoa Krispies' Immunity-Boosting Claim

  Get a flu shot, kids​Kellogg's just can't get a break. First, one pissed-off cereal consumer realizes that Froot Loops cereal contains no actual fruit and decides to sue for false advertising. Now Kellogg's is dealing with more false advertising claims, this time from San Francisco City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, who just announced that he has written a letter to the CEO of the cereal company demanding evidence that Cocoa Krispies really "helps support your child's immunity" as it purports to d

  October 27, 2009

• Judge Orders Pink Diamonds Strip Club Closed for One Year

  The wild nights are over​San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch ordered today that the Pink Diamonds be closed for one year, a victory for City Attorney Dennis Herrera in his efforts to crack down on the notoriously violent strip club."I am gratified that Judge Busch clearly recognized the significant threat to public safety Pink Diamonds posed," Herrera said in a statement. The judge also imposed fines of at least $690,000 on the club's owners.The strip club at 220 Jones Street has be

  October 28, 2009

• It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

  Happier times. Faster, too.​ Bridge! Bridge! More Bridge! Troubled bridge over water! Didja hear about the bridge? Sigh. Take a news quiz. 1. The city of San Francisco agreed to cough up $250,000 regarding a lawsuit stemming from a 2005 spill in which perhaps 54,000 gallons of what was leaked into the ground, sewers, and Bay?A. SewageB. PesticideC. ChlorineD. Gasoline2. A math professor told SF Weekly that the odds of the letters I F-U-C-K Y-O-U randomly appearing at the start of seven lines i

  October 30, 2009

• Kellogg's Stops Touting Rice Krispies As Medicine

  Now with less bullshit! ​Sorry folks: turns out eating more chocolate cereal may not prevent you from getting the flu. Last week, SF Weekly reported that San Francisco's city attorney Dennis Herrera cracked down on Snap, Crackle, and Pop and sent a letter to Kellogg's CEO David Mackay demanding to see the science behind marketing claims that Cocoa Krispies can "Support Your Child's Immunity," as it reads on the box. Herrera expressed concerns that the company was playing into recent fears abou

  November 4, 2009

• What Other Cereals Can City Attorney Crunch?

  Evidence!​San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is getting plenty of congratulations for thinking outside the cereal box and scaring the cocoa pebbles out of the Kellogg's corporation. Herrera's "show me the science" letter forced the cereal company to cease its advertising line that Cocoa Krispies now boost children's immune systems. It's a great start -- breakfast is the most litigious meal of the day. But the world of cereal is a treacherous one. Luckily, we've found draft copies of se

  November 6, 2009

• It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

  Need someone to help you figure out how many grams are in an ounce? Here's your ace.​Gavin! Timmy! Tyson Beckford! Grizzly Bear! Immunity to cereal! What a week. But were you paying attention? 1. Putting the bizarre cherry atop a surreal sundae, an expert witness gave what rationale for 21-year-old homeless man Kenneth Herron entering the San Francisco Zoo's Grizzly Bear Grotto? A. The defendant believed he was a spiritual cousin of the bears, and wished to free them from their metaphysical bo

  November 6, 2009

• Cocoa Krispies' Bowl of Legal Troubles Runneth Over

  A lawsuit in every box...​Last week we reported how the Kellogg's company was not immune to legal pressure. A sharply worded letter from San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera essentially saying "prove it" induced Kellogg's to cease advertising that their sugar-laden Cocoa Krispies cereal boosts kids' immune systems. Turns out Kellogg's isn't immune to lawsuits, either. A class-action suit filed in Los Angeles goes one step further than Herrera -- asking the cereal company to pay back the

  November 9, 2009

• Kellogg's in More Trouble Over Immunity Claims for Cocoa Krispies

  Definitely no immunity from lawsuits.​Uh-oh. After caving to pressure from S. F. City Attorney Dennis Herrera over claims that Cocoa Krispies is packed with disease-fighting pixie dust, maker Kellogg's faces further trouble. Our sister blog The Snitch reports today that a class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles is demanding the cereal maker reimburse customers who bought the sugary cereal in the expectation that it's boost their kids' immune systems. "On behalf of the lead plaintiff Lak

  November 9, 2009

• City Attorney May Seek Court Ruling on Legality of New Sanctuary Policy

  City Attorney Dennis Herrera indicated today that he might seek a ruling from a federal court assuring the legality of San Francisco's newly minted sanctuary policy, shortly after supervisors voted to override Mayor Gavin Newsom's veto of the law. The new city policy establishes a more permissive approach to undocumented youths who are arrested.Dennis Herrera, man in the middle​In a letter to U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello, posted on the city attorney's Web site, Herrera asks that Russoniell

  November 10, 2009

• Sparks Outlawed? Now You Can Make It at Home

  Back in December 2008, MillerCoors voluntarily removed caffeine, taurine, guarana, and ginseng from energy drink Sparks, due in part to pressure from San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera. Hipsters everywhere lost their collective shit. The overly sweet malt liquor/energy drink hybrid saturated the fabric of many a party flannel. Subtract the caffeine and all you have left is a really gross drink, instead of a really gross drink that makes you stay up really, really late.A match made in hea

  November 16, 2009