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Subject: Noemi Luna

  • 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
  • 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