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San Francisco has long been at the forefront of legal efforts to protect consumers, defend the integrity of our public institutions and advance civil rights for every American. I'm proud to continue that tradition as City Attorney, and my office remains committed to providing our City with the highest caliber legal representation. It is my pleasure to offer this Web site as a means to make my office more open and accessible to the people it serves. Thanks for visiting.
Sincerely,
DENNIS J. HERRERA
City Attorney of San Francisco
The nation's dominant provider of radio audience metrics has agreed to settle a consumer protection lawsuit jointly pursued by the State of California and the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco over a listenership measurement scheme said to discriminate against radio stations with predominantly African American and Hispanic audiences. California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen A. Trutanich and San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera alleged that Arbitron Inc.'s implementation of "Portable People Meters" to measure radio station listenership in California beginning in 2008 violated the state's Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law and Unruh Civil Rights Act by dramatically undercounting minority audiences, causing sharp declines in advertising rates and revenue for many broadcasters.
Said Herrera: "Assuring the integrity of broadcast rating methodologies is essential to protect media outlets that serve California's diverse communities. These measures set all-important ad rates and revenue, and largely determine the success or failure of media outlets in a competitive industry. I'm grateful for the hard work and expertise of my co-counsel in this case, Attorney General Kamala Harris and L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich. I am also appreciative of Arbitron and its legal team for their cooperative approach and willingness to negotiate with us in good faith."
MAJOR CASE
Because of widespread public interest in in official misconduct charges brought by Mayor Ed Lee against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, the City Attorney's Office has created this page to aggregate available public records involving the case.
MAJOR CASE
City Attorney Herrera and La Raza are seeking to recover $3 million in wage theft case against Tower Car Wash, which foced workers to endure hours of unpaid waiting during scheduled shifts -- losing wages and overtime pay
LEGAL MEMO
Redistricting and its effect on term limits
With the redistricting process underway, a new City Attorney memorandum addresses questions raised about the potential impact of redistricting on current members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
GANGS
The City Attorney's Office worked with the ACLU and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights to establish a free administrative process by which individuals named in civil gang injunctions may petition to "opt out."
INTERNSHIP
Students currently enrolled in accredited law schools are eligible to participate in the City Attorney's intern program. Learn more here.