By Dennis Herrera
[Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, January 3, 2005]
When Ronald Reagan used his 1983 State of the Union Address to foreshadow a sweeping proposal to devolve vast powers from the federal government back to states and localities, he described his New Federalism initiative as an effort “to restore to states and local governments their roles as dynamic laboratories of change in a creative society.”
[Originally published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal and San Francisco Daily Journal, November 22, 2004]
FOR THE 48 percent of American voters justifiably concerned about Bush administration claims to an electoral “mandate” as a result of the Nov. 2 election, last week presented still another example of political arrogance, this one far more troubling.
Blowing the Whistle on E-RATE Fraud (PDF) Prepared Testimony for City Attorney Dennis Herrera, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington D.C. 20515 (July 22, 2004)
Settlement Sends Strong Message to Local Animal Care Agencies Nationwide of ‘Forceful, Activist Role to Play’ to Prevent Neglect, Mistreatment by Pet Retailers
Sunshine Training Introduction (PDF) Prepared Remarks of City Attorney Dennis Herrera, City Attorney’s Annual Sunshine Training, Herbst Theater, San Francisco (May 3, 2004)
Ninth District Court of Appeals Bars Plaintiffs from Re-litigating Failed Claim That S.F. Hotel Conversion Ordinance Amounts to Unconstitutional ‘Taking’
Together, We Really Can (PDF) Prepared Remarks of City Attorney Dennis Herrera at the SFSOS Luncheon, GAP Headquarters, Ground Floor, 2 Folsom Street, San Francisco (April 15, 2004)