High Court Will Hear Second Case Involving Controversial Law ‘That More Fully Implicates the Important Issues Underpinning a Woman’s Right to Reproductive Choice’
City Attorney Convinced That Issues Involved in City Voters’ Response to Gun Violence ‘Are Serious, and They Deserve a Full Hearing by the Court of Appeal’
Regional Water Quality Board Approves Modified Permit to Hasten End to Mirant’s Polluting Cooling System City Officials & Community Leaders Call Decision Requiring End to Destructive Cooling Process by 2008 as “Major Step in the Right Direction”
[Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, May 10, 2006]
The Regional Water Quality Control Board is scheduled to vote today on whether to accept the recommendation of its staff and approve a permit that would allow Mirant Corp. to continue operating its Potrero power plant in San Francisco out of compliance with environmental standards until June 30, 2011. The board should reject the permit.
Success of Herrera’s Pre-Trial Motion That Plaintiffs Were Ineligible for Refunds of Criminal Penalties Through Civil Lawsuits Seals Cases’ Fate for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
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