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Defending Voters’ Will

San Francisco secures over $5 million settlement for Instacart workers

January 12, 2023 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Agreement will benefit over 5,000 Instacart workers

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News

San Francisco secures over $5 million settlement for DoorDash workers

January 11, 2023November 22, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Agreement will benefit nearly 4,500 DoorDash workers and represents the largest settlement in the Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement’s history

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News, Wage Theft

Chiu Statement on CA Supreme Court Victory in Proposition G Case

March 2, 2022November 17, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
“The courts continue to affirm that only a simple majority vote is required when voters place measures on the ballot through the initiative process.”

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News

Herrera statement on appellate court victory in Prop. G case

July 27, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
“From the beginning, this case has been about upholding the will of the voters. “

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News

Herrera statement on final victory in Prop. C childcare and education case

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
“This cements our victory and ensures long-term help for working families. That’s what the voters approved, and it’s needed now more than ever as we work together to get our lives, our economy and our communities back on track.”

Categories Defending Voters' Will, Healthy San Francisco, News

City Attorney Dennis Herrera statement on Prop. C childcare and early education ruling

January 27, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
“This victory is another step toward ensuring that San Francisco families benefit from millions of dollars for childcare and early childhood education.”

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News

Herrera statement on legal victory for Prop. C homeless services ballot measure

September 9, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Herrera secures Prop. C court victory, freeing up funds to house the homeless

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News

San Francisco joins lawsuit to stop President Trump from undermining U.S. Postal Service and November presidential election

August 25, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Disruptions in mail could cause delays to delivery of life-saving medications, tax refunds, and mailed ballots

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News

Statement from City Attorney Herrera on Prop. C ruling

June 30, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
We brought this case to uphold the will of the voters, and we’re pleased the First District Court of Appeal has agreed with us in a unanimous decision.

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News

Herrera investigation reveals building department director misconduct

March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Public corruption probe uncovers that DBI Director Tom Hui abused his office to provide preferential treatment to developer and permit expediter

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News, Public Integrity

Herrera statement on Prop. C rulings

July 5, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney defends the will of San Francisco voters, upholds 2018 ballot measures on funding for childcare and homelessness

Categories Defending Public Funds, Defending Voters' Will, News Tags childcare, early education, homelessness, mental health, preschool

Herrera statement on 2020 census victory

July 2, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
‘The census is supposed to count everyone in the country. Period. It is about facts, not partisanship.’

Categories Defending Public Funds, Defending Voters' Will, Major Case, News, Sanctuary Cities

Herrera statement on CA Supreme Court declining case that sought to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir

October 17, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
The decision is the latest that protects the source of clean water for 2.6 million Bay Area residents and emissions-free hydropower

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News

Statement from City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Sessions’ ‘religious liberty’ memo

December 13, 2017October 6, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
The attorney general’s memo claiming that religious freedom is a license to discriminate is breathtaking in its scope

Categories Defending S.F. Laws, Defending Voters' Will, Marriage Equality, News

Federal judge calls Sanders backers’ arguments ‘hot air’—denies bid for emergency injunction

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Deputy City Attorney Joshua White, pictured earlier this year at the City Attorney's Ethics Training Program, argued for the City and County of San Francisco.
U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup rules from the bench that plaintiffs made ‘absolutely no showing of a violation of federal law’

Categories Defending Public Funds, Defending S.F. Laws, Defending Voters' Will, News

Hearing TODAY on Sanders backers’ bid for injunction in Calif. Primary

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
A U.S. District Court in San Francisco's Phillip Burton Federal Building will hear arguments on June 1 on a preliminary injunction in the California Presidential Primary.
Plaintiffs in lawsuit against San Francisco, Alameda and state elections officials seek sweeping injunctive relief in the nation’s largest Presidential Primary

Categories Defending Public Funds, Defending S.F. Laws, Defending Voters' Will, News

Hearing set in Bernie Sanders backers’ injunction bid for Calif. Primary: June 1, at 11:00 a.m.

May 27, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who is defending San Francisco in the litigation, said: “This politically-motivated lawsuit is without merit, and there is no basis for an emergency injunction.”
Plaintiffs seek a sweeping federal injunction in the nation’s largest Presidential Primary contest—including statewide TV and radio ads, new poll worker requirements

Categories Defending Public Funds, Defending S.F. Laws, Defending Voters' Will, News

Sanders backers will seek emergency injunction from federal court on Friday in Calif. Primary

May 27, 2016May 26, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
“San Francisco’s Department of Elections and its employees have been doing an exemplary job,” Herrera said. “I’m equally confident that our co-defendants are also meeting or exceeding their legal duties.”
Defending San Francisco, Herrera calls it unfortunate that plaintiffs would ‘inject confusion and uncertainty into an election that has been underway for weeks’

Categories Defending Public Funds, Defending S.F. Laws, Defending Voters' Will, News

Federal suit by Sanders backers an improper ‘political stunt,’ San Francisco City Attorney says

May 24, 2016May 24, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera blasted the lawsuit by backers of Sen. Bernie Sanders, saying: “Every violation alleged in this federal lawsuit—literally every single one of them—is factually inaccurate.”
Rife with factual inaccuracies, complaint seeks relief like ‘re-votes’ and deadline extensions that ‘would wreak havoc’ on California’s June 7 Presidential Primary

Categories Defending Public Funds, Defending S.F. Laws, Defending Voters' Will, News

You’re welcome, S.F. water users!

April 28, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Court grants City Attorney Herrera’s motion to dismiss bid by ‘Restore Hetch Hetchy’ to drain century-old reservoir, which provides water to more than 2.6 million residents

Categories Defending Voters' Will, Environment, News
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