Environment – City Attorney of San Francisco

City Attorney Chiu statement on harmful SCOTUS climate change ruling

January 9, 2024June 30, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

City Attorney David Chiu

Decision is a major blow to U.S. efforts to curb climate change, as reports warn immediate action is necessary to stave off disastrous impacts

City secures settlement requiring PG&E to pay up to $190 million to clean up and reconstruct the Marina Harbor

January 15, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

Agreement will resolve decades-long dispute over environmental cleanup

Herrera statement on Freedom of Information Act request sent to the EPA

October 3, 2019October 2, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

City Attorney’s response to EPA’s claims about San Francisco’s Clean Water Act compliance

California cities and counties announce groundbreaking $305 million settlement of landmark lead paint litigation

July 17, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

San Francisco will get about $21 million to protect children and families from lead paint hazards

Herrera’s Climate Action Report highlights PG&E fight, City-owned renewable power

May 10, 2016May 10, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

City Attorney Dennis Herrera, with his wife Anne Herrera, at his swearing-in event on Jan. 8, 2016. The City Attorney vows to continue making the fight against global climate change a priority.

City Attorney’s Office’s ‘national environmental leadership’ against global warming includes protecting Hetch Hetchy, supporting Obama EPA’s power plant regulations

Moot Google suit booted

May 3, 2016April 28, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

Dismissing legal challenge to SFMTA’s pilot bus shuttle program as moot, S.F. Superior Court judge observes that plaintiffs would have failed anyway

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

Earth Day highlights stakes, solutions

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

City Attorney Dennis Herrera said, “Earth Day should remind us of the moral responsibilities we owe to generations to come, and the stakes couldn’t be higher than for coastal cities like San Francisco.”

Amicus brief Herrera co-authored to support President Obama’s Clean Power Plan cites key examples of San Francisco’s ‘exemplary environmental stewardship’