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SF City Attorney Sues the Websites That Are Cranking Out AI Deepfake Pornography

The first government lawsuit against websites and apps creating deepfake AI nude images of people is coming from right here in San Francisco, as City Attorney David Chiu is suing the top 16 purveyors of fake nude images created without the subjects' consent.

San Francisco Argues In Supreme Court Lawsuit That It Isn't Discharging That Much Untreated Waste Into Ocean

San Francisco city leaders may, yet again, be looking to the conservative-majority Supreme Court to do their bidding, in this case pushing back on the Environmental Protection Agency when it comes to wastewater and storm discharge into the Pacific Ocean.

Shady COVID Testing Outfit Offering $5 Cash Payments Chased From SF, City Attorney Says They Fueled Drug Trade

The lime-green tents offering the novelty of $5 cash to take a COVID-19 test have agreed to leave town after taking heat from City Attorney David Chiu, who claims the tents were fueling the local drug trade.

SF City Attorney Files Motion to Halt Roll-Out of More Self-Driving Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis

City Attorney David Chiu is ramping up the pushback against Waymo and Cruise self-driving robotaxis in SF, filing a motion with the state to reverse their approval of unlimited robotaxis on San Francisco streets.

City Attorney Sues Company Behind Workplace Posters That He Says Falsely Impersonate the Government

SF City Attorney David Chiu has brought a lawsuit against a company he says is “impersonating government actors” and forcing small businesses to buy bogus workplace compliance posters and threatening $37,000 fines if they don't.

It's Official: David Chiu Is SF's New City Attorney

As has been widely expected for months, SF Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday that Assemblymember and former SF Supervisor David Chiu is her pick to be the next city attorney.

Disgraced Ex-Building Inspector Allegedly Approved Shady, Ridiculously Unsafe Permits All Over San Francisco

A San Francisco building inspector resigned last week over fishy permits he granted at two properties and an inappropriate loan from a developer, but now the dam is bursting with a school of his fishy permits that span all across the city.

SF Mayor London Breed Names City Attorney Dennis Herrera to Lead Public Utilities Commission

After a scandal-plagued year at City Hall, San Francisco Mayor London Breed is going with a familiar name and face for her nomination for the next general manager of the SF Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC): City Attorney Dennis Herrera.

Second Underground Nightclub Shut Down Since April in Bayview-Hunters Point

Despite the pandemic’s tightening grip on society, one that's squeezed-out a record-setting jump in national COVID-19 cases this week, people are still enjoying nightlife revelries — illegally. And SF officials this week shut down yet another unlawful nightclub, the second since April.

City Attorney Fines Local House-Flipper $1.2 Million For Unpermitted Construction

A local developer whom the City Attorney's office accused of being "unscrupulous" is having to cough up a $1.2 million fine for forging ahead with major construction at seven residential properties around the city without the proper permits.

Troubled Haight McDonald's Site Of Afternoon Shooting

A Haight Street fast-food restaurant that narrowly avoided a lawsuit regarding drug sales on its premises was the site of a shooting Thursday afternoon, raising questions over management's promises that illegal activity would

SF Might Start Taxing Landlords Who Keep Apartments Vacant

It's a comment news orgs get on nearly every story about San Francisco's rent control laws — something like,"I'm a property owner, but I refuse to rent out my vacant apartment(s) because

To Shut Down Alleged FiDi Brothel, City Attorney Uses Red Light Abatement Law For 'First Time In Recent History'

California's Red Light Abatement Law, a classic early 1900s vice law, has been used as recently as 2015 to shut down illegal gambling dens, but it's been a long time since the City

Civil Claim Filed Against Both The City And Transbay Terminal Developer In Millennium Tower Morass

Another week, another legal filing regarding the Leaning Tower of San Francisco, a.k.a. Millennium Tower which has also sunk into the ground a reportedly unexpected sixteen inches since it was completed

City Attorney Files Civil Suit Against Millennium Tower Developer

The City Attorney's office is suing Millennium Partners, the developer of the Millennium Tower, alleging that they neglected to disclose to buyers their knowledge of the building's excessive settling — the tower now tilts

Families Of Boys Struck By Alleged Drunk Driving Debutante Sue Driver, San Francisco

Readers eager for an update (yes, we've gotten your tweets, Facebook messages, and emails) on the case of Kirsten Andereck, the allegedly drunk Seacliff resident who witnesses say slammed into two kids as

City Attorney: HUD Was Wrong To Reject SF Anti-Gentrification Plan

City Attorney Dennis Herrera is laying into federal housing officials who rejected a San Francisco policy this month, the Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan, that would have set aside 40 percent of all

Tech Company Defaces Public Property In Advertising Blitz

@WhistleLabs https://t.co/inzuwhSnZA Please refrain from putting illegal posts on public property. pic.twitter.com/PwQ87uEuOc. ^JM— SF311 (@SF311) July 24, 2016 Defacing San Francisco public property to promote your latest

Like Airbnb Before It, City Is Coming After Short-Term Rental Site HomeAway

The city of San Francisco will be going to court to make sure that homeowners renting units on HomeAway, a short-term rental listing company that also owns Airbnb competitor VRBO, are paying their

$2.25 Million Settlement Expected For Woman Injured During Early-Morning Fall From Palace Of Fine Arts Structure

#SF could pay $2.25M to woman injured at Palace of Fine Arts https://t.co/yllJUZ1BVb pic.twitter.com/KMFdL3swoE— SF Examiner (@sfexaminer) March 22, 2016 San Francisco's City Attorney has recommended

City Attorney Threatens To Sue Record Label Over Bieber Graffiti

Hey, Biebs, looks like it is too late to say sorry. In a letter addressed to both Def Jam Records and Universal Music Group, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera today demanded the

City Attorney Now Suing Evil Landlord Who's Been Forcing Out Rent-Controlled Tenants

A real estate investor who for the last two years has been hellbent on kicking out tenants paying below-market rents in order to re-rent units for more money is now facing a lawsuit

$3.75 Million Dollar Settlement In The Works For Local Musician Mowed Down By Street Sweeper

Local musician Jay Korber was dragged about 41 feet by the San Francisco street sweeper that struck his as he rode his bike in December, 2012. A year and a half later, the

It's Municipal Election Day (Yawn)! Go Vote (Or Don't)!

We should all be doing our civic duty today and voting in the city's municipal election, but we're going to wager that a lot of you either didn't know it was happening because

San Francisco Sues Nevada For Being A Horrible Neighbor

After news broke earlier this year that a psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas was loading mental patients on Greyhound buses and shipping them out of the state to San Francisco and L.A.