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Feds Charge Second Recology Executive For Bribery as City Controller Calls to End Their Monopoly

A former Recology VP gets charged for bribing and laundering money to Mohammed Nuru, and the City Controller is calling to just break up the whole Recology arrangement.

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Former Nuru Girlfriend and 'Fix-It Team' Head Sandra Zuniga Pleads Guilty In Federal Corruption Probe

Sandra Zuniga, formerly the head of San Francisco's Office of Neighborhood Services (a.k.a. the Fix-It Team), has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, and will cooperate with federal investigators' ongoing corruption probe.

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Recology Must Reimburse SF Customers $100 Million For Alleged Mohammed Nuru Bribes

SF households will be reimbursed an average of $190 by Recology, amidst charges of bribes to the disgraced former Public Works director that persuaded him to approve rate hikes.

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City Contractor Florence Kong Becomes First to Be Sentenced In Federal Corruption Probe

Florence Kong, who did business with SF's Public Works Dept under former director Mohammed Nuru, today became the first figure to be sentenced in the ranging federal corruption investigation that became public early last year.

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Day Around the Bay: City Administrator Steps Down Amid Corruption Probe

Naomi Kelly is now the fifth city department head in SF City Hall to resign amid a federal probe, a new lawsuit has been filed challenging Prop 22, and Joe Biden is returning a donation from Barbara Boxer because she's lobbying for the Chinese.

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Willie Brown Doesn't Get the Drama With the City Hall Scandal, Feels Bad For Friends Facing Federal Charges

Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who is often credited with wielding influence over city government and development long after his tenure as mayor ended in the early 2000s, has weighed in on the latest corruption scandal at City Hall in a new interview.

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Drug Test Ordered By Judge Following Search of City Official's Home and Suspected Cocaine Discovery

A new and embarrassing twist came in the City Hall scandal chapter involving former SF Public Utilities chief Harlan Kelly as prosecutors say that cocaine was found in the FBI's search of his home.

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City Administrator Naomi Kelly Takes Leave of Absence Amid Scandal, Husband's Indictment

Following Monday's bombshell announcement of charges against SF Public Utilities Commission Director Harlan Kelly, following an FBI raid of his home, we now get word that his wife, City Administrator Naomi Kelly, has voluntarily — or under pressure from the mayor — taken a leave of absence.

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SFPUC Chief Harlan Kelly Charged with Fraud in Expanding City Hall Scandal, Has Home Raided by FBI

Bigger fish are frying in the ever-expanding Mohammed Nuru DPW scandal, as the head of SF’s Public Utilities Commission has his home raided, gets charged with fraud, and possibly faces 20 years in prison.

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Recology Exec Ensnared In Nuru Scandal, Accused By Feds Of Long-Term Bribery Scheme

It looks like federal investigators have snagged a slightly bigger fish in the unfolding SF City Hall corruption scandal that began with the January arrest of former Department of Public Works head Mohammed Nuru, and it's an executive at longtime San Francisco waste management vendor Recology.

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Lefty O'Doul's Files For Bankruptcy Amid Owner's Legal Troubles

Nick Bovis, the local restaurateur named in a federal indictment earlier this year stemming from an FBI probe of corruption in SF City Hall, has now filed for bankruptcy for one of this businesses, longtime hofbrau Lefty O'Doul's.

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Two City Contractors In Nuru Scandal Probe Take Plea Deals

The ongoing federal prosecution of City Hall corruption schemes that, thus far, have all had alleged ties back to former Department of Public Works chief Mohammed Nuru has netted two more guilty pleas this week.

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Pair of Businessmen Who Sought Contract For Asphalt Recycling Plant Charged In SF City Hall Corruption Probe

The number of individuals facing federal charges in the ongoing San Francisco City Hall corruption scandal rose to eight this week, as two local businessmen were charged with bribing former Department of Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru.

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FBI Probing Whether City Hall Power Couple Directed Contracts to the Person Who Sold Them Their House

The widening Mohammed Nuru DPW investigation is now looking into why the City Administrator and SFPUC General Manager directed $8 million in contracts to the woman who sold them their house.

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Ongoing FBI Corruption Probe Hits Three More SF City Departments With Subpoenas

The Planning Department, Department of Public Health, and the City Administrator's Office have all been hit with subpoenas stemming from the sprawling federal investigation into corruption in San Francisco government.

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Sup. Haney’s Bid to Break Up Public Works Likely Headed for November Ballot

A new department would have one job — keeping our haggard sidewalks clean — under Supervisor Matt Haney’s proposal to break up the scandal-plagued Department of Public Works.

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Nuru Doled Out More Than $10 Million in City Contracts With Zero Oversight, Says City Controller

The disgraced former DPW head tossed millions of taxpayer dollars around like candy, and benefited from loopholes with names like “BFF Gift Exemption” and “Donation Shakedown.”

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Feds Charge SF Permit Expediter Walter Wong With Fraud; Wong Takes Plea

The latest update in the broadening City Hall corruption scandal in San Francisco is that federal prosecutors have formally filed fraud and money laundering charges against local contractor and noted permit expediter Walter Wong.

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Feds Charge Three More People Linked to Mohammed Nuru and City Hall Corruption Probe

It's been four months and a pandemic later, but we are still talking about the rampant, some say "low level," corruption that has apparently existed at San Francisco City Hall for decades

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Lefty O'Doul's Owner Named In City Hall Corruption Probe Enters Plea Deal With Feds

Nick Bovis, the local restaurateur who was arrested alongside the former director of Public Works in a federal corruption investigation in January, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges and is cooperating with investigators.

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14 Subpoenas Issued By City Attorney Relating to 555 Fulton Project

The latest update in the ongoing City Hall saga stemming from a federal corruption investigation is that the City Attorney's own investigation has just issued 14 new subpoenas pertaining to the much delayed 555 Fulton project in Hayes Valley.

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‘Girlfriend 1’ Identified in Mohammed Nuru Scandal, And It’s Not London Breed

The Chronicle has managed to identify “Girlfriend 1” in the FBI criminal complaint against Mohammed Nuru, and it’s high-ranking mayor’s office director Sandra Zuniga.

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Mayor London Breed Says Nuru Situation Is 'A Learning Experience'

Days after the mayor revealed her longtime personal relationship with former Public Works director Mohammed Nuru — who resigned last week amid a federal investigation — she's saying that she now is "re-evaluating" all of her personal relationships.

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Invoice Suggests Mayor Had Parade Float Paid For By Local Restaurateur

A new piece of evidence suggests that Mayor London Breed may have received an undisclosed gift from local restaurateur Nick Bovis, the alleged co-conspirator who was indicted by the feds last month along with former Public Works director Mohammed Nuru.

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Mayor Breed Admits Relationship With Nuru, As Well As a $5600 'Gift' From Him

One supervisor is already calling for Mayor Breed to resign after a fairly explosive Medium post in which she divulged a relationship with the embattled former DPW director, and a potentially improper gift from him last year.

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