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News Releases 2007

12/28/07 In Response to a Federal Court Ruling, City Attorney Proposes Ordinance That Will Adopt Stronger City-Wide Water Conservation Measures (PDF: 172K)
12/27/07 Judge's Ruling Could Reduce San Diego Water Supply by 30 Percent (PDF: 754K)
12/21/07 Controversial Pension Benefit Terminated by IRS; Federal Agency’s Action Corroborates City Attorney’s Position (PDF: 160K)
12/19/07 Union-Tribune Newspaper Uses Smear Tactics Against State-Wide Recognized Certified Accountant to Bolster Hit Piece Against City Attorney (PDF: 166K)
12/11/07 SEC Settles Civil Fraud Action Against City's Former Outside Auditor-Federal Action Follows City Attorney's Resolution of Lawsuit Against Same Firm (PDF: 166K)
12/07/07 U-T Again Gets It Wrong—Aguirre Corrects Inaccuracies on Excess Pension Payments Story (PDF: 171K)
12/03/07 Pension Overpayments in Violations of IRS Code Not Reflected in City’s Certified 2005 Financial Statements; City Attorney Urges Correction to Comply with Federal Securities Disclosure Laws (PDF: 166K)
11/29/07 News Media and Public Advised to Take Note of Union-Tribune Retraction to Aguirre Editorial (PDF: 166K)
11/27/07 Former Fire Chief’s Testimony at Today’s Senate Hearing Backs City Attorney’s Preliminary Findings on San Diego’s 2007 Wildfires (PDF: 169K)
11/20/07 Response from State Attorney General Only Now Sees the Light of Day (PDF: 164K)
11/20/07 City Attorney News Briefing: Retirement Board Decision to Burden Taxpayers with $146 Million Pension Bill Must be Reversed and City Attorney Releases Names of Retired City Executives Who Are Receiving Lavish Pension Benefits in Violation of IRS Regulations (PDF: 176K)
11/17/07 Where's the Outrage? Retirement Board Sticks it to San Diego Taxpayers to the Tune of $146 Million (PDF: 36K)
11/16/07 City Wins Two Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuits Filed by Developer De La Fuente (PDF: 24K)
11/15/07 City Attorney Challenges KPBS to Embrace Public Accountability; Withdraws Public Records Request (PDF: 161K)
11/14/07 City Attorney Releases Interim Report No.22—Pension Plans Violate IRS Regulations (PDF: 171K)
11/13/07 102 City Retirees Received $8 Million In "Excess" Pension Benefits, Some Earning More Than $500 Thousand (PDF: 32K)
11/09/07 Federal Court Ruling Substantially Limits Overtime Pay Claims of San Diego Police Officers (PDF: 161K)
11/08/07 Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against The City of San Diego in Mount Soledad Cross Case (PDF: 28K)
11/05/07 City Attorney Releases Report On San Diego Fires 2007 Preliminary Findings (PDF: 24K)
10/30/07 Allegations Of Rent Gouging By Landlords In Wake Of Fire Disaster Victims Urged To Contact The City Attorney’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Unit (PDF: 24K)
10/19/07 Questions Raised About Why Mayor Sanders & Council President Peters Are Not Going After $146 Million In Pension Overcharges (PDF: 26K)
10/18/07 City Attorney Expects To Face Hostile Union Audience At Pension Board Meeting Over His Support To Reduce A Lucrative Pension Benefit That Is Burdening Taxpayers (PDF: 33K)
10/15/07 City Attorney News Briefs: Pension Debt Charts & Donation To Multiple Sclerosis Society (PDF: 28K)
10/10/07 City Attorney Sets Record Straight Over His Role in Responding to the Mt. Soledad Incident, Asks Mayor’s Office To Stop Politicizing the Tragedy (PDF: 188K)
10/03/07 Community Forum Regarding Hillside Collapse on Soledad Mountain Road (PDF: 157K)
10/01/07 City Attorney Community Forum: Solutions For a Water Independent San Diego, It’s Everybody’s Concern (PDF: 167K)
09/27/07 City Attorney Questions Mayor's Motives For Requesting A Court To Determine Cut-Off Date Of Costly Pension Benefits (PDF: 163K)
09/25/07 Federal Court Of Appeals Rules That Arrested Foreign Nationals May Not Sue Over Lack Of Notice On Right To Contact Consulate (PDF: 163K)
09/24/07 Mayor Asks City Attorney For Options To Rein In Multi-Million Dollar Retirement Benefit, Costly Purchase Of Service Program Was Supposed To Be Cost-Neutral To The City (PDF: 184K)
09/21/07 Wrongful Termination Dismissed Against City Attorney (PDF: 159K)
09/21/07 City of San Diego Submits Resolution Formally Joining Efforts in Support of Equal Marriage Rights (PDF: 172K)
09/21/07 City Attorney Urges City Council to Declare a Water Shortage Emergency (PDF: 164K)
09/20/07 U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission Takes Action Against Pension Consulting Firm Based On Same Evidence Revealed In Court Documents Filed By The City Attorneys Office (PDF: 169K)
09/18/07 City Attorney Reasserts his Decision to Pursue False Claims Civil Litigation Against Law Firm that Charged City Nearly $1O Million without Detailed Bills (PDF: 32K)
09/17/07 City Attorney Urges Mayor to Implement Action Plan to Conserve Water and Calls on City Council to Adopt City’s Water Reuse Study (PDF: 33K)
09/14/07 John Zawatski aka Vinny J. Johnson: Sixteen Counts of Theft and Fraud Charges Filed on Behalf of Several Victims (PDF: 62K)
09/14/07 In Response to Citizen Concerns, City Attorney Posts Public Records Received from KPBS Regarding Programming and Funding (PDF: 174K)
09/14/07 City Attorney Urges San Diegans to Engage in Public Debate Over How to Gain Water Independence (PDF: 196K)
09/07/07 Report Solidifies Practical Arguments for Preserving the Role of the City Attorney as an Independent Elected Official (PDF: 30K)
09/06/07 Assault Charges Filed Against Three Defendants in Connection with Labor Day Brawl (PDF: 29K)
09/04/07 City Attorney News Briefing: Alcohol Consumption at Beaches; Future Water Shortages in Southern California; Interim Report #18, Adverse Domination of the Government of the City of San Diego (PDF: 33K)
08/27/07 Victory for City and Taxpayers, Court Orders Police Officers’ Association to Pay Lawsuit Defense Costs Incurred by City (PDF: 20K)
08/16/07 Unauthorized E-mail by City’s Municipal Employees Union Urges Effort to Thwart City’s Pension Lawsuit (PDF: 21K)
08/16/07 City Attorney Community Forum: Solutions for a Sustainable San Diego (PDF: 29K)
08/14/07 California Supreme Court asked to Review or Depublish Lower Court Decision used to Dismiss City’s Pension Case (PDF: 24K)
08/14/07 Oil Pipeline Companies Sued for continuing to pollute land near Qualcomm Stadium (PDF: 23K)
08/14/07 City Attorney Michael Aguirre will brief the News Media on Five Important City Matters (PDF: 22K)
08/13/07 City Attorney Sends Letter to Mayor Regarding "Lobbying Efforts" by one of his Chief Deputies on Sunroad Matters (PDF: 21K)
08/09/07 Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Law Firm that Billed the City Nearly $10 Million without Providing Detailed Bills (PDF: 21K)
08/07/07 City Attorney to Inspect Illegal Signs Designated for Valet Parking in Balboa Park (PDF: 21K)
08/06/07 San Diego City Taxpayers on the Hook for Paying Unfunded Pension Benefits (PDF: 33K)
08/03/07 City Attorney Aguirre Issues Statement After Court Ruling in Pension Case (PDF: 22K)
08/03/07 Challenge to Arbitrator's Award of Attorney's Fees in City Pension Class Action Case Dropped (PDF: 29K)
08/01/07 The Role of the Elected City Attorney as the Independent Representative of the People, a Discussion with the San Diego Legal Community (PDF: 29K)
07/30/07 City Attorney News Briefing: Illegal Parking Signs in Balboa Park, SEC letter to City, Orange County Pension Case, and Media Dialogue with the City Attorney (PDF: 21K)
07/25/07 Civil Complaint Filed Against Real Estate Broker (PDF: 20K)
07/23/07 City Council May Not Limit the City Attorney's Statutory and Charter Authority to File Legal Cases (PDF: 21K)
07/17/07 San Diego Community College District Urged to Retain a Forensic Auditor to Review All Downtown Land Purchases (PDF: 23K)
07/09/07 City Attorney Proposes Settlement to End Pension Litigation (PDF: 25K)
07/09/07 Proposed Rooming House Ordinance (PDF: 20K)
06/29/07 City Attorney's Office Makes Budget Adjustments in Response to City Council Vote to Cut (PDF: 24K)
06/27/07 Warning Letter Sent to Sunroad if Promise to Reduce Building Height is Not Kept (PDF: 24K)
06/27/07 Federal Court Terminates Police Officers' Association Lawsuit against City (PDF: 21K)
06/26/07 Voters Should Decide if Mandatory Recycling Goes Forward (PDF: 21K)
06/25/07 Aguirre to Sunroad: If You Don't Act, the City Will (PDF: 23K)
06/21/07 Mayor Heeds City Attorney Advice over Sunroad Centrum I Building Height Reduction (PDF: 24K)
06/20/07 Council Member Hueso Misrepresents Facts about Knowing Impacts of Council's Decision to Cut City Attorney's Budget (PDF: 21K)
06/19/07 Pilot Associations Join City Attorney in Calling for Mayor to Sign Stop Work and use Order to Halt Construction of the Sunroad Enterprises Centrum I Building (PDF: 23K)
06/15/07 City Attorney Calls for a Complete Halt to Construction at Sunroad Centrum Building (PDF: 28K)
06/12/07 Documents Obtained by City Attorney Reveal Mayor Misled Public About Loaned Executive's Role in Assisting Sunroad Enterprises Evade Federal Air Navigation Safety Regulations (PDF: 38K)
06/07/07 Airport-City Agreement in Violation of City Charter (PDF: 20K)
06/01/07 Court Rules City of San Diego is the Rightful Property Owner of Barrio Logan "Mercado" Project (PDF: 21K)
05/31/07 City Attorney Michael Aguirre to be inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon Hall of Fame (PDF: 20K)
05/31/07 Three Local Night Clubs Prosecuted for Overcrowding Ordered by Court to Donate $10,500 to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation (PDF: 26K)
05/29/07 Governor Schwarzenegger Responds to City Attorney on Sunroad Centrum I Building (PDF: 21K)
05/23/07 City Attorney Urges City Council to Fund Office Budget (PDF: 32K)
05/18/07 City Attorney Urges Mayor to Keep Budget Promise (PDF: 24K)
05/18/07 Federal Court Grants Judgement for Aguirre and City Officials in Police Officers' Association Pension Lawsuit (PDF: 28K)
05/17/07 City Attorney's Proposed Charter Changes Headed to The City Council's Rules Committee (PDF: 30K)
05/17/07 City Attorney Urges California Governor to Join The City's Civil Lawsuit Against Sunroad (PDF: 37K)
05/16/07 U.S. District Court Dismisses Police Claims of Labor Misconduct Against the City (PDF: 124K)
05/15/07 United States Supreme Court Denies De La Fuente Petition; City Not Liable for $150 Million Pay Out (PDF: 21K)
05/09/07 Joint Mini-Dorm Community Forum (PDF: 29K)
05/08/07 Statement by City Attorney Michael Aguirre Appeals Recusal Decision (PDF: 20K)
04/25/07 City Attorney's Investigative Report on Abusive Billing Practices Highlights Need for Charter Reform to Protect the City and Taxpayers (PDF: 32K)
04/19/07 City Attorney to meet with El Cerrito Community Over Protest of Mini-Dorm Projects (PDF: 22K)
04/13/07 Longs Drugs to Pay $1 Million to Settle Allegations it Overcharged Customers in California (PDF: 46K)
04/12/07 City Attorney Responds to City Council President's Action to Suppress Public's Right to Know About Pension Issues (PDF: 20K)
04/11/07 City Attorney Announces Major Development in Mini-Dorm Controversy (PDF: 20K)
04/11/07 San Diego-The Go-To City for Clean Technology, Protecting our Environment (PDF: 29K)
04/11/07 Feeling the Heat, Keep It Cool City Attorney Joins Kearny High Students for Unveiling of Global Warming Awareness Campaign (PDF: 23K)
04/09/07 Judge says no to $25 Million in Attorney Fees and Orders $1 Dollar to be paid by City (PDF: 22K)
04/06/07 Nine Count Criminal Complaint Filed Against Sunroad Executive for Lobbying Violations (PDF: 23K)
04/05/07 Proposal for Mandatory Recycling Throughout the City, Including Condo and Apartment Complexes and Businesses (PDF: 21K)
04/04/07 City Attorney Opines La Jolla Community Planning Association Election is Valid (PDF: 20K)
04/02/07 Protecting the Public Interest Editorial Published in Union-Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 2007 (PDF: 27K)
03/26/07 Charges Filed Against a Member of the Minuteman Project, a Vigilance Operation (PDF: 21K)
03/14/07 Statement by City Attorney Michael Aguirre Response to Little Italy Association (PDF: 20K)
03/13/07 City Attorney to Petition for Review of Pension Case by State Supreme Court (PDF: 21K)
03/12/07 City Taxpayers Pay Millions of Dollars to Subsidize Professional Football in San Diego (PDF: 31K)
03/07/07 City Attorney will be the Principal-For-A-Day at Point Loma High School (PDF: 21K)
03/06/07 Statement by City Attorney Michael Aguirre Response to McMillin (PDF: 20K)
03/05/07 McMillin Inflated Development Costs for NTC-Liberty Station Project Under Scrutiny (PDF: 25K)
02/27/07 City Attorney Investigative Report Confirms Inappropriate Use of State Park Grants to Fund Mid–City Community Street (PDF: 32K)
02/21/07 Another Court Victory for Voters on Donation of Mt. Soledad Veterans War Memorial to Federal Government (PDF: 24K)
02/20/07 Certain City Consultants and Outside Counsel Must Disclose Their Financial Interests (PDF: 42K)
02/12/07 City Attorney Responds to Sunroad Lawsuit, Claims it Attempts to Shift the Blame to the City (PDF: 22K)
02/09/07 California Supreme Court Limits Ability of Public Officials to Defend Themselves Against Conflict-of-Interest Charges (PDF: 22K)
02/07/07 Bathhouse Operators Must Shut Down After Sexual Encounters are Documented (PDF: 21K)
02/06/07 City Attorney Urges Elimination of Drop Retirement Program (PDF: 24K)
01/25/07 City Attorney Asks Appeals Court to Reverse Lower Courts Decision Keeping Majority of Pension Debt (PDF: 22K)
01/24/07 Property Owners Ordered to Pay Restitution for Vacant Residential Structures That Were Used as Hang-Outs for Transients and Drug Users (PDF: 28K)
01/23/07 City Attorney Refers Sunroad Construction Case to the U.S. Attorneys Office (PDF: 23K)
01/22/07 Caltrans Criticizes the City for Allowing Developer to Continue Illegal Construction Near Montgomery Field (PDF: 23K)
01/22/07 Aguirre Calls for Labor Negotiations to be held in Public and Televised (PDF: 20K)
01/12/07 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Throws Out Lower Courts Order Requiring City to Remove Mt. Soledad Cross or Pay Fines (PDF: 21K)
01/11/07 San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre Statement on Mayor’s State of the City Address (PDF: 12K)
01/09/07 Domestic Violence Charge Dropped Against Former San Diego Chargers Player (PDF: 20K)
01/08/07 Oral Argument Scheduled For City Attorney's Challenge to Court's Decision in City Pension Case (PDF: 21K)
01/07/07 City Attorney Issues Interim Report #13, Citing Crucial Need to Adjust Water and Sewer Rates (PDF: 22K)
01/04/07 Statement by City Attorney Michael Aguirre Commitments to Taxpayers for the New Year (PDF: 23K)
01/04/07 Pension Credits Purchased in Lieu of Actual Work Performed Has Created $110 Million Deficit; City Attorney Proposes Immediate Changes (PDF: 22K)
01/03/07 De La Fuente Strikes Out With California Supreme Court; City Not on Hook for $150 Million Pay Out (PDF: 127K)


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