News Releases 2008

| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |

11/13/08	City Attorney Gets Big Win for Taxpayers; Court Finds Pension Board Acted Illegally (PDF: 166K)
11/13/08	City's Landmark Pension Case Headed Back to Trial Court: Appellate Court Dismisses Appeal Finding it Premature (PDF: 167K)
10/31/08	Aguirre Supports Utility Commission's Rejection of Sunrise Powerlink Through Desert (PDF: 160K)
10/27/08	E-Mail Reveals Greater Pension Loss Than Previously Reported by City Officials; City's Outside Bond Counsel Urges Disclosure (PDF: 164K) • Watch Video of News Conference
10/24/08	San Diego Mayor Must Level With City Taxpayers on Full Scope of Pension Fund Losses (PDF: 160K)
10/22/08	Temporary Federal Court Order Prevents Removal of Seals (PDF: 158K)
10/17/08	City Attorney's Office Files False Claims Lawsuit Against Fire Debris Haulers (PDF: 156K)
10/15/08	Feds Target Pension Scammers; New Charges Validate City Attorney's Pension Case to Undo Illegal Benefits (PDF: 156K)
10/14/08	Federal Court Panel Orders All Lawsuits Filed Against Countrywide Financial to be Heard in San Diego (PDF: 160K)
10/14/08	Touchdown! City Scores $1.625 Million from Insurer; City Attorney Settles Case Involving Revenue Losses from 2003 Chargers Game (PDF: 167K)
10/10/08	Aguirre Calls For Updated Pension Accounting; Market Crash Suspected To Worsen Local Pension Crisis (PDF: 160K)
10/10/08	City Attorney Stresses Urgency For Bank Of America To Communicate With Countrywide Borrowers Facing Foreclosures (PDF: 164K)
10/10/08	City Attorney Wins Freedom of Speech Lawsuit Filed by Four Firefighters (PDF: 166K)
10/10/08	City Attorney Files Consumer Fraud Lawsuit Against Washington Mutual; Seeks Court Action to Stop Lender Foreclosures (PDF: 162K)
10/07/08	City Attorney Settles With AIG Insurance Company in De La Fuente Case; City to Receive $5.5 Million and Future Defense Costs (PDF: 169K) • Watch Video of News Conference
10/06/08	Countrywide Settlement • Watch Video of News Conference
09/24/08	Aguirre Says Financial Bailout By Feds Should Include Foreclosure Moratorium (PDF: 158K)
09/22/08	Aguirre Says Senator Kehoe Justified In Requesting State Investigation into Legality of Grantville Redevelopment Fund Transfers (PDF: 157K)
09/16/08	Wall Street Woes Worsen San Diego City's Pension Crisis (PDF: 164K)
09/12/08	Four U.S. Senators Join Foreclosure Freeze Movement; Similar Local Appeal Made By City Attorney Aguirre (PDF: 162K)
09/12/08	City Awarded More Than $4.3 Million In Attorney Fees Against South Bay Developer Roque De La Fuente (PDF: 168K) • Watch Video of News Conference
09/04/08	Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by 1,500 San Diego Police Officers Over Employment Benefits (PDF: 162K)
09/02/08	City Attorney Dismisses Civil Damages Claim Against Police Canine Officer Whose Dog Died Of Heat Stroke (PDF: 158K)
08/25/08	City Attorney Advises CCDC On Correcting Conflict-Of-Interest Violations (PDF: 157K)
08/21/08	Federal Court Dismisses Overtime Claims of More Than 700 San Diego Police Officers (PDF: 156K)
08/12/08	U.S. Court of Appeal Rules in City's Favor; Allows Case to Proceed Against Petroleum Pipeline Company that Contaminated Property and Damaged Water Supply near Qualcomm Stadium (PDF: 156K)
08/08/08	City Attorney Files Civil Damages Claim Against Handler of Police Dog Who Died of Heat Stroke (PDF: 163K)
08/05/08	City Attorney Instructs Mayor of Legal Duty To Proceed With Water Recycling Pilot Project (PDF: 163K)
08/05/08	Homeowners Facing Foreclosures Can Access New City Attorney Info Line And Web Page (PDF: 156K)
08/04/08	City Attorney To Deny Settlement Award To Police Canine Officer Whose Dog Died Under His Care (PDF: 156K)
08/01/08	City Attorney Seeks Federal Approval to Continue Public Shuttle to San Diego Chargers' Games (PDF: 169K)
07/31/08	City Attorney Calls on Bank of America to Implement a Voluntary Foreclosure Moratorium on San Diego Sub-Prime Mortgages (PDF: 169K)
07/30/08	City's Landmark Pension Case Ready for Appellate Court Review (PDF: 164K)
07/29/08	City Attorney Hires New Deputy To Handle San Diego Gas & Electric Fire Litigation (PDF: 162K)
07/29/08	Law Firm To Pay $2.875 Million To Settle Lawsuit; To Date More Than $9 Million Recovered By San Diego City Attorney's Office (PDF: 164K)
07/28/08	City Attorney Urges City Council Adopt Mandatory Water Conservation Program (PDF: 164K)
07/23/08	City Attorney Files Lawsuit Against Countrywide; Aguirre Alleges Consumer Lending Fraud And Seeks Court Action To Stop Lender Foreclosures (PDF: 161K) • Watch Video of News Conference
07/17/08	Al Gore Joins Growing Consensus on Renewable Energy, Aguirre Says SDG&E Must Move Faster (PDF: 172K)
07/14/08	City Attorney's Office Prevails In Living Wage Lawsuit; Contractor To Pay $45,500 In Back Wages To Employees (PDF: 158K)
07/11/08	City Attorney Delivers $2 Million Check To Mayor's Office (PDF: 152K)
07/10/08	Aguirre Congratulates SDG&E on Solar Announcement But Urges More Needs to be Done (PDF: 164K)
07/10/08	SDG&E Urged to Use New Technology and Better Brush Management to Prevent Fires (PDF: 162K)
07/08/08	City Attorney Set to File Litigation against SDG&E if it Fails to Comply with State's Renewable Energy Law (PDF: 161K)
07/03/08	City Appeals Federal Preliminary Injunction That Granted Blackwater Permission To Use Otay Mesa Warehouse For Military Training (PDF: 163K)
06/30/08	Son of Local Smoke Shop Owner Sentenced to Jail and Shop Owner Receives Probation (PDF: 168K)
06/27/08	City of San Diego Wins De La Fuente Developer Case, Victory in Court Eliminates $300 Million Claim (PDF: 176K)
06/26/08	Funding Charter-Mandated Infrastructure Repair Is a Legal Requirement and Should Take Precedence Over New Discretionary City Projects (PDF: 161K) • Watch Video of News Conference
06/19/08	City Attorney Files Lawsuit Against San Diego Gas & Electric Company Over 2007 Wildfires (PDF: 158K) • Watch Video of News Conference
06/17/08	City Council Unanimously Approves City Attorney's $4.3 Million Settlement of Malpractice Case (PDF: 162K)
06/11/08	Appellate Court Dismisses Appeal Against City of San Diego in Mount Soledad Cross Case (PDF: 166K)
06/04/08	City Attorney Will Consider Legal Options to Ensure Local Control Over Permitting Process (PDF: 168K)
06/02/08	State's Fair Political Practices Commission Affirms City Attorney's Legal Opinion That Parking Board Members Must Disclose Financial Interests (PDF: 155K)
05/30/08	Statement from City Attorney Michael Aguirre, Federal Court Hearing Regarding Blackwater and Facility in Otay Mesa (PDF: 164K)
05/28/08	Exclusive Deal with YWCA on Transfer of City's Family Justice Center Violates City's Own Bidding Process (PDF: 173K)
05/22/08	City Attorney Response to Attorney General Report on Sunroad Matter (PDF: 156K) • Fact Sheet Response to Attorney General Report (PDF: 161K)
05/15/08	City Attorney Re-Issues Legal Opinion on Authority to Initiate Litigation (PDF: 1684K)
05/13/08	City Attorney Issues Legal Opinion Regarding Write-In Candidates for San Diego City School Board (PDF: 168K)
05/13/08	E-Mail Proves Mayor Misrepresented Facts Regarding City Attorney's Concerns Over Financial Scheme To Borrow Money (PDF: 162K)
05/07/08	Mayor's Plan to Transfer the City's Family Justice Center Lacks Transparency (PDF: 179K)
04/30/08	Court Dismisses Lobbying Case Based on Inaction by the District Attorney (PDF: 156K)
04/23/08	City Attorney Will Not Sign-off on Bond Offering, Opines That Public Vote Needed for Deferred Maintenance Financing (PDF: 172K)
04/18/08	City Attorney Files Appeal and Seeks to Reverse Ruling That Dismissed City's Pension Case (PDF: 156K)
04/17/08	Local Smoke Shop Owner and Son Convicted of 23 Counts of Selling Narcotic Paraphernalia (PDF: 166K)
04/15/08	Ex-City Officials Charged with Fraud by SEC Are Receiving City Pensions (PDF: 179K)
04/07/08	Sunrise Powerlink PUC Public Hearings (PDF: 179K)
03/19/08	La Jolla Parking Advisory Board Cannot Move Forward on La Jolla Parking Meter Plan Until Members File Financial Disclosure Statements (PDF: 160K)
03/19/08	Sign-On to City Attorney's Website for Information About City's New Child Protection Ordinance Related to Sex Offenders (PDF: 168K)
03/18/08	Community Forum to Be Held on City's New Child Protection Act (PDF: 159K) • Watch Video of News Conference
03/10/08	Court Rejects De Anza Plaintiffs' $48 Million Claim, City to Move Forward with Court's Relocation Plan for De Anza Cove Mobilehome Residents (PDF: 162K)
03/07/08	City Attorney Releases Second Report on Fire Prevention 2008 (PDF: 163K)
03/06/08	College Students Visiting San Diego During Spring Break Get a Welcome Letter from the City Attorney About the City’s New Alcohol-Free Beach Law (PDF: 163K) List of Universities/Colleges Receiving City Attorney Letter (PDF: 23K)
03/04/08	Mayor's Office Admits Current Employee Pension System Cannot be Sustained but Proposed Solution Does Little to Remedy Massive Liability (PDF: 164K)
03/04/08	City Attorney Investigative Report Documents Abuses by Municipal Union Leaders and Urges Federal Oversight Similar to Private Pension Plans (PDF: 169K)
02/28/08	City Attorney and Budget Analyst Speak Truth About City Services Taking a Nose Dive (PDF: 179K)
02/28/08	City Council Approves Release of 2005 Closed Session Transcript Pursuant to Public Records Act Request by News Media (PDF: 192K)
02/26/08	No Taxation Without Representation Statement Delivered to City Council (PDF: 168K)
02/22/08	City Attorney Calls for Federal Oversight of City's Municipal Employee Pension System Which is More Than a $1 Billion In the Hole (PDF: 176K) • Watch Video of News Conference
02/14/08	City Attorney Report Traces Backroom Pension Deals Made With Union Presidents (PDF: 170K)
02/12/08	1994 State Department of Health Services Letter Gave Green Light for City to Pursue Drinking Water From Wastewater Repurification Project (PDF: 171K)
02/05/08	Pension Expert’s Contract Denied to Aguirre by Two Councilmembers Who Helped Create the City’s Billion Dollar Pension Debt (PDF: 160K)
02/01/08	Proposed Process For Labor Negotiations Would Prevent "Backroom Deals" and Enforce the Strong Mayor Form of Government (PDF: 156K)
01/31/08	City Attorney Points to 1957 Kennedy Speech Challenging Legal Profession to Exercise Independence and Critical Judgment (PDF: 186K)
01/16/08	In Response to New State Emergency Regulations, City Attorney Moves Forward with Drafting Stronger Fire Prevention Ordinances in City's “High Fire Hazard Severity Zones” (PDF: 172K)
01/16/08	“Time is Running Out” for Elected Officials Who Contributed to Billion Dollar Pension Debacle to Correct Their Actions City Attorney Urges City Council to Support Pension Reform (PDF: 166K)