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The San Francisco City Attorney s Office has reached a settlement with Recology, collectively valued at $107.6 million, stemming from inaccurate rate increases disclosed during an ongoing public corruption investigation as well as unfair competition practices. This news comes as competitors and critics have already been looking for ways to potentially chip away at the company s exclusive lock on the local market.
The deal, announced Thursday, comes after Recology s former government and community relations manager for the area, Paul Giusti, was charged in federal court for allegedly trying to influence a former city official via bribes and other actions. That official helped approve a more than 14% rate increase for the company in 2017. According to the new settlement, Recology used inaccurate calculations to justify that increase and no corrective action was taken by either party once it was discovered.
Bay Area Reporter :: News Briefs: SF Hearts raise $1 6 million for hospital ebar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ebar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This year s edition of Hearts in SF raised more than $1.6 million for essential health care initiatives at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
A free virtual event was held February 11 honoring three health equity programs at SFGH. Proceeds from the event were generated by bidding on the hearts. The Hearts program, produced by the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, has raised nearly $34 million since its inception in 2004.
During the event essential workers on the frontline of care were honored and three SFGH programs were highlighted: Empowered by Heart SF, which is a series of San Francisco-based events geared toward improving heart health through wellness workshops, neighborhood celebrations, and conversations around education and prevention of heart disease; Richard H. Fine People s Clinic, one of the first outpatient clinics at a public hospital; and Solid Start, which promotes integrated care coordination for all pregnant people, children, a
The number of LGBTQ judges serving on California state courts has spiked by 15.87% over the last year. It is a marked change from 2019, when the ranks of LGBTQ jurists remained flat at an official count of 62, the same as was reported in 2018.
According to the latest demographic data for the makeup of the state courts, released Monday, March 1, there was an official tally of 69 LGBTQ judges as of December 31, 2020. But the number of LGBTQ people serving on the California bench is now at least 73.
That total includes the November elections of lesbian judges in Alameda and Santa Cruz counties, who were sworn onto their courts in January, and the appointment of a gay man to the Alameda County court, who was sworn in March 1. Alameda, now at eight out judges, has the most of any county in Northern California.
Bay Area Reporter :: Fong sworn in as Alameda County judge ebar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ebar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.