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What is an Attorney Report?

A City Attorney Report is a report on the status of the law in any given area, or prepared upon the initiative of the City Attorney or staff, when a matter of importance comes to the attention of the Mayor and City Council (jointly), Council Committees, City Manager, Charter-based Commissions, Boards, or Agencies.

These documents do not contain any referenced attachments or enclosures. Printed copies of all City Attorney Memorandum of Law are available for viewing at the City Clerk's Office, 202 "C" Street, Second Floor, San Diego, CA. Questions about particular Legal Opinions should be directed to:

Law Librarian
Office of the City Attorney
1200 Third Avenue, Ste. 1100
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 533-5800

Attorney Reports from July 1985 through present are available.

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Official City Documents

Date Number Title
04/18/1996 RC-96-19 Right-Of-Way Ordinance/Pavement Quality Preservation
04/12/1996 RC-96-18 Item 331 - Council Meeting of Tuesday, April 16, 1996 Appeal of Coastal Development Permit No. 95-0580 (Sandage Residence)
04/08/1996 RC-96-16 Vista Hill Foundation v. City of San Diego, et al.
04/02/1996 RC-96-15 City of San Diego, et al. v. Rider, et al.
04/01/1996 RC-96-13 Legal Representation for The City of San Diego Management Team
04/01/1996 RC-96-14 The Right to Vote Committee and Richard Rider v. The City of San Diego
03/29/1996 RC-96-11 Items 50 and 51 on Council Docket of April 1, 1996/Ordinance Debarring Contracts and Ordinance Prohibiting Issuance of Land Use Permits
03/29/1996 RC-96-12 Bob Glaser v. City of San Diego, et al., San Diego County Superior Court Case No. 694439 (Environmental Challenge to the Jack Murphy Stadium Expansion Project)
03/08/1996 RC-96-9 City's Compliance With the Community Based Punishment Act of 1994
02/26/1996 RC-96-8 Proposed Ordinance Barring Issuance of Land Use Permits to Persons Who Have Violated Campaign Money Laundering Laws
02/26/1996 RC-96-7 Proposed Ordinance Barring Contracts With Persons Who Have Violated Campaign Money Laundering Laws
02/20/1996 RC-96-6 San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority v. Richard Rider, Superior Court Case No. 693578 - Validation of Design/Build Contract for San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium
02/13/1996 RC-96-5 College Area Renters and Landlord Association v. City of San Diego
02/09/1996 RC-96-4 City Council Docket Item 330 of February 13, 1996
02/01/1996 RC-96-3 City of San Diego, et al. v. Richard Rider, et al.
01/18/1996 RC-96-2 Conditional Use Permit for United States International University
01/05/1996 RC-96-1 Request for Proposals for Parking Citation Processing Services
12/21/1995 RC-95-36 Pay Telephone Ordinance
12/04/1995 RC-95-35 Agenda Item 3: Installation and Removal of Pay Telephones
11/29/1995 RC-95-34 Short Term Borrowing Program: Proposed Charter Amendment
11/06/1995 RC-95-33 General Plan Amendments to Clarify that the Naval Training Center and Other Federal and Port District Lands are not Within the Future Urbanizing Area Designation
10/31/1995 RC-95-32 Short Term Borrowing Program: Proposed Charter Amendment
10/27/1995 RC-95-31 Issues Pertaining to Financing of the Construction and Operation of Branch Public Libraries
10/19/1995 RC-95-30 Neighborhood 8A - Mesa Top and Torrey Pines Proposals
10/16/1995 RC-95-29 Save Our Heritage Organization v. City of San Diego, et al.
09/05/1995 RC-95-27 Special Redevelopment Agency Counsel
08/30/1995 RC-95-26 Amendment to Rental Unit Business Tax
08/14/1995 RC-95-24 Is City Required to Redistrict Council District Boundaries in Light of the Recent Supreme Court Case of Miller v. Johnson?
07/12/1995 RC-95-22 Billing of Participating Agencies
07/05/1995 RC-95-21 Use of Aristotle Constituent Tracking System in Council Offices
06/29/1995 RC-95-20 Process Used in Closing 54th Street to Vehicular Traffic
06/28/1995 RC-95-19 Proposed Elimination of the City Attorney's Criminal Prosecution Division
06/27/1995 RC-95-18 Favorable Court Decision Relating to Taxation of City-Owned Property in the County - City and County of San Francisco v. County of San Mateo
06/23/1995 RC-95-17 People v. Alexander Joehnk No. D022743 California Court of Appeal Fourth Appellate District, Division One
06/22/1995 RC-95-16 Re: Ronald Cervantes v. City of San Diego, et al.
06/21/1995 RC-95-15 Residential Care Facilities - Impact of Ruling in City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc.
06/21/1995 RC-95-14 Proposed Council Policy Regarding Use of City Vehicles by City Employees
06/05/1995 RC-95-13 Saathoff v. City of San Diego
05/15/1995 RC-95-12 Ordinance Prohibiting Soliciting Employment on Public Streets at Any Time
02/28/1995 RC-95-8 Advertising on Lifeguard Towers
02/23/1995 RC-95-7 Legal Representation by the City Attorney
01/27/1995 RC-95-6 North City Future Urbanizing Area - Proposed Authorization to Use Specific Plan
01/20/1995 RC-95-5 U.S.A. v. City of San Diego, United States District Court Civil Case No. 88-1101-B
01/11/1995 RC-95-4 Certification of Election Results for Proposition D and Future Retirement Ballot Proposals
01/05/1995 RC-95-2 Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance
01/05/1995 RC-95-3 Allan A. MacDonald Grievance
01/03/1995 RC-95-1 Office Use of Volunteers
12/05/1994 RC-94-49 Recent Litigation - Spaulding v. City of San Diego, et al.
11/18/1994 RC-94-48 Removal of Advisory Board and Commission Members for Failure to File Economic Disclosure Forms
10/12/1994 RC-94-42 Contracting Out Misdemeanor Prosecution