Office of the City Attorney

2025 News Releases

08/13/2025

City Attorney Heather Ferbert Launches New Housing Protection Unit to Target Problem Properties, Protect Tenants, and Address Quality-of-Life Issues

07/28/2025

City Attorney Shuts Down Secret Yard Hookah Lounge, Chronic Nuisance Venue Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million in Penalties After Years of Violence, Illegal Activity, and Code Violations

07/24/2025

CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REACHES SETTLEMENT TO RESTORE UNSAFE AND BLIGHTED VACANT PROPERTIES IN OCEAN BEACH

07/11/2025

CITY ATTORNEY SUES TO PROTECT FUNDING FOR CRITICAL LOCAL SERVICES

05/08/2025

CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CELEBRATES HEILY HERNANDEZ, RECIPIENT OF THE SDCBA SERVICE TO DIVERSITY AWARD

05/01/2025

CITY ATTORNEY HEATHER FERBERT JOINS LEGAL COMMUNITY TO REAFFIRM THE RULE OF LAW AT NATIONAL LAW DAY RENEWING OATH CEREMONY

04/21/2025

City Attorney Files Civil Enforcement Action to Shut Down Illegal Massage Parlor Near Barrio Logan

04/18/2025

CITY OF SAN DIEGO JOINS LEGAL FIGHT TO DEFEND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND PROTECT LOCAL COMMUNITIES

03/28/2025

CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE REACHES SETTLEMENT IN CASE INVOLVING AN UNSAFE COLLEGE APARTMENT BUILDING NEAR USD

03/20/2025

CITY OF SAN DIEGO FILES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING FEDERAL FUNDING FREEZE

03/20/2025

CITY OF SAN DIEGO JOINS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING UNLAWFUL FEDERAL EMPLOYEE TERMINATIONS THAT THREATEN LOCAL JOBS AND SERVICES

03/04/2025

CITY OF SAN DIEGO JOINS FIFTEEN CITIES AND COUNTIES AS PLAINTIFFS TO CHALLENGE FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT THREATEN CRITICAL SERVICES