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2020 News Releases
10/23/2020
City Attorney Cracks Down on La Jolla COVID Party Mansion
Neighbors forced to endure loud parties, health and safety violations during pandemic
10/19/2020
City Attorney Elliott and Supervisor Fletcher Partner on Gun Safety
Trainings for County child welfare workers will help protect families during pandemic
10/6/2020
Educating Teens About Healthy Relationships to Prevent Domestic Violence
City Attorney Mara Elliott announces training program to educate teens about healthy relationships to prevent future domestic violence.
08/7/2020
City Attorney Takes Action to Shut Down COVID Party Airbnb
Bankers Hill neighbors plagued by loud parties in illegally modified rental
07/1/2020
San Diego Leadership Credited in Statewide Gun Violence Prevention Study
Prominent medical journal report cites San Diego as a key driver in the use of GVROs in California
06/24/2020
Chemical Manufacturing Behemoth Monsanto Forced to Pay $550 Million
San Diego set to receive multi-million dollar settlement for toxic chemical cleanup
06/15/2020
City Attorney Action Closes Notorious Independent Living Facility
Owners, manager, operator to pay $267,000 in fines, relocation fees, restitution for victims
06/10/2020
Given a Choice, Many Ask for Drug Treatment over Jail
Diversion program marks first year of helping people who are under the influence of drugs in public
06/4/2020
As San Diego City Attorney, I lead an Office that is dedicated to protecting the communities we serve, and to ensuring that any person who encounters our criminal justice system is treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.
04/21/2020
City Moves to Protect Affordable Care Act during COVID-19
City Attorney Mara W. Elliott today praised the San Diego City Council for voting to join an amicus brief in defense of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which has significantly reduced the uncompensated costs local governments would otherwise bear, enabling local governments to better spend taxpayer dollars on critical government functions.
04/13/2020
03/30/2020
City Attorney Seeks Immediate Protections for Instacart Employees
City Attorney Mara W. Elliott today petitioned the 4th District Court of Appeal to reinstate an injunction against Instacart, a multi-billion dollar grocery-delivery company that is misclassifying its employees as independent contractors.
03/26/2020
Safe Storage of Firearms More Important Than Ever
San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott urges families that own guns to carefully evaluate the safety of their homes and take all measures required by law to protect children who stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Safe Storage Ordinance requires all firearms in the home to be disabled with a trigger lock or stored in a safe or lockbox.
03/6/2020
City Attorney Warns of Coronavirus-related Price Gouging
The City Attorney warns of coronavirus-related price gouging, and asks the public to report illegal price hikes for food, medical supplies and gas while the public health emergency declaration regarding the novel coronavirus is in effect in San Diego County and California.
02/25/2020
City Attorney Obtains Landmark Injunction Against Instacart
San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott today obtained a preliminary injunction against Instacart, a multi-billion-dollar grocery-delivery company, for not complying with the worker classification standard established by the California Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court.
02/21/2020
81 New Beds Will Soon Be Available to Vulnerable San Diegans
After years of delay, an appellate court ruling allows the City Attorney’s S.M.A.R.T. Program facility to open its doors in summer 2020. Eighty-one new beds will soon be available to vulnerable San Diegans.
02/10/2020
Court Upholds Utility Undergrounding Program
City Attorney Mara W. Elliott today announces that her office has successfully defended the City’s utility undergrounding program against a lawsuit that could have shut down undergrounding for 20 communities.
02/4/2020
“Red Flag” Laws Continue to Keep San Diegans Safe
The City Attorney’s Office worked hard in 2019 to keep San Diegans safe from gun violence. With significant support from the San Diego Police Department, the Office obtained gun violence restraining orders (GVROs) against 200 individuals who posed a threat to themselves or others.
01/30/2020
Court Upholds Serra Mesa Community Plan Update
City Attorney Mara W. Elliott announces that a court has found that the public was fully informed, and the City followed the law, when the Serra Mesa Community Plan was amended to include a four-lane roadway, with bicycle lanes and pedestrian pathways, between Serra Mesa and Mission Valley.
01/28/2020
City Attorney Updates Public on Smart Streetlights
City Attorney Mara W. Elliott today highlights how the City’s Smart Streetlights program has helped the San Diego Police Department investigate nearly 250 crimes committed on San Diego streets.
01/16/2020
Retired Judges Sought to Serve on Appointing Panel for City’s 2020 Redistricting Commission
The City Attorney’s Office is seeking retired judges to select the volunteer members of the 2020 Redistricting Commission. The Commission is responsible for creating the boundaries of the City’s nine City Council districts to comply with local and federal laws and the results of the 2020 U.S. Census.
01/15/2020
City Suing SDG&E for $35 Million
City Attorney Mara W. Elliott announces that the City of San Diego is suing San Diego Gas & Electric for $35 million, for refusing to honor promises it made when it obtained the exclusive rights to provide gas and electricity to San Diegans in 1971.