Permit Expeditor Walter Wong to Repay $1.45 Million to San Francisco to Settle Corruption Lawsuit
A longtime contractor with the city of San Francisco and a well-known consultant known to be able to grease the wheels of city departments to get notoriously slow permit processes to magically speed up is going to be repaying over $1 million in contract awards to the city.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who'll likely soon be taking a job as general manager of the Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), announced Thursday that Walter Wong has agreed to settle a suit from the city for $1.45 million. In a news release, Herrera's office called the settlement "a capstone to the public integrity investigation" that has been ongoing of Wong's dealings at the city.