Five business executives linked to widespread corruption in San Francisco city departments have been temporarily barred from doing business with the city, City.
SF City Attorney Suspends Four Contractors With Links to Nuru From Doing Future Business With the City
As part of the ongoing corruption scandal that upended business as usual at San Francisco City Hall last year, City Attorney Dennis Herrera has officially suspended five executives representing four companies that previously had city contracts or dealings with former Public Works chief Mohammed Nuru.
It turns out not be so simple to bar a contractor from doing future business with the city, and the debarment process involves legal complications and may require a criminal conviction. So, last August, Herrera introduced legislation that would allow for a suspension process that could be used until such time as a debarment could occur while a contractor s civil or criminal case was still being tried.
City Hall corruption scandal: 5 Nuru-linked execs barred from doing business in S.F.
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S.F. City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced the suspension of five executives from contracting with the city.Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 2019
Five local contractors allegedly implicated in the San Francisco City Hall bribery scandal are now prohibited from doing business with the city, the product of a new anti-corruption rule that allows the suspensions even while the executives’ cases are still winding through criminal court.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who introduced the new legislation last year, on Monday announced the suspensions of the following executives and their companies:
S.F. s deal for the Golden Gate Park Ferris wheel may be investigated amid neighborhood fight
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Supervisors Connie Chan and Aaron Peskin say they want to dig deeper into the nonprofit San Francisco Parks Alliance, which would handle operating profits under a contract awarded to the Ferris wheel operator, in light of the city’s public corruption investigation.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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The SkyStar Ferris wheel, meant to commemorate Golden Gate Park’s 150th anniversary, is seen with its lights on for the first time on Oct. 20 after a delay due to the pandemic.Amy Osborne / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Two San Francisco supervisors called Tuesday for the city to investigate a deal setting aside a portion of ticket revenues from the Golden Gate Observation.