Authors

Louise Renne, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai, LLP

Article Title

The Office of the City Attorney of San Francisco

Abstract

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office serves the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, and other elected officials as well as the approximately 100 departments, boards, commissions, and offices that comprise the City and County of San Francisco’s government. In many ways, the office is unique among city attorney offices, both because of the extraordinary scope of activities performed by the City and County of San Francisco’s government, and the scope of the City Attorney’s Office activities within that structure. At the outset, it is important to note that the San Francisco City Attorney is elected — comparatively unusual among cities. All county counsels in California are appointed by the County Board of Supervisors, and most city attorneys are appointed by the City Council. Only a few other city attorneys in California are elected.

Recommended Citation

Louise Renne, The Office of the City Attorney of San Francisco, 47 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 125 (2017).
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/ggulrev/vol47/iss2/6