San Francisco judge orders former building inspection manager to trial

By Adam Martin, Bay City News Service

March 2, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - Former San Francisco Department of Building Inspection manager Augustine Fallay will stand trial on 26 criminal counts including soliciting and accepting bribes.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge James Robertson held Fallay to answer on Wednesday following a preliminary hearing, according to the San Francisco district attorney's office.

Fallay, 47, faces 11 felony counts of asking for and accepting bribes, four felony counts of perjury, eight felony counts of submitting false statements to an insurance company and three misdemeanor counts of submitting false statements of economic interests, the district attorney's office reported today.

Fallay was arrested Aug. 4. He headed the department's one stop permitting program, where he allegedly asked for and received bribes over a period of 12 years in return for favors he could provide based on his position.

As part of his illegal compensation, Fallay allegedly had work done on his kitchen, bathroom and entryway, and asked that a $50,000 loan be forgiven, the district attorney's office reported.

A phone call seeking comment from the Department of Building Inspection today was not immediately returned.

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