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City Attorney Dennis Herrera. Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 19, 2011<\/p>\n

Recent comments by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera over pension reform reveals he is partial to union interests and may have violated ethics laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cJeff (Adachi) may be coming from the right place when he first started but he is demonstrating a public defender\u2019s mentality of not wanting to lose and I would agree with him wholeheartedly on that, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s OK to lie, and I can tell you that going through last year\u2019s Prop B ballot and having to be the one that drafts up the titles and summaries and seeing how things were portrayed and what goes on, you need to be honest with the voters and you can\u2019t go out lying to the press, lying in respect to contributions that hard working men and women in labor have made, not just in the last year or two, but going back over generations to show that they have always been willing to be part of the solution, and that\u2019s something that I think that was incredibly insulting as part of the Adachi measure, was to denigrate the work that was done by all of you,\u201d Herrera said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been absolutely incredibly impressed with how the men and women of labor have come to the table trying to negotiate a solution that recognizes our fiscal necessities in this city, but also does everything it can to maintain (unintelligible) and respect for the contribution of the work that they they have done, so labor deserves a tremendous amount of credit in the negotiations that are going on right now. I feel confidant that we\u2019re going to get there,\u201d Herrera added.<\/p>\n

Herrera made the comments Tuesday while seeking a coveted endorsement from the San Francisco Labor Council (SFLC) for his campaign for mayor.<\/p>\n

The comments by Herrera, the mayoral candidate, reveal a bias towards the unions in their opposition of Proposition B, a controversial pension reform measure sponsored by Public Defender Jeff Adachi on last year\u2019s November ballot, and raises questions about whether Herrera, the duly elected City Attorney, is able to maintain objectivity and neutrality when writing ballot measure questions related to pension reform.<\/p>\n

While a Ballot Simplification Committee writes most of the ballot language, including titles and summaries, the City Attorney is responsible for writing ballot measure questions.<\/p>\n

Several competing pension reform proposals are being considered for placement on this year\u2019s November ballot and Herrera will be formulating the corresponding ballot questions.<\/p>\n

In a recent FCJ interview<\/a> published in April, Adachi suggested Herrera intentionally wrote a misleading ballot question to confuse voters, which may have contributed to Prop B\u2019s failure at the ballot.<\/p>\n

\u201cDennis Herrera, as City Attorney, is in a precarious position because he is the City Attorney and is in charge of reviewing ballot measures,\u201d Adachi said in the interview<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cFor the last pension reform measure, the City Attorney\u2019s office drafted a convoluted ballot question which was written in a way that sounded as if the City was going to pay more for pensions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Prop B question, as printed on last year\u2019s November voter guide, reads<\/a>: \u201cShall the City increase employee contributions to the Retirement System for retirement benefits; decrease employer contributions to the Health Service System for health benefits for employees, retirees and their dependents; and change rules for arbitration proceedings about City collective bargaining agreements?\u201d<\/p>\n

The words \u201cpension\u201d and \u201creform\u201d were not included in the ballot question penned by Herrera.<\/p>\n

Responding, Herrera spokesperson Matt Dorsey told FCJ, \u201cJeff Adachi is trying to spin a fiction – that the City Attorney is the one that calls all the shots about what goes on the ballot, when it is completely untrue,\u201d adding that Adachi lost his battle over the final ballot language with the Ballot Simplification Committee.<\/p>\n

When pressed further about the City Attorney\u2019s role in producing ballot measure question language, Dorsey conceded, \u201cThe only thing the City Attorney has is ballot question,\u201d adding, \u201cThe question directs to what the Ballot Simplification Committee has done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if Herrera\u2019s recently stated position on pension reform as City Attorney and as a candidate for mayor creates the appearance of a conflict of interest, Dorsey said, \u201cDennis is in a no more difficult position than anyone else running for mayor,\u201d adding that Herrera would have \u201cvigorously\u201d defended legal challenges to Prop B if it had passed.<\/p>\n

Reached for comment, Adachi said he was \u201ctroubled\u201d by Herrera\u2019s comments to the SFLC.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past year, I have expressed my deep concerns regarding the City Attorney’s fairness toward the pension reform ballot initiative during last November’s election and his handling of the ballot question,\u201d Adachi said. \u201cI am troubled to learn that Mr. Herrera himself has admitted his deep biases against a ballot process entrusted to him as City Attorney. He cannot wear two hats as a mayoral candidate, who is seeking endorsements, and as a City Attorney who is required by law to impartially review and draft language concerning a ballot initiative signed by 77,000 voters.”<\/p>\n

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Public Defender Jeff Adachi. File photo, 6\/26\/10.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Meeting on Public Pension Reform<\/p>\n

Union officials and key city executives convened with Warren Hellman in the mayor’s conference room on Wednesday, February 9, 2011, to discuss the public sector pensions
\nCredit: Adithya Sambamurthy\/The Bay Citizen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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