Candidate for
City Attorney; City of San Francisco

Gang Intervention

Gang violence has taken a terrible toll on San Francisco in recent years. That's why City Attorney Dennis Herrera brought a new tool to assist the efforts of police, prosecutors and community organizations: civil gang injunctions.

Healthcare

In 2006, the City passed an ordinance creating "Healthy San Francisco," a city-run health care program designed to provide comprehensive health benefits to uninsured San Francisco residents. At the time, an estimated 82,000 San Franciscans were uninsured. As a result of the program -- and City Attorney Dennis Herrera's aggressive and successful legal defense of it -- the number of San Franciscans lacking health coverage is down to 23,000, and counting.

Innovative Solutions

Dennis Herrera understands that it takes more than just a good lawyer to be an effective City Attorney. It takes a leader. That's why Herrera takes innovative approaches to many of the cases his office handles--not simply to protect San Francisco's tax dollars, but to help improve San Francisco's neighborhoods.