The Chinese billionaire developer of 555 Fulton St., who purportedly plied Mohammed Nuru and others with extravagantly priced wine and gifts, was arrested in Great Britain last month for his […]
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Is Nuru attorney Ismail Ramsey the man to clean up SF?
So, there he was. That was Ismail “Izzy” Ramsey at Willie Brown’s side as Hizzoner made a presentation at a long conference table in a private room stocked with a […]
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The strange and terrible saga of Mohammed Nuru turns the page: Judge hands down 7-year sentence
The Mohammed Nuru today sentenced to seven years in prison was a diminished Mohammed Nuru, and San Francisco is a diminished city. He is no longer the rotund and imposing […]
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Sources: Naomi Kelly comped for $865 NYC hotel bill by Recology, along with Mohammed Nuru
Multiple sources have informed Mission Local that the “very senior San Francisco city official” comped along with ex-Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru for two New York City hotel rooms, each […]
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The incredible, disappearing $25M: Huge cut in summer programs announced — via unvetted memo
The leaders of scores of youth organizations that provide Summer Together programming for tens of thousands of San Francisco children were jolted on Friday by a city memorandum abruptly stating […]
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Mohammed Nuru booked for attempted robbery: accused of demanding man’s chips at knifepoint
Mohammed Nuru, the former Public Works director ousted in early 2020 and charged in a federal corruption scandal, was booked into County Jail No. 1 at 4:44 p.m. this afternoon […]
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Feds charge former Recology VP with bribery in Mohammed Nuru case
The acting United States Attorney for Northern District of California today charged former Recology vice president John Porter with bribing ousted Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru. Porter is the second […]
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SF voters may nix crooked workers’ pensions. Judges may not be thrilled.
San Francisco isn’t exactly a frontier justice sort of place. Unless, of course, you’re a lucratively compensated city employee who’s been cold-busted for taking advantage of his job and using […]
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Web of corruption: Explore the cronyism, lies, and federal crimes at the heart of San Francisco’s government
Last updated: January 20, 2022 In January, 2020, the first domino fell. Mohammad Nuru, then the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Works, was hit with a raft […]
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Recology VP’s widow sues — claims company drove him to suicide in corruption probe
The widow of a former vice president of waste-hauling giant Recology has sued the company, claiming it badgered him into taking his own life by baselessly haranguing him in an […]
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Millions of dollars of event tickets doled out to city workers, commissioners in ethical quagmire, report finds
An unusually strongly worded report from the city’s Ethics Commission condemns the ethical murkiness and inadequate reporting measures regarding the millions of dollars’ worth of tickets and other perks gifted […]
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Union sues SF, claims retaliation for exposing corruption
The Laborers Local 261 and named plaintiffs Juan Rivera and Theresa Foglio-Ramierez today filed suit against the city of San Francisco, alleging that its workers were retaliated against after union members […]
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Feds charge Recology exec in purported Mohammed Nuru bribery scheme
Nuru, Recology allegedly conspired to raise SF customers’ garbage rates, while taking $1 million The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday charged a former Recology executive, Paul Giusti, with money […]
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San Francisco Public Works boss steps down for top post at BART
The head of the San Francisco Public Works department has left his position — and, this time, the FBI was not a factor. Mission Local has confirmed with multiple sources […]
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Mayor London Breed’s $23K ethics fine is ratified — and everyone comes out looking bad
By a 4-0 vote, the San Francisco Ethics Commission today approved a stipulated agreement with Mayor London Breed, fining her nearly $23,000 for a series of legal and ethical missteps. […]
