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Mohammed Nuru booked for attempted robbery: accused of demanding man’s chips at knifepoint

by Clara-Sophia Daly and Joe Eskenazi June 2, 2021June 4, 2021

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 […]

Posted inGovernment

Feds charge former Recology VP with bribery in Mohammed Nuru case

by Joe Eskenazi April 15, 2021April 16, 2021

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 […]

Posted inGovernment

The incredible, disappearing $25M: Huge cut in summer programs announced — via unvetted memo

by Joe Eskenazi May 24, 2022May 25, 2022

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 […]

Posted inGovernment

Sources: Naomi Kelly comped for $865 NYC hotel bill by Recology, along with Mohammed Nuru

by Joe Eskenazi September 9, 2021September 14, 2021

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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Recology VP’s widow sues — claims company drove him to suicide in corruption probe

by Joe Eskenazi November 2, 2021November 3, 2021

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 […]

Posted inGovernment

Web of corruption: Explore the cronyism, lies, and federal crimes at the heart of San Francisco’s government

by Will Jarrett and Joe Eskenazi November 3, 2021January 10, 2022

Last updated: January 10, 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 […]

Posted inGovernment

Millions of dollars of event tickets doled out to city workers, commissioners in ethical quagmire, report finds

by Joe Eskenazi October 1, 2021October 4, 2021

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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The Daily: Nuru developments, more testing!

by Lydia Chávez November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Hello Readers: Sorry for the delay in sending out our newsletter, but now we have a new news site and with a new site, comes glitches – and conveniences. One […]

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Feds charge Recology exec in purported Mohammed Nuru bribery scheme

by Julian Mark and Joe Eskenazi November 18, 2020November 20, 2020

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 […]

Mohammed Nuru
Posted inGovernment

Tractor bribe: Feds charge two more contractors in Mohammed Nuru case

by Joe Eskenazi September 17, 2020October 22, 2021

Contractor Balmore Hernandez to join restaurateur Nick Bovis, permit expediter Walter Wong in cooperating with feds’ case vs. Mohammed Nuru Also: Woman charged with lying about gifting Nuru gold Rolex […]

Mohammed Nuru
Posted inFeatured

Mohammed Nuru: San Francisco bought and sold by a confederacy of dunces

by Joe Eskenazi November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

When asked if his successors on the Board might want to revisit this fight, Kopp replied “I’m sure they would, if they had any guts. But they are gutless! All they can do is pick on the police.”

Posted inGovernment

What does one job posting tell us about San Francisco? Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.

by Joe Eskenazi February 8, 2021January 11, 2022

San Francisco’s job posting boasts a top salary $12K higher than San Jose’s, despite far thinner requirements. You’d think building professionals would factor this into their decisions.

But they don’t. They can read between the lines.

Mohammed Nuru and Walter Wong
Posted inMobile

‘Friends of’ Nuru: Report details alleged pay-to-play scheme

by Julian Mark September 24, 2020September 29, 2020

The San Francisco Controller’s Office on Thursday recommended a slew of measures to prevent city departments from engaging in “pay-to-play” schemes through “non-city” entities — schemes that Mohammed Nuru, the embattled […]

Posted inGovernment

San Francisco’s business-as-usual is costlier and worse than corruption exposed by the feds

by Joe Eskenazi December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

There is a cinematic element to the last few rounds of federally uncovered and prosecuted San Francisco corruption; the affidavits ought to be smeared with popcorn grease stains.  The latest […]

Posted inGovernment

San Francisco Public Works boss steps down for top post at BART

by Joe Eskenazi August 11, 2021September 14, 2021

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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