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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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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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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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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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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Web of corruption: Explore the cronyism, lies, and federal crimes at the heart of San Francisco’s government
Last updated: August 26, 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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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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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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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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Mohammed Nuru: San Francisco bought and sold by a confederacy of dunces
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.”
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Tractor bribe: Feds charge two more contractors in Mohammed Nuru case
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 […]
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‘Friends of’ Nuru: Report details alleged pay-to-play scheme
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 […]
