David Chiu

Rule Changes

Announced the civil judgment against Mused

A San Francisco judge has ordered the owner of a shuttered Tenderloin corner store to pay $151,000 in civil penalties for running what the city described as an illegal gambling den and drug-paraphernalia market. The ruling against Mohsen Mused is the first of the city's eight Tenderloin market lawsuits to go to trial.

Updated Yesterday

Rule Changes

Plaintiff in the lawsuit against Toast

The Federal Trade Commission, California and seven states sued Toast on Oct. 29, 2026, alleging hidden fees, add-ons restaurants did not order, and subscriptions that are hard to cancel. California's claims were filed by Los Angeles County Counsel and San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu.

Updated Yesterday

Money Moves

Pursuing civil injunction against alleged squatters

San Francisco supervisors voted Oct. 20 to let the city auction the tax-defaulted Sea Cliff house at 250 32nd Ave., and the mayor signed the resolution three days later. The four-bedroom home owes more than $342,000 in property taxes dating to July 2021.

Updated Oct 26

Rule Changes

Announced settlement and restitution fund

Californians who bought Vanilla gift cards and found the balances gone can apply for compensation from a $1,525,000 fund. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced the fund on Oct. 23, 2026, under a settlement with InComm Financial Services, the company behind Vanilla cards, which his office sued in 2023.

Updated Oct 25

Money Moves

Leading the city's regulatory battle to force PG&E to sell

PG&E told state regulators that a San Francisco takeover of its electric grid would cost $22.5 billion. Its Oct. 20 filing values the city assets at $13.9 billion and adds $8.6 billion in damages from cutting San Francisco's system away from the rest of the utility's network.

Updated Oct 21

Rule Changes

Leading worker protection enforcement against gig companies

San Francisco's city attorney closed a two-year lawsuit against gig staffing firm WorkWhile with a $2.3 million settlement announced October 20. The company must reclassify all its California workers as employees by January 1, 2027, and pay $7.2 million in restitution to workers by 2029. Add $600,000 in penalties and the case totals $7.8 million.

Updated Oct 21

Rule Changes

Leading debarment proceedings against scandal-hit nonprofits

HomeRise, one of San Francisco's largest homeless-services providers, is winding down. The nonprofit received nearly $240 million in city funds over four years and will hand off 17 properties serving more than 1,500 residents to new operators over up to two years.

Updated Oct 20

Money Moves

Helped negotiate the settlement

Lyft agreed on September 30 to pay $272.5 million to settle claims it misclassified California drivers as independent contractors, the largest wage-and-hour settlement in the state's history. The deal is not final: as of October 18, Judge Ethan P. Schulman of San Francisco Superior Court had not signed the judgment that starts the payment clock.

Updated Oct 20

Rule Changes

As of October 2026: Oversaw shutdown of illegal club at this address in 2025

A company called Corporacion de Isabella Inc. has applied for a beer and wine license to operate Lips Club Bar at 4461 Mission Street in San Francisco. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control lists the application as pending, not yet issued.

Updated Oct 9

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: Filed the lawsuit against Trump Media on Sept. 22, 2026

San Francisco's city attorney sued Trump Media on Sept. ²² over Truth API, a service launched Aug. ¹ that sells early access to Trump's posts. The city calls the $100,000-a-month feed an insider-trading scheme.

Updated Sep 22