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Attacks against the Department of Building Inspection: The San Francisco Chronicle Pounds
Earlier in their careers attorneys are taught the following maxim: when the law is on your side, pound the law. If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If both the facts and law are against you, pound the table. The San Francisco has been doing a lot of table pounding recently as part of its relentless attacks against the Department of Building Inspection. Its September 7 edition even included an editorial demeaning the integrity of the hard-working DBI employees who have made the agency a national model for effective code enforcement. Although the Chronicle was informed in writing that the Ethics Commission, not DBI, is responsible for approving new conflict of interest regulations, the paper intentionally concealed this fact and blamed DBI Director Amy Lee for not imposing such measures. Nor did the Chronicle tell readers that their proposal to bar DBI employees from owning property would also impact several other city departments, and almost certainly be struck down by the courts.
Earlier in their careers attorneys are taught the following maxim: when the law is on your side, pound the law. If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If both the facts and law are against you, pound the table. The San Francisco has been doing a lot of table pounding recently as part of its relentless attacks against the Department of Building Inspection. Its September 7 edition even included an editorial demeaning the integrity of the hard-working DBI employees who have made the agency a national model for effective code enforcement. Although the Chronicle was informed in writing that the Ethics Commission, not DBI, is responsible for approving new conflict of interest regulations, the paper intentionally concealed this fact and blamed DBI Director Amy Lee for not imposing such measures. Nor did the Chronicle tell readers that their proposal to bar DBI employees from owning property would also impact several other city departments, and almost certainly be struck down by the courts.
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