the city attorney is authorized to grant conflict waivers,” Dorsey said. Such arrangements are not unusual for large law firms or large cities, said Herrera’s spokesman, Matt Dorsey. Two Keker & Van Nest attorneys defending the city in the firing case, Susan Harriman and Benita Brahmbhatt, will not work on any matter adverse to the city while that is ongoing, and the law firm will “will wall off all partners (except John Keker) and associates working on any matter adverse to the city,” according to the retainer agreement. His contract with Keker’s law firm, Keker & Van Nest, to defend the city against a claim for damages from former Chief Trial Deputy Joanne Hoeper, includes a clause that allows Keker to continue representing Boston Properties and other developers in their dispute with the city over a planned special tax district to help fund the new Transbay Transit Center and extend Caltrain to it. So on one hand, Keker represents Boston Properties as it weighs whether to sue the city, and on the other hand he is defending the city in an employment case.Ĭonflict of interest? It certainly could be, except Herrera has agreed that it’s not.
Keker also happens to represent City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s office, which would be responsible for defending the city if the developer goes to court, in a separate case involving a former senior staffer who contends she was fired for being a whistle-blower. The Latino Democratic Club is planning a protest Thursday at City Hall to call for “an immediate end to the privatization of the Mission Playground and for all public access to be restored.”ĭown the middle: Top-gun San Francisco trial attorney John Keker is the lawyer for the developer of the Salesforce Tower, Boston Properties, as it considers suing San Francisco in a tax dispute. It looks like the apology won’t be the end of it. The other 96 percent of the time the field is either for youth teams or for the sort of “unstructured” pickup games Mission Playground is well known for. In the end, two hours each on Tuesday and Thursday nights was set-aside “structured” adult play - what the Dropbox employees were taking advantage of.
The blacktop was replaced with turf, the cracked, asphalt tennis courts were resurfaced, and a water sprinkler was added to a new children’s play area.Īs is the case in every playground, hundreds of residents weighed in on how the green space would be programmed. Mission Playground reopened in 2012 after a $7.5 million renovation. We’re sorry, and we promise to do better.” The employees involved are embarrassed and have apologized. That’s why we were disappointed to learn that a couple of our employees weren’t respectful to this community. Dropbox said in a statement: “We love San Francisco and are grateful to call it home.
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