Jade Hindman of KPBS Midday Edition interviews San Diego's newly sworn-in City Attorney, Heather Furber, about her plans for the city. Furber outlines the three primary roles of the City Attorney's office: prosecuting misdemeanors, defending the city in lawsuits, and providing legal counsel to various city departments.
S1: Welcome in San Diego . It's Jade Hindman today , the new San Diego city attorney , Heather Furber , joins us with her vision for the city. This is KPBS Midday Edition connecting our communities through conversation. Welcome back to KPBS Midday Edition. I'm Jade Hindman. Heather Herbert was recently sworn into office as San Diego 's city attorney .
For the last 11 years , Ferber has been a deputy city attorney , and before that , she was an attorney for a private law firm representing the San Diego Housing Commission. Well , last week we sat down to talk about her plans as she takes on the new role of city attorney. I began by asking her to tell me more about that role beyond representing the city in court ? Absolutely. S2: The city Attorney's office is really exciting. We actually have three main roles , but we do a lot in those roles. We prosecute misdemeanors that occur within the city of San Diego. Those are usually , um , lower level crimes that are punished through up to a year in jail or a fine of up to $1,000. It's really important to keeping our community safe , and it helps us be responsive to things that are happening in our neighborhoods , throughout the city. And then on the civil side of things , we defend the city in lawsuits , and those vary from trip and falls on sidewalks to property disputes to , um , even some of the development cases we end up with. And then we're also providing legal advice to the city , which includes the mayor and the city council , but also every department that is out there working to get things done in our community. We're helping them navigate changes in state and federal law. We are helping them with their contracts and anything else that comes up. Wow. S2: I think that there's a lot we can do. One of the things I talked about a lot on the campaign trail was a housing protection unit , and focusing on making sure people who own residential properties are using them for housin
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