Tenants Reach a $3.5 Jury Verdict in San Francisco

and the City Attorney assesses an additional $2.7 Million in government fines for 1,612 violations of law.  See article featured in SF Weekly.

California Pet Rescue and Adoption Act Signed into Law

Governor Jerry Brown recently signed AB 485 into law requiring pet stores to forgo selling puppies purchased from puppy mills to retailing pets obtained from California animal shelters. Pets include puppies and dogs, cats and kittens, and rabbits which will arrive at the retail outlets already spayed/neutered and vaccinated.

This is a win/win for shelter animals and to help discourage puppy mills where dogs are bred and raised in horrendous conditions, conditions documented in the film "Dog by Dog."

Each year, tens of thousands of shelter animals are killed due to lack of shelter space and available homes. This new law is not only designed to provide good homes to animals but will help to alleviate pressure on county budgets and California taxpayers.