City Attorney Dennis Herrera files suit against the Academy of Art University
Channel: SFGovTV
Date: 2016-05-06

Civil litigation seeks replacement of some 300 housing units that the for-profit university unlawfully displaced in its real estate buying spree

City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed suit today against the Academy of Art University and an interrelated web of corporate entities, alleging that the for-profit institution schemed to violate state and local laws in its aggressive acquisition and use of vast real estate holdings in San Francisco.  The civil complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court this morning details a decade-long pattern of lawlessness and defiance by AAU and a complex array of limited liability companies