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Board of Appeals denies bid to disqualify City Attorney’s Office in massage‑parlor appeal; recusal motions continued
Summary
The Board of Appeals denied an appellant’s motion to disqualify the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office from advising the board in an appeal of a Department of Public Health revocation. The board also set further briefing and declarations and continued related recusal and merits hearings to September.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on a 5–0 vote declined to disqualify the City Attorney’s Office from advising on an appeal by Lee’s Oriental Massage challenging a Department of Public Health permit revocation.
Appellant counsel Jeffrey Rothwein argued the board had been compromised by ex‑parte advice and moved “to recuse the entire board,” saying the city attorney had advised the hearing officer and other teams in related proceedings and that published due‑process memo…
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