City and County of San Francisco Complaint

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Attorney General of California, on behalf of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, filed a civil complaint in federal court on May 1, 2024, against the City and County of San Francisco for claims of Clean Water Act violations spanning the last decade. The complaint sought financial penalties and improvements to remedy San Francisco’s repeated and widespread failures to operate its two combined sewer systems and three sewage treatment plants in compliance with the Clean Water Act and its permits.

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Attorney General of California, on behalf of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, filed an amended civil complaint in federal court on April 9, 2025, against the City and County of San Francisco for claims of Clean Water Act violations spanning the last decade.

• AMENDED City and County of San Francisco Complaint (pdf) (563.87 KB, April 9, 2025)
• City and County of San Francisco Complaint (pdf) (942.21 KB, May 1, 2024)