In San Francisco, Virus is Contained but Schools Are Still Closed

[David Lockmiller]

Well, Gene, the legal costs are increasing for the San Francisco School District.

A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the district to pay $60,000 to cover legal fees of plaintiffs who sued to block the renaming of school sites bearing names of historical figures said to be linked to racism and oppression. The legal firm that filed the suit said the $60,000 reflected a discount in acknowledgment of the district’s budget crisis. The firm halved the 200 hours it spent on the case and then reduced the hourly rate by more than half, leaving the district to pay less than a quarter of actual costs exceeding $240,000, plaintiffs’ attorney Paul Scott said.