City attorney pins another illegal conversion on Mel Murphy
Port Commissioner Mel Murphy is in deep water once again. On Tuesday, City Attorney Dennis Herrera amended his civil suit against Murphy to include another residential property the San Francisco developer allegedly converted in violation of state and local laws, then concealed for years from his annual disclosures to the San Francisco Ethics Commission. In new charges, Herrera claims that Murphy illegally converted 1025 Hampshire St. from a two-family to a three-family home, doing the work without permits. The city attorney said the case “mirrors a pattern of lawlessness and deception” found at another allegedly illegal conversion done on Alabama Street.