San Francisco sues its own school district to reopen classes

FILE – In this Aug. 14, 2017, file photo, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera listens to questions during a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco. The city of San Francisco took a dramatic step Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in its effort to get children back into public school classrooms, suing its own school district to try to force open the doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. City Attorney Herrera, with the backing of Mayor London Breed, announced he had sued the San Francisco Board of Education and the San Francisco Unified School District in a statement and discussed it at a news conference.