Following reports of corruption at San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection, investigations revealed bribery payments and conflict of interest violations resulting in a two-year prison sentence for a senior building inspector, the San Francisco District Attorney’s office announced Oct. 2.
The now former senior building inspector, Bernard “Bernie” Curran, was ordered to surrender to authorities Oct. 12 to begin his sentence, after he pleaded guilty in state and federal courts for concealing illegal cash payments from developers and property owners whose construction projects he was responsible for approving.
