Disgraced Former DBI Inspector Bernie Curran Hit With DA Charges

San Francisco CA

20 February, 2022

10:12 AM

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By Annika Hom, Mission Local February 18, 2022 Bernie Curran, a former senior inspector at the Department of Building Inspection who last year abruptly quit following multiple scandals is now being charged by the District Attorney on multiple counts of conflict of interest and perjury. Curran already faces federal charges on allegations of bribery. The senior inspector, who worked for DBI from 2005 to 2021, allegedly approved permits for clients of engineer and permit expediter Rodrigo Santos who donated to Curran's favored charitable organizations. The criminal charges involve a $180,000 "loan" that Curran accepted in March 2017, and which was still outstanding in 2020. Freydoon Ghassemzadeh, whose family runs the prominent San Francisco developer SIA Consulting, gave Curran the "loan." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.