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Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Bribes for builders

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court in California orders two former building inspectors to pay more than $254,000 in restitution to the San Francisco Building Inspection Commission; they were sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for accepting bribes in exchange for building permits.

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