A warning sign for the step at the entrance of Lion Trading in Chinatown San Francisco, Calif., on March 16, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News)

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Monday that his office is filing a civil lawsuit against a San Diego-based law firm for allegedly filing thousands of fraudulent disability-access lawsuits against small businesses in California.

Boudin said the law firm, Potter Handy LLP, has filed more than 250 lawsuits against small businesses in San Francisco alone, allegedly targeting small and immigrant-owned businesses and pressuring them into cash settlements to avoid fighting the lawsuits in court.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.