The San Diego City Attorney in downtown San Diego advises the Mayor, City Council, and all city departments from its Civic Center offices at 1200 Third Avenue, functioning as both municipal counsel and misdemeanor prosecutor. The criminal division prosecutes misdemeanors and infractions committed within San Diego and Poway city limits, coordinating caseloads with the San Diego District Attorney on matters that escalate to felony charges. A separate Affirmative Civil Enforcement unit pursues public-interest actions under California's Unfair Competition Law, targeting false advertising, wage theft, employee misclassification, and unsafe workplace conditions. The office also houses a Community Justice Division that addresses neighborhood-level quality-of-life cases and a Housing Protection Unit focused on tenant-rights enforcement across the city. Attorneys in the office maintain standing membership in the San Diego County Bar Association, the regional body that administers continuing-education requirements and ethical-standards oversight for the county's legal profession. The office's most complex litigation track involves multi-defendant civil-enforcement actions under state labor codes, requiring cross-agency coordination with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and federal investigators.