SF Board of Supervisors Inaugural Meeting
Oath of office for newly elected members and election of the President of the Board. Agenda.
Followed by office warming parties with each new Supervisor
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Board of Supervisors Hearing on Late-Night Transportation
By Stan Parkford |
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Despite Public Sparring, Supes and Mayor Move Closer on SFMTA Budget
By Michael Rhodes |
SFMTA Board Chairman Tom Nolan spoke before the Board of Supervisors today. Photo: Michael Rhodes The war of words between the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor’s office — with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency in the middle — intensified today, even as the parties appear to be inching towards similar solutions for restoring […]
Car-Free District 3 Supervisor David Chiu Reelected Board President
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Supervisor David Chiu, a key player in the city’s sustainable transportation movement who gets around on his electric bicycle, was reelected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this afternoon on an 8-3 vote. The 40-year-old District 3 supervisor called on his colleagues to “move beyond the past oppositional politics of personality” and build […]
Supervisors Hearing on SFFD’s Push for Wider Streets
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Meeting of Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee Agenda [PDF] 2. 140460 [Hearing – Street Widths in Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point Developments] Sponsors: Wiener; Breed Hearing requesting a report from the Fire Department, Department of Public Works, and the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure on the proposal to widen certain streets in […]
Bike Commuter David Chiu Will Preside Over the Board of Supes
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David Chiu, accepting the presidency of the Board of Supervisors, with Mayor Newsom looking on. After seven rounds of voting and nearly an hour of exasperating political theater, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors chose newly elected District 3 Supervisor David Chiu as its president. A voluble cheer erupted in the North Light Court at […]
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