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	San Francisco Board of Supervisors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislature for San Francisco, California.
		As the official name implies, the City and County San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a charter city and charter county with a consolidated government, a status it has had since 1856.
		San Francisco is the only California city with a board of supervisors, which is also the city council.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors (470 words)

	San Francisco Board of Supervisors Offends Vatican and Calls for Schism
		The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a March 16 resolution publicly censuring the Catholic Church for its position forbidding adoption of children by homosexual pairs.
		The Board also lambasted Cardinal William Levada, former Archbishop of San Francisco and present head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
		The attitude of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is a clear affront to all Catholics and an insult to the Vatican.
	www.tfp.org /what_we_do/index/sf_baord_of_supervisors.htm (406 words)

	San Francisco May Regulate Blogging \| Personal Democracy Forum
		The entire Board is set to vote on the measure on April 5th, 2005.
		Peskin is the President of the Board of Supervisors.
		In response to our concerns, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, the author of the proposed ordinance, claimed that it was her intent to treat online communications – and weblogs in particular – as a “recognized news medium.” According to others present, nearly all of the 11-member Board echoed Maxwell’s sentiments.
	www.personaldemocracy.com /node/501 (2977 words)

	SAN FRANCISCO / Supervisors slam Vatican on adoptions / Resolution calls edict on gays 'insulting, callous'
		San Francisco elected officials, who have tangled with the Catholic Church before, issued a blistering statement Tuesday that calls on the Vatican to overturn its edict that children waiting to be adopted should not be placed with gays and lesbians.
		The supervisors also singled out Levada: He "is a decidedly unqualified representative of his former home city and of the people of San Francisco and the values they hold dear,'' the resolution stated.
		Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, a married Catholic who represents the conservative neighborhoods west of Twin Peaks, said that voting for the resolution was the right thing to do.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/22/SFSUPES.TMP (1048 words)

	San Francisco Supervisors Vote Unanimously to Support SF Liberation Radio 93.7FM : Indybay
		Supervisor Ma spoke first elucidating her position that the Supes should not meddle in federal affairs and that was the reason for her only no vote in the City Services Committee.
		FURTHER RESOLVED, The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco urges the Federal Communications Commission not to interfere with the functioning of San Francisco Liberation Radio 93.7FM; and be it
		FURTHER RESOLVED, The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco call upon Congress to exercise its oversight in the area of federal communications policy through public hearings on media ownership issues; and to pursue legislation aimed at protecting democratic media by prohibiting further media consolidation.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2003/08/19/16360421.php (887 words)

	Board of Supervisors
		Mission: The Board of Supervisors responds to the needs of the people of the City and County of San Francisco, establishes city policies, and adopts ordinances and resolutions.
		The Board of Supervisors is the legislative branch of the City and County of San Francisco.
		The Board consists of 11 members. Each member is elected on a non-partisan basis from a district where he or she lives.
	www.sfgov.org /site/bdsupvrs_index.asp (92 words)

	Spot-On: Chris Nolan: Pajamas:1. Politicos:2
		Never a group to say "enough," the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed its ethics and campaign finance legislation twice today.
		If the board didn't pass its new ethics legislation today, members worried that the new rules wouldn’t go into effect in time for this Fall's election.
		"Blogs are to be exempt," said Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, specifically citing the phrasing that cuts "news stories, commentaries or editorials distributed through any newspaper, radio station, television station or other recognized news medium unless such news medium is owned or controlled by a political party" out of the ordinance.
	www.spot-on.com /archives/000740.html (395 words)

	Blogcritics.org: San Francisco Board of Supervisors vs the First Amendment
		RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors condemns the upcoming rally to be held by anti-abortion groups in front of City Hall on Friday, March 24, 2006.
		San Francisco reacted the same way that you would if it was decided tomorrow that alongside the opening prayers, to be fair, a Moslem prayer had to be also said before Congress convened every day.
		Whether or not the youth group that came to San Francisco specifically to target the city is what you now appear to be questioning, As we've moved on from "the city making a law in respect to the establishment of religion" you and I are both aware they did not.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2006/03/29/015643.php (8814 words)

	San Francisco Board of Supervisors Gives Preliminary Approval to Budget That Allocates Additional $1M for HIV/AIDS ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to give preliminary approval to the fiscal year 2005-2006 city budget, which includes additional funding for HIV/AIDS programs and restored funding for public health initiatives, the...
		The board's budget would restore a total of $23 million in planned cuts that Newsom proposed in his $5.3 billion spending and revenue plan and provide a balanced budget after city officials eliminated a projected $116 million deficit.
		Newsom said he is pleased with the board's changes, particularly the restored funding for public health programs, and said the budget addresses the city's most urgent needs without increasing the projected budget shortfall.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=27859&nfid=rssfeeds (377 words)

	PageOneQ \| San Francisco Board of Supervisors Condemns Teen Hangings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Today, by unanimous vote, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors urged the State Department to condemn the hangings Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni earlier this month In Iran.
		The Board also condemned the civil rights abuses against and the future execution of gays in Iran.
		RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco hereby deplores the persecution and execution of all Iranians who are denied the due process of the law and are, or are perceived to be, of the LGBT community; and, be it
	pageoneq.com /news/2005/Gay_Hangings_Condemned_0816.html (384 words)

	Wired News: Library: We Don't Want No Filters
		This week the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban filters at city libraries, becoming the first municipality to openly defy the federal mandate.
		San Francisco doesn't stand to lose much federal money –- about $20,000 toward its $50 million library budget, said San Francisco Library spokeswoman Marcia Schneider.
		However, the San Francisco Public Library is considering filtering content on computers located in children's areas.
	www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,47283,00.html (902 words)

	GLT » José Sarria Court approved by San Francisco Board of Supervisors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		San Diego City Commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez, the Imperial Court Council’s international president, teamed with openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Bevan Dufty to help rename a portion of a street in San Francisco after Imperial Court founder José Sarria.
		Murray-Ramirez spoke to the Board of Supervisors at the Jan. 31 hearing in support of the street-renaming proposal.
		In 1995, San Francisco’s Army Street was renamed Cesar Chavez Street in honor of late civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez amidst an unsuccessful campaign to change the name back.
	www.gaylesbiantimes.com /?id=6739 (884 words)

	AR.net >> San Francisco Board of Supervisors Condemns Cat Declawing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On September 23, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted without opposition a resolution condemning cat declawing and urging cat owners and veterinarians to abandon the practice.
		This follows a unanimous request by the San Francisco Commission of Animal Control and Welfare that the Board of Supervisors ban cat declawing within San Francisco.
		Supervisor Sandoval said that depending on the response from the public over this resolution, he may yet introduce an ordinance that would ban cat declawing in San Francisco.
	www.animalrights.net /articles/2003/000465.html (214 words)

	San Francisco Board of Supervisors President
		Tom Ammiano was leading in Tuesday's race for president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the second most powerful position in San Francisco politics.
		As expected, the three incumbent supervisors were all easily winning reelection, and the only question was who would be the top vote getter in the city-wide race for five seats on the board.
		Ammiano, 56, was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1994.
	journalism.berkeley.edu /projects/election1998/sfpres.html (779 words)

	San Francisco Board of Supervisors Supports Iranian American Know Your Rights Resolution
		San Francisco, CA — On August 16, 2005, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution in support of Congressional Resolution 367 condemning bigotry, violence and discrimination against Iranian Americans.
		Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, the first American of Iranian heritage to be elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, introduced the resolution in an effort to ensure that Iranian Americans are not further discriminated against in the post-9/11 climate.
		The resolution also urges the U.S. House of Representatives to pass H.Res.367 and declares that the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall transmit copies of the resolution to the offices of Minority Leader Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-8th/CA), Congressman Meehan, Congressman Shays, Congressman Feeney and Congressman Mica.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/aug/1195.html (312 words)

	Opinion: Jon Ridenour - Sutro Tower - San Francisco Board of Supervisors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Consider it's location in a volatile seismic area in the middle of a residential neighborhood, near a public school, next to a hilltop reservoir, and remember that it is the City itself that grants the tower continued permission to exist in such a spot.
		Then, consider a San Francisco Building Department well known for its implementation of some of the highest standards in the nation.
		The possibility that more of San Francisco's future standards of public safety and municipal responsibility may need to be "lawsuit generated" after a predictable disaster, simply because we fail now to to implement the highest standards currently availaible to us, is unthinkeable.
	www.sutro.org /Pages/ridenour.html (522 words)

	Opinion: Christopher Beaver - Sutro Tower - San Francisco Board of Supervisors
		And finally, president of the board of supervisors, Tom Ammiano, telling Deborah Stein that he and the other supervisors would not be "buffaloed" by Ms.
		But he is also known as a long-time protector of corporations, having earlier lobbied on behalf of big tobaccoand when elected mayor, by throwing a bread and circus party for his inaguration with money from the telecommunications industry.
		The subtext of his replacement, however, (perhaps by one of the supervisors from today's hearing, Yee or Ammiano) might be Brown's ill-fated dereliction of duty, by choosing profits over people.
	www.sutro.org /Pages/beaver.html (831 words)

	San Francisco Board of Supervisors is with Us!! (2-1-00)
		The Board of Supervisors for San Francisco City and County has passed a resolution calling on the legislature to pass Assemblywoman Thomson and Senator Perata's LPS reform bill.
		From the reasons the board uses to justify their call for the measures passage, it is clear they understand why LPS must be reformed—that once people are no longer capable of rationally determining what the course of their treatment should be they must be given the best available care until once again competent.
		RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco urges the California State Assembly to pass AB 1028 {now AB 1800} which would amend the LPS act.
	www.psychlaws.org /stateactivity/California/CTACnewsletter8.htm (602 words)

	San Francisco Board of Supervisors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		San Francisco Board of Supervisor regects the military and the USS Iowa
		Tonight I watched Gerardo Sandervol of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors regect the USS Iowa in San Francisco and regect the military.
		There was another woman from the Board of SF last night on there that was slamming the Military and the Local Law Enforcement Officers.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1578721/posts (816 words)

	International Relations Center \| Good Neighbor Commendation No. 2
		But San Francisco 's law is the most rigorous because it includes an initial $100,000 for enforcement and a stricter definition of what constitutes a sweatshop.
		This is the latest measure by which the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has aimed to use its $600 million in annual procurement to support products manufactured or grown in a humane and sustainable fashion.
		Earlier this year the Board of Supervisors also passed a Fair Trade Certified Purchasing Resolution and an Organic Certified Purchasing Resolution which instructed city officials to design ways of purchasing fair trade and organic products.
	ggn.irc-online.org /neighbor/2919 (647 words)

	Board of Supervisors: Meeting information
		The Board of Supervisors meetings are televised live on
		Currently all meetings of the Supervisors are televised live Monday to Thursday and taped for delayed, same-day playback and playback the next morning, and repeated on the weekend.
		Board and Committee agenda packets are now available online in PDF format. Click on an agenda's file number to view the legislative item's packet. The Board packet is usually available the Friday afternoon prior to the meeting. Please note that some packet files may exceed 1MB in size.
	www.ci.sf.ca.us /site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=4383 (137 words)

	Green Focus \| Matt Gonzalez Elected President of San Francisco Board of Supervisors
		San Francisco is now the largest U.S. city or county (pop.
		Board President is the second-most powerful political position in city government after Mayor, with the ability to set agendas, determine committee memberships, and otherwise affect legislation.
		Gonzalez’s election marks the growing strength of San Francisco Greens, who make up 3% of the city’s registered voters, three times the state average.
	www.cagreens.org /greenfocus/gonzalez.html (543 words)

	AR.net >> Discussion Forum >> San Francisco Board of Supervisors Commends Chinatown Merchants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		At its August 10 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took a swipe at animal rights activists by interrupting their regular meeting to present the Chinatown merchants with a commendation.
		Being that it's an election year, the supervisors scrambled to get their pictures taken with the merchants.
		Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Examiner, August 11, 1998.
	www.animalrights.net /153 (163 words)

	San Francisco Board of Supervisors Passes Resolution Supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal
		Resolution approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors January 11, 2005
		Therefore, Be It Resolved that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors affirm its support for justice and a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, and,
		Be It Further Resolved that this resolution be communicated to the Governor's office of the State of Pennsylvania for his information.
	www.refuseandresist.org /mumia/art.php?aid=1716 (335 words)

	San Francisco Board of Supervisors to Vote on Dispensing Regulations : Indybay
		On October 18th, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's bill regulating Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (MCD's) was debated before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
		For three hours, various supervisors, including Maxwell, Alioto-Pier, Daly passed hostile amendments gutting the bill with zoning requirements which could effectively shut all or most dispensaries in the City (Supervisor Chris Daly won an amendment that adds large portions of South of Market as a no-medical cannabis dispensary zone).
		Supervisor Daly's blog entry An additional issue of importance to medical marijuana patients is the threat of an amendment to kill the 99 plant/100 square foot plant canopy provision.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2005/10/23/36952.php (743 words)

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