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Board of Supervisors cancels meeting after clerk fails to publish agenda; items rescheduled for Sept. 14
Summary
The Board of Supervisors canceled its regular meeting on Sept. 7, 2010 after the Clerk of the Board did not publish the agenda in the official newspaper as required by Charter Section 2.108; all items were rescheduled for the Board's regular meeting on Sept. 14, 2010.
The Board of Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco canceled its regular meeting on Sept. 7, 2010 after the Clerk of the Board said the day's agenda was not published in the official newspaper as required by the City Charter.
Madam Clerk announced the cancellation at the start of the session, saying a technical error in the clerk's office prevented publication in the designated official newspaper. "Since this requirement, pursuant to Charter Section 2.108, that the calendar for regular business be published 36 hours in advance was not met, the board meeting for today's is canceled," the clerk said.
The clerk told the board that hearing items today "could result in all actions being invalidated" and said all items on the agenda would be heard at the Board of Supervisors' regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, at 2 p.m. The clerk also said that special-order items scheduled for 2:30 p.m. would be rescheduled to the regular meeting on Sept. 14 at 2:30 p.m. and that the next week's meeting notice would be published in the official newspaper, currently the Examiner, "in accordance with state and local laws" and Charter Section 2.108.
Board leadership asked the public and members to reconvene at 2:30 p.m. for a separate special-order announcement but reiterated the main meeting would not proceed. The clerk apologized to the public and the board for the error and resulting cancellation.
Why it matters: Charter Section 2.108 requires that the calendar for regular business be published 36 hours in advance in the official newspaper; the clerk said the requirement was not met and that actions taken today could be invalidated if the board proceeded. The cancellation delays all items on the published agenda, including special-order items and any votes or hearings that had been planned for the session.
Practical details: The clerk said the rescheduled meeting would be posted and published in accordance with state and local laws and named the Examiner as the current official newspaper. The board president asked members to reconvene at 2:30 p.m. for a separate announcement about the special-order items.
No formal motions or votes occurred on the canceled agenda; the clerk's announcement functioned as the official notice that the meeting would be postponed to the date and times above.
