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Board amends franchise fee language, cutting proposed PEG fee to 1.15% to sustain public access channels
Summary
Supervisors amended a proposed administrative-code change to lower a fee on state video franchise holders and signaled city and vendor commitments intended to sustain public, educational and government (PEG) access operations through the coming year.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday amended an ordinance to set a fee for state video franchise holders to support public access and other PEG (public, educational and government) channel activities, reducing the originally discussed fee from 3% to 1.15% and seeking a separate operational contribution from Comcast.
Supervisor Mercurimi (sponsor) and other supporters framed the change as triage to sustain public access operations through April 2010 while the city and state seek…
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