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Board rejects referral; approves contested Sunshine Ordinance Task Force appointment
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted down a motion to refer the appointment of Doyle Johnson back to the Rules Committee, then approved his appointment to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force after debate about honoring an incumbent and a disability-representation requirement.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Oct. 7 considered whether to send the nomination of Doyle Johnson to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force back to committee and then voted to approve his appointment to the panel.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin called the roll and a motion by Supervisor Scott Ellsburn to re-refer the appointment to the Rules Committee failed 4–6. The full board then approved Johnson’s appointment by a separate roll-call vote of 10–0.
Ellsburn told the board he was seeking to re-refer the item because new information had emerged after the Rules Committee’s hearings indicating a different vacancy on the task force. He said an incumbent member who had served…
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