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Rules Committee backs one-time shortening of two Health Service Board terms to stagger elections

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee · July 8, 2010
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Summary

The Rules Committee approved a positive committee report for a one-time charter amendment that would shorten two Health Service Board terms to align future elections and save an estimated $30,000 annually for the Health Service System, a modest but targeted saving for benefits serving more than 100,000 people.

The Rules Committee recommended a positive committee report on a charter amendment that would, on a one-time basis, shorten the terms of two Health Service Board members so future elections are consolidated.

Supervisor Sean Ellsberg, the sponsor, told the committee the Health Service System serves more than 100,000 active employees, retirees and dependents and endures repeated annual elections for board seats. Ellsberg said consolidating terms so elections occur…

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