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Committee Backs Charter Change to Consolidate City Attorney and Treasurer Elections, Citing Turnout and Savings
Summary
Supervisor Wiener—s charter amendment to move city attorney and treasurer elections into the mayoral cycle was advanced with a committee recommendation; Wiener cited higher turnout and a controller estimate of roughly $4.2 million in savings over four years. The full Board will consider the proposal.
The Rules Committee on Jan. 26 voted to forward a charter amendment authored by Supervisor Scott Wiener that would change the election cycle for the city attorney and treasurer to align those offices with mayoral elections. Wiener said the shift would boost turnout for those offices and reduce the number of low-turnout, dedicated municipal elections.
"City attorney and treasurer are two of the most important…
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