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Rules Committee forwards charter amendment on city retirement and health benefits to full Board after extensive public comment
Summary
After about a dozen public commenters raised concerns ranging from alleged past budgeting shortfalls to calls to separate health‑service governance changes, the Rules Committee agreed to place a charter amendment on retirement and health benefits on the Board agenda as a committee report; no committee vote was taken.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee on Thursday agreed to forward a proposed charter amendment to Appendix A — covering city retirement benefits and health-care governance — to the full Board as a committee report after extended public comment, with no committee vote held at the meeting.
Supervisor Jane Kim, chair of the Rules Committee, opened the special meeting and said the committee would move straight to public comment because a presentation had been heard at a previous meeting. The clerk read Item 1 as a "charter amendment to amend the provisions of Appendix A regarding city retirement benefits and health care benefits." Public commenters were given two minutes each.
Public speakers included retirees, union representatives…
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