Supervisor Weiner’s charter amendment to ease changes to voter‑adopted ordinances draws sharp public opposition; continued to June 2

May 19, 2011

Supervisor Wiener proposed a charter amendment to let the Board of Supervisors amend or repeal voter‑adopted ordinances after a staged time period; public speakers and advocacy groups warned it would erode the initiative power. Committee continued the item for further negotiation and analysis.

The full story

Supervisor Ross Weiner introduced a charter amendment at the Rules Committee on May 19 seeking to allow the Board of Supervisors to amend or, in some cases, repeal ordinances previously adopted by the voters after a set period.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in