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Rules Committee holds required hearing on advertising initiative; Chamber warns of lost revenue

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee · July 6, 2009
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Summary

The committee held the charter-mandated hearing for an initiative to prohibit new advertising on street furniture and exteriors of city-owned buildings; Rob Black of the Chamber of Commerce warned the measure would cut a revenue stream used to fund city projects.

The Rules Committee conducted a charter-required hearing on a proposed initiative ordinance that would bar new general advertising signs on street furniture above existing authorizations and prohibit new advertising visible on the exterior of city-owned buildings.

Rob Black, representing the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, testified against the proposal,…

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