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Rules committee continues Peskin’s proposal to add monthly mayor appearance to board calendar
Summary
Supervisor Peskin introduced a rule to implement Proposition I by adding a monthly agenda item for the mayor to appear and engage with the Board of Supervisors; the committee continued the item for a week to negotiate details, while the mayor’s liaison offered district-based alternatives and staff flagged costs.
Supervisor Peskin on behalf of the sponsor introduced a motion to add a board rule implementing Proposition I so that the board’s calendar "for the third Tuesday of each month shall include an item for the mayor to appear in person before the Board of Supervisors and engage in formal policy discussions with members of the board." He read draft language for a clerk script and said the rule would remove the item from the agenda if the mayor failed to appear within five minutes and that public comment for the item would take place during general public comment.
Chair Ross Mercurimi and several supervisors pushed back on…
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