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Mayor Lurie urges charter reforms to centralize contracting and shorten ballots
Summary
Mayor Daniel Lurie told the Board of Supervisors he and President Mandelmann will pursue charter changes to centralize contracting under the city administrator, shorten ballots by changing signature rules, and give the mayor clearer authority over department heads to improve accountability.
Mayor Daniel Lurie addressed the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 10 to unveil a package of proposed charter reforms aimed at streamlining city government and increasing executive accountability.
Lurie told the board the city charter is “bloated and broken” and outlined three main changes: bring contracting under the city administrator to set citywide standards, shorten and simplify ballot access rules so the board can place measures with a majority vote rather than the current process, and strengthen mayoral…
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