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S F Mayor Breed was praised for her COVID response Now, she s confronting the city s other problems
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed s decision to name a fourth straight nominee to a historic preservation advisory body is facing criticism from the trio of supervisors responsible for vetting mayoral appointments to city commissions. All three are calling on the mayor to instead name an LGBTQ person to the seat.
Last month, Breed did not reappoint the Historic Preservation Commission s two gay members, Jonathan Pearlman and Aaron Hyland, who had been serving as the commission s president. Pearlman s Seat 3 is to be filled by an architectural historian, and LGBTQ community leaders have encouraged Breed to name Hyland to it.
At its meeting Tuesday, March 2, the Board of Supervisors seated Breed s three other straight nominations Diane Matsuda, Chris Foley, and Ruchira D. Nageswaran to serve terms ending December 31, 2024. Matsuda and Foley had both been serving on the commission, while Nageswaran was named to Hyland s seat.
First Amendment takes a beating at S.F. Board of Supervisors - until they backtrack
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San Francisco District Five Supervisor Dean Preston led the charge against the Marina Times, but it didn’t last long.Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 2019
It may be hard to believe in a city that puts the First Amendment above all else, but the San Francisco Board of Supervisors was on track to out-trump
President Trump by pulling official city advertising from a neighborhood newspaper because the supes didn’t like its coverage of them or city issues.
The target was the Marina Times, one of eight neighborhood papers paid to carry the city’s legal notices. The Times’ contract was worth about $5,000 a year. Not a make-or-break amount, but the paper has been publishing the notices since 2012.