San Francisco’s waterfront politics heated up Tuesday with Supervisor Scott Wiener calling for increased analysis over the impacts of a June ballot measure that would empower voters to decide project by project if height limits should be exceeded.
The request by Wiener was blasted by Jon Golinger, the campaign manager for the Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Initiative who suggested it may be illegal.
Not so, says Wiener, whose office staffers referred to state election code that says a legislative body may request such analysis no later than 30 days after the Elections Department certifies a signed petition to place it on the ballot.…
The request by Wiener was blasted by Jon Golinger, the campaign manager for the Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Initiative who suggested it may be illegal.
Not so, says Wiener, whose office staffers referred to state election code that says a legislative body may request such analysis no later than 30 days after the Elections Department certifies a signed petition to place it on the ballot.…
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