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SF Supers Win Right to Select Planning Commissioners

SAN FRANCISCO-The San Francisco Board of Supervisors now has the power to select three members of the Planning Commission now that voters have backed a measure that took away the mayor's sole authority to name all of the members.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on April 01, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO-San Francisco supervisors have begun a three-month process that will yield new members of the city’s Planning Commission, now that voters have backed a measure to give them three picks.

The function of the Planning Commission is to adopt and maintain a comprehensive, long-term general plan for future improvement and development of the City, as well as provide permits and zoning regulations for commercial and residential development.

Before Proposition D passed in March, the mayor had sole authority to name the powerful commission’s seven members as well as the five who serve on the related Board of Appeals. Prop D granted supervisors two out of five appointments on the latter body.

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