Staff reports, The Examiner
2007-07-03 16:30:00.0
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SAN FRANCISCO -

A Board of Supervisors committee will vote Thursday on a charter amendment intended to overhaul Muni.

Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin introduced the charter amendment that includes such provisions as revoking the non-negotiable salary formula, which keeps Muni operators among the highest paid in the nation, and allocating more city revenue to the transit agency. If ultimately approved by at least six members of the Board of Supervisors, the charter amendment would appear on the November ballot.

The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee meets Thursday, at 1 p.m., at City Hall, Room 250.

Hearing to explore issues on charter school’s lease

A Board of Supervisors committee will hold a hearing Thursday on issues surrounding the lease of the Newcomer High School campus.

Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier requested the hearing to determine the process used to lease out the school’s campus to the Metro Charter School, where the charter school’s students live and the extent to which public outreach occurred before the lease was signed.

The Board of Supervisor’s City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee meets Thursday, at 2 p.m., at City Hall, Room 263.

DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Forum on rising sea levels to be held Thursday

After Independence Day festivities have dwindled and the firework smoke clears, the San Francisco Department of the Environment will host a sobering July 5 brown-bag forum that will look at the local effects of a rise in sea level. According to the department’s Web site, new projections indicate the mean sea level will rise between 12 and 36 inches by 2100. Experts will present scenario maps of locally impacted areas during the presentation, which will take place at noon at the department’s Ecocenter, at 11 Grove St.

E-mail your city officials:

Mayor: Gavin Newsom

Supervisors: Jake McGoldrick - District 1; Michela Alioto-Pier – District 2; Aaron Peskin - District 3; Ed Jew - District 4; Ross Mirkarimi - District 5; Chris Daly – District 6; Sean Elsbernd - District 7; Bevan Dufty - District 8; Tom Ammiano - District 9; Sophie Maxwell - District 10; Gerardo Sandoval – District 11