I have talked to Philip about this a little and verified that the proposed ban would be an ordinance and not a resolution. So the next strategic move, if and when it happens (and currently on hold per last night's decision), will be from the ACWC to a subcommittee of three Board members and, separately, to the city attorney. I am assuming that the city attorney just has to analyze the proposal to see if it is legally feasible. The subcommittee's decision on the proposal apparently carries a lot of weight with the other board members, so it sounds like that is where both sides will have to make their cases. I hope that those three supes, whoever they end up being, are ready for an interesting time. I'm not surprised and, in a way, am glad that this is deferred until January. This is likely to be one of the ugliest election cycles ever, but, then, they just seem to get uglier each time. And, I'm not surprised that even KQED did a sloppy job reporting last night's proceedings. I could count on one hand the news media providers that I still trust, and would probably have fingers left over. --VH -----Original Message----- From: media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org [mailto:media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Y Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 3:21 PM To: Mickaboo media advisor team Subject: [Media-advisors] FW: Process answers -----Original Message----- From: Philip Gerrie Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 3:14 PM To: 1217@vhrovat.org Cc: Elizabeth Young Subject: Process answers Hi VH, The process is as follows. Our Commission makes a recommendation to the Board. It is then up to one or more Commissioners to shop it around to the Sups to find a sponsor. In the same way that on of us has to take on an item for it to get on our agenda. It took me months to get a Sup to sponsor a resolution encouraging restaurants to use cage-free eggs. Every other supervisor i approached said they would support and they all did eventually vote for it. Once sponsored however it was an up or down vote along with other resolutions and it passed. An ordinance is different. It will go to a sub-committee of the Sups as well as the City Attorney. A sub-committee consists of three Supervisors. They have hearings about the item and make a recommendation to the full Board. If all three approve usually the full Board votes in favor. It then has to be signed by the Mayor. The Mayor can either sign or not. If he doesn't the Board need a 2/3 vote to over ride. Philip