The San Francisco call., 1910-11-11
GIST OF THE 3S CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO BE VOTED
UPON AT THE SPECIAL ELECTION NOVEMBER Is


gested by their revolutionary
attempt re
amendments and of the
@ ISSUE bonds
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teh
The sentiment
cisco and by the public generally.
.l the number 4sa TO. of public n library
member shall expire each year ~ % "sD0sFs me term '
of urged that the present system of life
andh selection membership the library
prevent the hoard from, beoina tb - - ~ - - M 1;, u @ @ m I
because the board could be
No s-Provtdes dollar
limit imposed BY the charter The first for the
exceptions are paving sewers pub
or the ss ess Rasstn ton of snd
for municipal of garba
On urged it long step
the accomplishment of municipal
d by the charter declared be myth So called
emergency in of that limit have been inevitable The
adoption of constitutional No
from the general election takes $6oOoo assessab valuation
@ ana nereoy make imperative complete readumen OF
taxation in this city and county is vigorously conended by that
Against it the arguments nnear 70 b bd 1u 1 os 4bses
dollar case of dire emergency
1t only fair however that the opposition
method of keeping the within the event that this
is traffic
No Public p utilities and the issuance
Utilities It changes % aes e dednion o
SUBJECT to bonded
se,s @ s Dfoyss for schools sn
On behalf of his urged that its provisions meet and
solve all the difficulties that have arisen the
municipal and the Spring Valley property
part provides authorization for the exchange ~ ds
owned by the Hetchy SITE greatly smpi6es
the whole public utilities purposes
of the charter.
opposition amendment is urged by some Of the Commercial,
organizations that while 1t admirable the
provisions 1t contended that exchange property
to be vested the city might be used pro-
visions requiring of existing utilities
and that might lead pubiv extravaganza
they may Ra sn5 od oae 4 m sh
required present
designed for puSo 5e uy every class
In opposition to this amendment is urged adoption might
TO prevent fraud waste and ;1 [ - - os ; p a',men's
eral publicity Municipal general circulation It fur
nished citizen application persons other than
those interested public directly public
publication argued that the comparatively insir
nhcan that estimated change
could be lost anx times single through
of without publicity
On behalf of the apparently the single apu-
based estimated of $4,000 a
No Initiative referendum and recaliThis
percentages necessary
In opposition to this amendment is strenuou contended that m
provisions ill present charter pro
visions IS per cent of the qualified electors must nton for the
proposed ordinance proposed change would
provide for only the ordinance
submission at special
election imperative Concedng the worth of the provisions
and the retaining people power legislation
contended
for the settlement of
of so or 90 of the
On behalf OF he amendment chief of
facilities direct
cipal
petitions
OF the
the first primary election shall
be printed the ballot
of
systems employed in Berkeley
z
partisan designations
of
rule
These amendments organizations the
No Terms of municipal ohsThis
half the board
On behalf of