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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
991642
Name:
Sale of Chronicle
Status:
Type:
Resolution
Passed
File created:
In control:
8/23/1999
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
9/3/1999
Enactment date:
824-99
Enactment #:
Title:
Resolution urging the Justice Department to closely scrutinize the merger for anti-competitive effects
and further urging the Justice Department to ensure that any sale of the Examiner be premised upon
the buyer providing competitive daily city and regional circulation and further urging that Hearst
Corporation comply with the job rights, classifications, contracts, and protections of all Chronicle and
Examiner employees and further urging the Hearst Corporation give voice to San Francisco's diverse,
vibrant, highly educated and civically and community-engaged population in ways comparable to that
afforded the city by the two newspapers and further urging the Justice Department to hold public
hearings in San Francisco on the impact of the merger.
Sponsors:
Michael Yaki, Sue Bierman
Attachments:
1. Leg_Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ADOPTED
Board of Supervisors
8/23/1999
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
9/3/1999
1