Amendment on drunken firefighters rejected
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&Mdash; Voters will no longer have an occasion to establish a "zero tolerance" policy for firefighters drinking on the job.
The proposed permit amendment for the June 8 ballot died Thursday in the Board of Supervisors Rules Cabinet hearing when there wasn’t enough support to move it forward.
Supervisor Chris Daly, who introduced the make reparation, said it was "simple" and "good public policy."
"It is intended to keep us securely," he said. "If you have a fire, you don’t want someone coming that has their abilities impaired."
But the pace was blasted by the firefighters union and department Chief Joanne Hayes-Milk-white, who called it unnecessary and unfair.
Similarly, Daly’s colleagues on the council, supervisors David Campos and Eric Mar, expressed an unwillingness to promote it, prompting Daly to abandon the amendment.
Hayes-White told the supervisors she was "very disheartened with what is being proposed" and that the bureau had "one of the most comprehensive drug and alcohol policies."
Source: San Francisco Examiner