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Appeal tangles San Francisco’s plans for America’s Cup

An appeal of the America’s Cup environmental impact report was officially filed Monday, according to the Board of Supervisors Clerk’s Office.Four groups actually brought the appeal Friday, the day after the Planning Commission certified the report, but the Clerk’s Office was unable to enter the appeal to the record because the Planning Department had not submitted official documentation of the commission’s decision. Read More

America's Cup's environmental report OK'd by San Francisco

The America’s Cup took a major step forward Thursday night when the environmental impact report was unanimously certified by the Planning Commission.Event planners can now move forward with the permitting process for important construction projects for the 2013 yachting event. Read More

Environment panel might hold up America's Cup in San Francisco

Groups that have raised environmental concerns about the America’s Cup said Wednesday that they intend to slow down the development approval process if the Planning Commission will not do so.The commission is scheduled to vote Friday on the event’s environmental impact report. If it certifies that report, members of the Environmental Council coalition vow to appeal the decision to the Board of Supervisors. Read More
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