San Francisco Supes approve America's Cup bid in stormy hearing



5:02 AM Wed 6 Oct 2010 GMT
'Artists impression of viewing from Pier 30-32 in the public hub for 34th America's Cup, San Francisco' .
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today passed by a 9-2 vote Item 39 on the official agenda: the resolution endorsing the City's formal term sheet for hosting America's Cup 34 and supporting efforts to bring the AC34 to San Francisco. Passing of the measure does not guarantee the America's Cup for San Francisco, Valencia and an Italian port, plus a couple of other options remain in serious contention. However without this measure, San Francisco would probably have been out of the game. The term sheet acts as a detailed letter of intent. The city now officially has a formal ...


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