The press room at San Francisco City Hall will soon bear the name of longtime KCBS Radio political reporter Barbara Taylor.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed the first reading of an ordinance to rename the press room in honor of Taylor, who was known as "the dean of the City Hall press corps" prior to her passing last year of complications related to an earlier car accident. Taylor was 73.
"For decades, Barbara Taylor was not only the voice of reporting every detail of City Hall from catastrophic earthquakes to the introduction of legislation, but in many ways, she was the mature conscious of City Hall," Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who introduced the legislation in September, told KCBS Radio's Bob Butler at the time. "She held elected officials accountable. She knew what everybody was up to."
Taylor retired from KCBS Radio in 2015, after decades covering some of the biggest stories in San Francisco's history. She covered the Jonestown massacre and the assassinations of then-Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, among others, during her time with the station.
The ordinance heads to Mayor London Breed's desk if supervisors vote in favor of the ordinance's second reading next Tuesday.
Breed can sign it or return it to the board unsigned, and the press room will be named the "Barbara A. Taylor Press Room" 30 days after either form enactment. If she doesn't sign the ordinance within 10 days of receiving it, the press room will be renamed 30 days after 10 days elapse.
The Barbara A. Taylor Press Room will have signage on its door no later than Feb. 1, 2022, according to the ordinance.
Correction: An earlier version of this story said the ordinance was passed and would immediately go to Mayor London Breed for her signature.
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