San Francisco Dog Owner's PAC Makes Endorsement In Mayor's Race

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) -- The political action committee devoted to San Francisco dog owners has endorsed mayoral candidate John Avalos in the upcoming election.

Bruce Wolfe, president of DogPAC, said Monday that city Supervisor Avalos best represented the issues about which the city's 150,000 dog owners are concerned.

The key issue that has dog owners on edge is a study by the National Park Service about closing big swaths of land within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to dogs in an effort to protect native plants and endangered species.

Avalos told a mayoral forum on Saturday that, as mayor, he would oppose the proposed dog management plan.

There are more dogs than children in San Francisco and their owners are passionate about the city's dog parks.

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