S.F. MAYOR LOOKS TO INCREASE STAFF TO STUDY NEW STADIUM

          San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown has requested a
     $517,000 supplemental appropriation from the city's Board of
     Supervisors for more research on building a replacement for
     Candlestick Park for the 49ers, according to Edward Epstein
     of the S.F. CHRONICLE.  The funds would allow Brown to hire
     three temporary staff members and outside consultants,
     mainly to conduct preliminary environmental studies of the
     site.  As plans for a new stadium call for construction to
     take place while the old stadium is in use, more land
     "might" be needed for parking and a component of the new
     facility "seems to be a retail development at the site,
     meaning even more land would have to be acquired."  The
     "major" part of the $517,000 appropriation would go towards
     outside consultants, with an "estimated" $250,000 of that
     amount going for environmental review work.  The
     supervisors' budget committee will take up the request on
     Wednesday (S.F. CHRONICLE, 12/7).