The San Diego City Council will discuss Proposition 8 and may vote to urge residents to vote against the measure that would eliminate same-sex marriage, following a 4-1 vote Oct. 8 by a City Council committee. District 6 Councilwoman Donna Frye made a motion that the controversial measure be referred to the full City Council, with a recommendation the council urge residents to vote no. The 4-1 vote was before the Rules, Open Government & Intergovernmental Relations Committee. “There’s little support for Prop. 8 on the council,” said Council President Scott Peters, who seconded Frye’s motion. Without comment, Councilman Tony Young voted against the idea. Also voting for Frye’s motion were councilmen Ben Hueso and Jim Madaffer. Job Nelson, the director of the Intergovernmental Relations Department, recommended a number of state propositions the council should consider either endorsing or opposing, based on determinations of public safety, more grants or money for San Diego or measures that would enhance local control of government. Nelson suggested the council urge a “no” vote on Prop. 8, but he acknowledged the measure didn’t fit the criteria he had used for the propositions. He said the council could urge a “no” vote only to be consistent with its earlier vote last year to support a brief before the state Supreme Court on same-sex marriage that eventually led to the law being changed. Mayor Jerry Sanders signed the brief after the council voted 5-3 in favor of it Sept. 18, 2007. Sanders had been poised to veto it but changed his mind in an emotional news conference in which he said he wanted to support his gay daughter and staff. In 2000, a different City Council voted 7-2 to urge residents to vote against Proposition 22, a measure that stated that only a man and a woman could marry and have that marriage recognized in California. Former Mayor Susan Golding led the council at the time and she joined most of the council in voting to recommend a “no” vote on Prop. 22. That measure passed by 61 percent statewide. Frye also made a motion that the council consider a “no” vote on Prop. 6, a measure about law enforcement funding and criminal penalties. Both Young and Frye said Prop. 6 contained a requirement that entire families could be evicted from government housing if one member of the family has a criminal record. The committee voted 5-0 to recommend the council oppose Prop. 6. “Making families go homeless — I don’t think that will help,” Frye said. The City Council will consider both propositions on Monday, Oct. 27. The council has already voted to recommend a “yes” vote on Prop. 2 about humane conditions for farm animals raised for food.