The Beijing Olympic torch will be carried along San Francisco's waterfront and briefly pass through the Marina District, according to city officials who announced the specific route today.The long-anticipated announcement about the torch's planned route came moments before the city's Board of Supervisors this afternoon passed a strongly worded resolution condemning China's human rights record. The seven-page resolution also demands an international investigation into China's record and calls for the local official who receives the torch in San Francisco to do so with "alarm and protest."
The April 9 torch relay will start with an opening ceremony at McCovey Cove, travel along the Embarcadero, run past Fisherman's Wharf and briefly through the Marina District and back along the Embarcadero to Justin Herman Plaza, a spokeswoman for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said. A closing ceremony is scheduled to take place at the plaza.
The event will start at 1 p.m. and it will take the torch about an hour and a half to traverse the approximately 6-mile route, according to Giselle Barry, the spokeswoman for Newsom.
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