The long saga of the proposed "bike yield law", which first came into public view last summer after Park Station began cracking down on cyclists biking through stop signs along the Wiggle, has reached the end of the road. The proposed policy recommendation would have allowed cyclists to yield at stop signs, instead of coming to a full stop regardless of the presence of cross traffic or pedestrians.

A Board of Supervisors meeting last week brought only six votes in support of the policy recommendation, although it needed eight to overcome an anticipated mayoral veto. (Here's our December rundown of who voted for and against the proposed ordinance.)

Yesterday, that veto came down. As SFGate reports, Mayor Lee wrote a letter to the Supervisors, stating that the "ordinance does not promote balanced public safety for all the diverse users of our streets, rather, it trades safety for convenience. Therefore, this is not a policy I can allow this City to endorse."