The expiration of Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor London Breed’s COVID-19 states of emergency is prompting the board to make a decision about remote testimony moving forward.
A proposal that would effectively end remote public comment at Board of Supervisors meetings has drawn no shortage of, well, comments.
The issue has drawn outsized attention in a city that loves direct democracy like it loves Frenet Branca and sunny 65-degree days in the park. Supervisor Raphael Mandelman grew tired of it, and proposed last year an update to the policy that would allow remote public comment only by people who require it because they are disabled. He remained adamant that his proposal still allowed for “more extensive and more expansive” remote public comment “than we were ever able to do before,” particularly for people with disabilities.
Dorsey acknowledged “there are sometimes legitimate concerns that the instruments of our democracy can be abused and weaponized in ways that are antidemocratic, when people may seek to force a commission or a hearing to go multiple hours.” But he argued it would be worse for the government to close itself off.
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