Wednesday, November 10, 2021

San Diego County may change meeting policies in wake of racist comments ?

The San Diego Union Tribune reports:
One week after public commenters used racial slurs to attack the region’s top public health official during a routine COVID-19 update, the county Board of Supervisors will consider new rules designed to discourage “hate speech and racism” during their public meetings, according to a board letter proposed Tuesday.
There's more:
Fletcher said the changes are necessary to protect unelected county workers from hostile workplace conditions caused by threatening or abusive comments from some members of the public and to prevent those speakers from creating such intimidating conditions at the meetings that other people feel they aren’t free to speak.
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