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Board to study limits on off‑topic public comments after members object to unrelated submissions
Summary
A board member asked staff to research whether the board can screen or reject public comments that lack a nexus to BOE jurisdiction. Board counsel said the agency will review legal limits and Executive Director Stowers agreed to agendize the issue as a member matter.
Member Schaeffer asked the State Board of Equalization on Sept. 16 to consider a screening process to prevent public comments unrelated to the board’s jurisdiction from being read into the record.
Schaeffer said some written comments submitted to the board addressed matters far outside BOE authority — for example, opposition to a Governor’s redistricting plan — and proposed giving the executive director, with counsel’s concurrence, authority…
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