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Board advances ordinance to create Office of Emerging Technology on first reading
Summary
Supervisors unanimously passed, on first reading, an ordinance to create an Office of Emerging Technology within Public Works to coordinate review and testing of new public-facing technologies, including rules for procurement and departmental coordination.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors advanced on first reading an ordinance on Dec. 10 to create an Office of Emerging Technology in the Department of Public Works. The measure passed unanimously on first reading after sponsors described a year-long stakeholder process and technical research.
What it does: The ordinance establishes an Office of Emerging Technology (OET) to centralize review, testing and cross-departmental coordination for technologies that operate in public space. According to…
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