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Board pauses for funerals, reads names of Orlando victims and honors disability-rights leader Carla Johnson
Summary
Supervisors read the names of the 49 victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, adjourned in their memory, and several members delivered extended in-memoriam remarks for Carla Johnson, a longtime disability-rights advocate and city employee who died that week.
The Board of Supervisors on June 14 paused its regular business to honor victims of two recent tragedies: the mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and the death of Carla Johnson, a longtime San Francisco disability-rights advocate and city employee.
Supervisor David Campos led the Board in an extended recitation of the names of the 49 victims from the Orlando attack; the reading divided the list among supervisors and the Board adjourned in memory of those named. Supervisors spoke of vigils, cross-community solidarity and the disproportionate impact on Latino and LGBT communities.
Separately, several supervisors delivered tributes to Carla Johnson, who served in multiple city roles, including deputy director of the Department of Building Inspection and director in the Mayor's Office on Disability. Speakers described Johnson, 56, as instrumental in crafting accessibility legislation, developing disability-performance standards, creating accessible public events and improving accessibility for city facilities. Supervisors announced a memorial service to be held at the Bayview Opera House at a date to be determined.
Why it matters: The Board used its platform to memorialize victims and to recognize the contributions of a notable long-serving city official whose work affected city accessibility standards and programs.
Ending: The Board adjourned in memory and called for continued work on public safety, inclusion and access for vulnerable communities.
