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Supervisors hear extensive public comment on Olympics torch route and human-rights concerns; route transparency resolution referred
Summary
Members of the public urged the Board to support greater transparency about the Olympic torch route and to back a Human Rights Torch Relay; the board referred a resolution requesting public access to information about the torch route for further consideration.
The Board of Supervisors heard a large public-comment block focused on the Beijing Olympic torch and human-rights concerns in China. A resolution brought by supervisors (described in the record as supporting public access to information about the Olympic torch route) was referred for further consideration rather than voted on at the hearing.
Supervisor Daley introduced the referral request, saying citizens deserved to know the proposed route and the city's criteria for permitting assemblies and demonstrations tied to the torch. He linked the request to concerns raised by the ACLU about transparency. The clerk recorded that "That…
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