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Public commenters press for more openness; commission debates and agrees to practice change on public‑comment handling
Summary
Public commenters at the Nov. 10 meeting raised specific allegations about stops and general critiques of OCC and meeting procedures. Commissioners debated proposed preambles to public comment and agreed—by practice, not formal rule—to read an explanatory statement and to coordinate scheduling items nearer public comment.
A series of public commenters used the commission’s general‑comment period to raise complaints about police stops, oversight outcomes and meeting procedures. Brent Thorne described an encounter with a plainclothes officer he identified as "Star883," saying he was handcuffed near Alamo Square and later contacted the OCC. Ray Hartz of San Francisco Open Government repeatedly criticized the oversight process and the commission’s…
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