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San Francisco Health Commission adopts new public‑comment rules as residents clash over masking in health settings
Summary
The Health Commission set new in‑person attendance and a two‑tier remote public‑comment process and heard multiple public commenters urging the city to keep universal masking in medical facilities and shelters; the director and health officer said staff masking remains required while public masking may end unless facilities choose stricter rules.
The San Francisco Health Commission on March 7 announced new meeting procedures requiring commissioners to attend in person to participate and putting in‑person public comment first, followed by remote commenters who had requested disability accommodations and then other remote commenters, subject to a 20‑minute aggregate limit for the latter group.
Multiple public commenters used the forum to press the commission on recent changes to masking and to criticize the newly tiered remote‑comment process. Jessica Lehman of Senior and Disability Action said the decision to stop requiring masks in health care facilities and homeless shelters would “terminate safe access to healthcare” for seniors and people with disabilities and urged the commission to reverse it. “For…
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