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Public commenter accuses commission of sidelining Prop Q findings; commissioners do not reverse minutes approval
Summary
A public commenter alleged the draft minutes from May 19 omitted material about Prop Q hearings and accused the commission of relying on a secret city attorney opinion; the commission approved the May 19 minutes unanimously and did not record a substantive rebuttal on the record.
During the minutes approval on the May 19 meeting, public commenter Monet Shaw addressed the commission twice to dispute how the May 19 minutes and related DPH actions were recorded. Shaw alleged the minutes "elide too much of what transpired" and said the commission has had authority since 1988 to hold Prop Q hearings. He claimed the minutes omitted a memo documenting the loss of 926 hospital-based SNF beds between February 2020 and later dates and said the commission had failed to issue the single finding Prop Q requires when services are proposed for elimination.
Shaw accused the commission of relying on a "secret city attorney" opinion to avoid making required Prop Q findings and said the commission's action on May 19 "overturn[ed] the will of 129,257 voters who passed Prop Q 27 years ago." He said he intends to forward a full article to staff and report the matter to the civil grand jury.
Director Garcia and commission staff did not offer a point-by-point rebuttal during public comment. The minutes were put to a vote after the public comment period; the commission moved, seconded and approved the May 19 minutes unanimously.
The transcript records the public accusations and the commission's procedural approval of the minutes, but it does not record a formal response from the city attorney or an immediate commission finding addressing the specific Prop Q claims.
