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Public presses Ethics Commission for openness as it moves into closed session on Grossman appeal
Summary
Public commenters repeatedly accused staff of withholding documents and advised the commission to handle Sunshine Ordinance policy in open session; commissioners debated whether to receive a non‑legal status update publicly but ultimately went into consolidated closed session and later voted not to disclose deliberations in Grossman v. Saint Croix.
A recurring theme of the San Francisco Ethics Commission’s June 23 meeting was public demand for transparency and fuller agenda descriptions in cases involving the Sunshine Ordinance and public‑records access.
Multiple speakers — including Rayharts, Director of San Francisco Open Government, former Sunshine Task Force chair Hope Johnson, and several private citizens — told the commission they were frustrated by vague agenda descriptions for anticipated litigation items and by what they described as a pattern of withholding documents the public should see. Commenters asserted the commission and its executive director, Saint Croix, have on multiple occasions not provided documents to members of the public and have scheduled…
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