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Ethics panel finds no Sunshine Ordinance violation by City Librarian; urges review of AV accommodations
Summary
After hearing arguments about audiovisual access during public comment, the Ethics Commission found the City Librarian did not violate the Sunshine Ordinance, but urged the library to explore lower-cost or interim accommodations to improve public access.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted to find that City Librarian Luis Herrera did not commit a non-willful violation of the Sunshine Ordinance for the library's policy of not allowing members of the public to use the library's audiovisual equipment during public comment.
Herrera told the commission the Library Commission had considered the issue, sought the City Attorney's advice and, on a 6–0 vote in August, decided not to allow public use of audiovisual (AV) equipment because providing reliable AV access would require significant expenditures and technical and ADA…
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