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Fire Commission approves open "retreat" to vet mayoral summit recommendations after debate over facilitator
Summary
Commissioners debated whether to hold an open retreat and to hire an outside facilitator to review mayoral summit recommendations; supporters said the format is needed for substantive discussion, opponents raised cost and scope concerns, and the commission voted to proceed with the retreat and facilitator.
The San Francisco Fire Commission voted to hold an open retreat on Sept. 20 to review recommendations from the mayoral policy summit after an extended debate over scope and whether to hire an outside facilitator.
Commissioner Francie Covington, who proposed the session, said the retreat would give commissioners time to ‘‘put forward your best ideas, your wildest ideas, your hopes and dreams for the department’’ and to vet recommendations beyond routine agenda items. ‘‘We have not had that discussion as a commission,’’ Covington said,…
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