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Committee backs creation of Office of Emerging Technology to screen pilots and protect public space
Summary
A San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee voted to forward an ordinance creating an Office of Emerging Technology (OET) in Public Works, aimed at reviewing pilot programs, coordinating permitting, and evaluating safety, privacy and equity impacts before new technologies operate on public infrastructure.
San Francisco supervisors on the committee voted to send an ordinance to the full Board creating an Office of Emerging Technology (OET) within the Department of Public Works, a centralized office designed to review emerging technologies proposed for public spaces and to run limited-duration pilot permits.
President Norman Yee said the proposal is the product of nearly two years of work and a broad working group, arguing the city must be proactive. "With this legislation, San Francisco will be the first in the nation, I believe maybe even the first in the world that will create a regulatory framework and will establish an office of emerging technology, or what we call OET," he said, framing the office as a means to…
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