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Broad early-childhood stakeholders urge delay, more engagement on proposed 'Children First' charter amendment
Summary
Dozens of early childhood providers, parents and advocates told the Rules Committee the proposed charter amendment to create a new children's agency was drafted without adequate community input and risks concentrating power; supervisors said they will consider amendments and continue the file.
San Francisco public-commenters told the Board of Supervisors’ Rules Committee that a proposed charter amendment to create a new children's agency needs more time for community engagement and technical work.
Speakers representing early-childhood providers, parent groups and nonprofit coalitions said the proposal, as drafted, would centralize authority over children's services, weaken existing oversight and was developed without adequate involvement of those who provide services. Shade Tavakoli of the Childcare Planning…
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