Committee adopts amendment to move Sunshine Task Force seat to SPJ NorCal, sets continuance

Aug 10, 2020

The Rules Committee approved amendments to designate SPJ NorCal as the nominating body for a Sunshine Ordinance Task Force seat once held by New American Media and continued the ordinance to allow public review of the changes.

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The Rules Committee took up an ordinance on Aug. 10 to assign the nominating authority for a Sunshine Ordinance Task Force seat — originally held by New American Media — to the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ NorCal). The change is intended to fill a long-vacant seat designated for a journalist from a racial or ethnic minority-owned news organization.

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