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Supervisors’ rules committee advances ordinance requiring closed captioning on public TVs
Summary
The Rules Committee recommended an ordinance to the full Board that would require closed captioning to be activated on televisions in public places, with advocates saying it improves safety and access for people who are deaf or hard of hearing and the Budget Analyst reporting no fiscal impact.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee moved forward an ordinance that would require closed captioning be activated on televisions intended for public use, after advocates from the deaf and hard-of-hearing community urged the panel to approve the measure.
Cammie Blackstone, legislative aide to Supervisor Leland Yee Alioto-Pier, presented the measure as an equality issue and said television increasingly provides news and emergency information. She told the…
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