Residents and experts urge delay, transparency on proposed New Community Authority

Aug 12, 2026

Multiple public commenters urged the commission to publish full creation documents for the proposed New Community Authority (NCA), avoid emergency adoption, and require binding community benefits, oversight and anti-displacement protections before forming the authority.

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Speakers at the commission’s public-comment period pressed elected officials for more transparency and binding protections before creating a citywide New Community Authority. Alec Johnson, who analyzed the proposal using an independent scoring framework, asked commissioners to publish the full resolution, its boundary description and exhibits and to treat creation as a two‑reading matter rather than emergency action.

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