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Well isn't this ironic

BendintheriverBendintheriver Member Posts: 6,051 Standard Supporter
Rats in CA are going to shut down public hearings so that they don't have to listen to any other point of view other than their own. The snowflakes don't like it when Conservatives attend meetings and exercise their free speech but they clearly support the violence and harassment by liberal protestors.

Welcome to the modern day democrat party. They will take away your rights if they feel like it. Now they will be able to rule your lives in CA and there is no chance any kind of input.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-s-local-governments-face-violent-disruption-officials-say-they-need-protection/ar-AAZx7zL?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=2b655bb4887f4754a7b893d690ddd119

Nine months has passed since a woman stood outside Los Gatos councilmember Marico Sayoc’s home on a Saturday morning, screaming “ F--- LGBTQ” and “We don’t want you here.”

“To be told that you don’t belong, to have someone show up at your front door...those memories will not leave my family for a long time,” said Sayoc, who supported pro-LGBTQ policies in the Santa Clara County town southwest of San Jose.

At city council meetings last fall, attendees angry about Sayoc’s politics and leadership screamed personal insults at the then-mayor. “You are not God,” one of them shouted. “How dare you force your ideologies on our children?”

During the pandemic, local public meetings in the Golden State and across the country descended into ugly and sometimes violent spectacles. Screaming residents forced city councils, county commissions and school boards into recess or adjournment.

California’s thousands of governing bodies are bound by the 1953 Brown Act, which guarantees the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings. Even though it allows for removal of attendees for “willful disruption,” localities have different ideas about what that means. As do police.

Now, years into the crisis, legislation is making its way through the Capitol in hopes of providing towns and counties with more guidance — and safety — before the next front in the culture wars opens.

SB-1100, introduced by State Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, would establish a firm framework or “toolkit,” for Brown Act enforcement. Right-wing protesters have not embraced the bill. But a host of local and county agencies see it as a necessary step in response to a crisis.

Nevada County Supervisor Heidi Hall, who used to “love” public comment before COVID brought on a “nasty run” of disruption, said: “These people were not interested in learning about the process or having us hear their ideas. They were simply playing performative politics. And their whole point was disruption of our business.”

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