Anti-Jew comments distrupting council and board meetings across California
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:18 am
"...Far-right extremists and hate groups have taken over the public comment periods at meetings across the state. It wasn't just El Dorado County's Board of Supervisors meeting this week, but it was also the government meetings of Sonoma County, Saratoga, South San Francisco, El Cerrito, Walnut Creek, Sacramento, Monterey, and the list is growing. The comments have harassed officials and disrupted meetings with hate-filled messages targeting racial and ethnic minorities, the LBGTQ+ community, and the Jewish community.
All of the comments are being made via remote programs like Zoom, a common solution to public participation in government made popular during the pandemic, and a practice that has stayed.
A September 23 San Francisco Chronicle headline read, "Bay Area officials say antisemitic ‘Zoombombing’ is derailing local democracy."
Many of the counties are working with law enforcement to address the content of the comments, while others are trying to figure out how to both recognize a person's right to freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment and to eliminate hateful and disruptive comments..."
Source:
https://southtahoenow.com/story/09/29/2 ... cross-cali
All of the comments are being made via remote programs like Zoom, a common solution to public participation in government made popular during the pandemic, and a practice that has stayed.
A September 23 San Francisco Chronicle headline read, "Bay Area officials say antisemitic ‘Zoombombing’ is derailing local democracy."
Many of the counties are working with law enforcement to address the content of the comments, while others are trying to figure out how to both recognize a person's right to freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment and to eliminate hateful and disruptive comments..."
Source:
https://southtahoenow.com/story/09/29/2 ... cross-cali