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I was compelled to write up an account of the procedural breakdowns at a last night's San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) meeting, where bylaws and democratic norms took a back seat.

The controversial resolution urged companies like AirBnB to pay their taxes and drop their multimillion lawsuits against the city.

https://asanfranciscan.substack.com/p/procedural-failures-political-machinations

#SF #SanFrancisco #sfpol
I'm shocked. At tonight's meeting of the #SF #Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC), bylaws and Robert's Rules were tossed aside. A proxy was allowed to vote on multiple items, then retroactively rejected after public comment, and the absence was declared unexcused.

It got worse: a motion was made but never seconded on a particularly controversial resolution authored by the very member whose absence had just been declared unexcused. Instead of addressing it, the Chair permitted a second motion and called a vote before even asking for a second on the first.

This isn't how democratic procedure works. If the Democratic Party can't follow its own rules, why should anyone trust it?

Watch it yourself here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdOOg2P-k1g

#SanFrancisco #BayArea