Board of Supervisors Limits Public comments
In recent years, supervisors have waged an intense campaign against the public’s First Amendment right to redress their government at the public dais by continually amending their board rules to restrict public comment.
On Jan. 24, Chairwoman Michelle Steel limited each of the 58 speakers to only one minute – although the ACLU complaint and, previously, a Voice of OC article have pointed out that the president of a corporate airline was allowed to speak for more than two minutes, while Steel imposed stricter constraints on people there to discuss homelessness.
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Some supervisors have interrupted and criticized those speaking during public comment periods and don’t give them extra time back to finish their comments.
The group also accuses the county of destroying documents in violation of state law, allowing county officials to sidestep the California Public Records Act.