Almost all meetings and forms of communication ARE open to the public, with nearly unlimited public comment. San Francisco’s problems are not caused by shadowy

Almost all meetings and forms of communication ARE open to the public, with nearly unlimited public comment. San Francisco’s problems are not caused by shadowy figures doing devious deeds in the dark. They’re caused by rampant small-c conservatism: a constant drive to veto everything and anything. In the well meaning interest of allowing the public to participate, anything and everything can be stopped be very people.