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Proposed privacy measure is little more than a power grab by Board of Supes

A provision empowering the Board of Supervisors to amend San Francisco’s voter-enacted government-transparency law, the Sunshine Ordinance, is prompting at least two journalist organizations to oppose a city charter amendment dubbed a “Privacy First Policy” that will appear as Proposition B on the local ballot this November. Ordinarily, only the voters may amend voter-passed ordinances. […]