California Law Lets Cities Eject People Who Disrupt Public Meetings [bloomberg.com]
By Sarah Holder, Photo: Ken James/Bloomberg, Bloomberg CityLab, September 1, 2022 The heckling, threats and insults had gone on for months, but it was at a town meeting last fall that a personal nightmare finally became a public scandal for Marico Sayoc. As the first Filipina mayor of the small Silicon Valley city of Los Gatos, California, Sayoc had been targeted throughout her term for her race, gender and policies by a small group of locals who disagreed with her. The group of protesters,...