Judge overturns SF school board decision to cover up George Washington mural

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Judge overturns SF school board decision to cover up George Washington mural

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/07/29/judge-overturns-sf-school-board-decision-to-cover-up-george-washington-mural-n405528

Yesterday a judge ruled that the San Francisco school district may not cover up a controversial mural at George Washington high school. The ruling came after an alumni association sued the district in 2019.

The George Washington High School Alumni Association sued the board over its failure to conduct an environmental review for removing the mural, despite it being required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The school board even voted on the mural removal twice: first to remove it in June of 2019; then in August, the board voted not to remove it, but to cover the decades-old mural with panels.

Judge Massullo agreed with the alumni association’s argument.

“The Board and SFUSD failed in their primary duty to follow the requirements of the law,” Massullo wrote in her decision. “California, as a matter of long-standing public policy, places enormous value on its environmental and historical resources and the People are entitled to expect public officials to give more than lip-service to the laws designed to protect those resources.”