San Diego County's Leon L. Williams Human Relations Commission will be on hold until a review is completed after complaints about how it operates, including allegations of antisemitism, following a unanimous Board of Supervisors vote.
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County supervisors voted Tuesday to pause commission meetings over concerns from some commissioners and others. 'We cannot afford not to have a commission that talks about what's going on in our county,' said one.
The commission — which has been struggling to carry out its mission amid months of internal strife — responded by immediately canceling its upcoming meeting scheduled for next Tuesday
Mohamed Taha Hassane said he was unaware of objections until after he was reappointed this week. 'I am standing for the rights of the Palestinian people,' he said of accusations of antisemitism.