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Five officials raised artificial intelligence at 7 meetings. Chyanne Chen raised it most, at 3.

We count who raised it, not which side they took.

7meetings where an official raised it
5officials

Spot check: 41 of 44 lines were on topic. · Quotes from Dec 15, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026 · How we count

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Share of each body's meetings where an official raised artificial intelligence

Share of each board's transcribed meetings where an identified official raised it. Shaded band: 90% range; overlapping bands are too close to call. Boards with fewer than six meetings left out.

  1. Board of Supervisors10% · 4 of 37 transcribed meetings
  2. Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee6% · 1 of 15 transcribed meetings
  3. Health Commission5% · 1 of 20 transcribed meetings
  4. Land Use and Transportation Committee3% · 1 of 32 transcribed meetings

Five officials, by meetings where they raised it

92% of officials’ talk time on it is identified, so counts are at least these.

“A significant transition has been underway for the past few years in our production, distribution, and repair zones, with new technology use moving in, including AI and automation companies.”

Play at 38:10Dec 15, 2025

“I don’t know if that’s a phrase. Our code has become convoluted over time, and it requires regular cleanup of obsolete sections, redundancies, purging of sections that are no longer useful. And I want to be clear that I do think that that’s an appropriate use of AI.”

Play at 29:23Jul 14, 2026

“Where do we stand as a department on AI data centers? They’re all being concentrated on the southeastern part of the city that lacks trees, lacks resources, is mostly a minority area of the city.”

Play at 43:04Sep 21, 2026

10 local news articles on artificial intelligence in 12 months, and seven meetings that took it up

Month by month · articles we found in local outlets (KQED, Mission Local, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner and others), not all coverage

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Meetings that raised artificial intelligence drew 19.5 public speakers each

Public speakers per meeting, the whole meeting, not only this item · counts of people, never names · members of the public are never named, pictured or quoted

Meetings that raised artificial intelligence19.5
6 meetings
All other meetings we counted7.8
677 meetings