Silicon Valley Organization Resists Calls For Dissolution After Internal Investigation Into Racist Political Ad

From CBS San Francisco:

November 10, 2020 at 9:07 pm

SAN JOSE (KPIX) — The South Bay’s largest chamber of commerce has released the preliminary findings of an internal investigation, to determine how a racist political attack ad was published to the main website of the Silicon Valley Organization.

At a press conference at San Jose City Hall, board member Kevin Surace outlined four key findings from the third party investigator. The investigator had access to SVO’s “full records with no interference,” and found:

• No evidence of intent to post racist material or stoke racial divisions
• Lack of communication, and breakdown in process
• Ad published without proper review/approval
• Not approved by management

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