Brian HoweyWhen a small group of anti-lockdown protesters gathered in front of Mayor London Breed’s house Dec. 13, they said San Francisco’s shelter-in-place measures were too strict and mask mandates had gone too far.
Demonstrators, many of whom did not wear masks, carried signs that likened the recent shelter-in-place order to “voodoo science” and chanted slogans like, “Open S.F. now!”
“Our group is strongly opposed to masking children at any time,” protest organizer Daniel Kotzin said. “We are opposed to anyone wearing masks outside. We’re also against masks for anyone while they are exercising.”
Some protesters carried signs with the website of a group called We Have Rights, a right-wing, Southern California non-profit with ties to anti-vaxxer groups responsible for multiple anti-lockdown protests across the state last summer.
Kotzin and fellow organizer Jennifer Raub denied association with We Have Rights and claimed not to be anti-vaxxers, though Kotzin said he does not plan to vaccinate his children against coronavirus and probably won’t get it himself.
Kotzin, Raub, and other protesters made many claims about coronavirus and public health guidelines. The Examiner fact-checked several of them.
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