Rules Committee backs five nominations, sends them to full board

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Monday voted unanimously to forward five mayoral appointments and reappointments to the full board for confirmation, including a longtime Sunshine Ordinance Task Force member and nominees to the Sanitation Industries and Port commissions.

Chair Supervisor Shamann Walton presided as the committee moved to recommend the nominations, each of which passed “without objection.” The committee’s actions send the nominations to the full board for final confirmation.

The nominations include Bruce Wolf for the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force (term ending April 27, 2027); Stuart Parmenter for the Sanitation Industries Commission (term ending July 1, 2028); Ken McNeely for the Port Commission (term ending May 1, 2029); and the reappointments of Chris Foley and Diane Matsuda to the Historic Preservation Commission (both terms ending Dec. 31, 2028).

Bruce Wolf, speaking by phone, told the committee he has lived in San Francisco more than 30 years and has been involved with the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force since about 2005. “I’ve served as its chair for a number of years,” Wolf said, and asked for the committee’s consideration to fill the seat reserved for a person with a disability. The committee then voted to forward his appointment as recommended.

Stuart Parmenter, a technology executive who said he spent 26 years in the tech industry and recently left his role as chief technology officer at 1Life (1 Medical), told supervisors he would focus on learning from department staff and using data to inform decisions. Two public commenters — Kyle McKittrick, who said he worked with Parmenter at 1 Medical, and Mark DeVito, a Mission District business owner — spoke in support. McKittrick praised Parmenter’s “diligence and understanding the data,” while DeVito said Parmenter would “listen to everyone in the community.” The committee voted to recommend Parmenter’s appointment.

Ken McNeely described his career at AT&T and nonprofit and arts board work and said he intends to focus on equity and waterfront issues, including flood-risk mitigation and development along the city’s 7.5 miles of waterfront. “It would be an honor to have your vote and to serve and contribute to the San Francisco Port Commission,” McNeely told the committee. The committee voted to forward his nomination as a committee report.

Commissioner Chris Foley, who said he renovated St. Joseph’s Church at Tenth and Howard in 2015 and has served six years on the Historic Preservation Commission, and Diane Matsuda, who detailed the commission’s work on historic context statements and the legacy business registry, were each recommended for reappointment. Matsuda said the citywide property survey remains underway and estimated it would take “at least” two more years to complete; she described the survey as labor-intensive and said the commission aims to pair that work with landmarking and targeted protections to preserve resources.

All five motions were recorded as passing with unanimous “aye” votes by the committee members present. The committee did not take further substantive policy action on the items; forwarding these nominations moves them to the full board for final action.

The committee clerk said items acted upon were expected to appear on the full Board of Supervisors agenda on June 10, 2025, unless otherwise noted.