OCII waives post‑employment restriction for former executive director Tiffany Bohee to work with Mercy Housing California

The Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure on July 15 voted 4–0, with one commissioner absent, to consent to a request by former OCII executive director Tiffany Bohee for a waiver of the agency’s post‑employment duty‑of‑loyalty restriction so she may work on certain Mercy Housing California projects.

OCII staff said the waiver specifically covers five matters in which the agency has an interest: Transbay Block 4 (an affordable housing site subject to an active request for qualifications with proposals due July 30), Transbay Block 2 (a Mercy‑developed affordable rental project scheduled for completion this year and next), Hunters Point Shipyard Block 56 (a Mercy/San Francisco Housing Development Corporation joint rental project currently leased), Candlestick Point Block 11A (an exclusive negotiations and loan agreement with Mercy and SFHDC for affordable rental housing), and any potential future Mission Bay affordable housing opportunities for which OCII controls one remaining site.

Director John Kieslowski (staff presentation) told commissioners the agency’s personnel policy bars former employees from representing private parties on particular matters in which they participated personally and substantially while at OCII, but the commission may grant narrowly tailored waivers when doing so is in OCII’s interest. Kieslowski said Bohee left OCII in 2017, has not worked on OCII projects since then, and now serves as president of Mercy Housing California. Staff concluded the request met the agency’s waiver factors — elapsed time, common interest in affordable housing, and the public benefit of access to experienced, mission‑aligned developers — and recommended consent while retaining institutional controls to protect procurement integrity.

Bohee appeared online and said she is newly in the Mercy Housing California role and supports partnership to accelerate affordable housing production and wraparound services. Commissioner comments supporting the waiver thanked staff for their review and welcomed Mercy Housing’s participation.

Francisco DeCosta spoke during public comment opposing the decision in broad terms, criticizing historic transparency and alleging favoritism; his remarks did not identify a specific procedural error in the staff analysis.

The commission voted on Resolution No. 19‑2025 to consent to the waiver. Roll call recorded four ayes (Commissioners Miller, Shattuck, Vice Chair Aquino and Chair Dr. Carolyn Ransom Scott) and one absence (Commissioner Lim). No amendments or conditions to the waiver were recorded in the public meeting transcript.

The commission’s action was limited to consenting to a waiver under agency personnel policy; staff said standard conflict‑of‑interest and procurement safeguards and institutional controls remain in effect for any future procurements or reviews involving Mercy Housing California.

Notes and next steps: staff said the agency will continue to apply conflict‑of‑interest rules and institutional controls when Mercy Housing participates in OCII solicitations or matters; the waiver, as described in staff materials and the resolution, is specific to the five matters named by the applicant.