Resident asks commission to investigate alleged mismanagement of Ryan White funds

At general public comment Michael Skarsen, who identified himself as HIV positive and a long-term San Francisco resident, addressed the commission about the local administration of federal Ryan White funds.

Skarsen said he submitted a detailed white paper to the commission last month and asserted what he described as a "pervasiveness of corruption, false claims, falsification of documents" in the application, management and expenditure of Ryan White funds that serve low-income and vulnerable residents. He said the local planning body has fallen below required representation levels for key constituencies and that contracted council support staff have assumed duties he characterized as conflicts of interest and possible violations of federal law.

"I make these comments from a place of good faith," Skarsen said, and asked for "any and all inquiry and intervention that is within the commission's authority and jurisdiction." The transcript records no substantive staff response on the record during general public comment; commissioners acknowledged the comment.

The commission did not announce a formal follow-up during that item in the transcript. The comment raises an oversight request the commission may review administratively or refer to staff for potential investigation; the transcript records only the public request.