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Commission briefed on role in selecting Environment Department director; some public commenters oppose using outside firm
Summary
DHR outlined the Commission’s role in recruiting and vetting candidates for the Department of the Environment director, saying candidate interviews and finalist deliberations are typically held in closed session. A public caller urged the commission to avoid outside search firms and to publish application counts and process milestones.
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment on May 24 heard a presentation from the city’s Department of Human Resources describing the commission’s responsibility in recruiting and recommending candidates for a new Department of the Environment director.
Kate Howard, managing deputy director at the Department of Human Resources, told commissioners that the City Charter requires the mayor to select a department head from “three or more candidates that are nominated by the Commission on the Environment.” She outlined a typical executive search: selecting a recruitment firm…
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