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Board of Appeals accepts FY2010–11 annual report highlighting case‑tracking and translation efforts
Summary
The Board of Appeals accepted its FY2010–11 annual report, which documents 30 meetings and 151 matters, notes a year‑over‑year decline in appeals, and highlights work on rules revision, translation of key materials and a case‑tracking database; the acceptance passed 4–0.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals accepted its departmental annual report for fiscal year 2010–11 (July 1, 2010–June 30, 2011) at the Oct. 26 meeting.
Director Goldstein summarized the report: the board met 30 times and heard 151 matters during the year, a 13% increase in meetings though appeal volume remained below the 10‑year average. The report documents a 6% revenue shortfall for the board but notes expenditure reductions and a year‑end surplus of roughly $40,000 after cost savings. The report also highlights administrative accomplishments: translation of key board materials into Chinese and Spanish, the use of LanguageLine for 170 languages, hiring a legal process clerk and development of an electronic case‑tracking database integrated with the planning department’s parcel data.
Commissioners commended the report and asked follow‑up questions about fee impacts, the geographic distribution of appeals and the board’s rule revisions. After noting no public comment, the board voted 4–0 to accept the annual report.
What happens next: staff will continue implementation of the case‑tracking database, post more electronic notices of decision and maintain multilingual public resources.
