Rules Committee forwards appointments to Reinvestment Working Group and Our City, Our Home oversight panel

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on July 26 voted to forward two sets of appointments to the full board.

Chair Aaron Peskin read seven nominees for the newly created San Francisco Reinvestment Working Group and asked the committee to move them to the full board as a committee report. He listed the nominees and flagged residency waivers for Jennifer Finger and Sylvia Chai. The committee adopted the motion without objection and the matter will be recommended to the full board for consideration.

The committee then considered four appointments to the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee, which reviewed distribution of funds from Proposition C. Chanel Williams, who said she has served as chair, described the oversight committee’s work as advising on the allocation of roughly $800,000,000 in this budget year and said the panel engaged about 800 stakeholders. Applicants Julie Ledbetter and Julia D'Antonio spoke about community engagement and work with city departments. Applicant Randall Sloan, who described lived experience with serious mental-health crises and supportive-housing services, urged fiscal prudence and evidence-based evaluation of programs.

During public comment, Jordan Davis urged supervisors to reappoint the incumbents, arguing the current committee is cohesive and effective. Chair Peskin moved to forward the incumbents Chanel Williams, Julie Ledbetter, Julia D'Antonio and Jennifer Friedenbach to the full board with a committee recommendation; the committee voted unanimously to do so.

Next steps: both appointment packages will go to the full Board of Supervisors on July 27 for final consideration.