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Rules Committee recommends three Treasure Island Citizen Advisory Board members to full board
Summary
The committee forwarded Barclay Sanders, Hope Williams and James Hancock to the full board for appointment to the Treasure Island Citizen Advisory Board; one seat was recommended with a residency waiver. Public commenters endorsed candidates and also raised contamination concerns on Treasure Island.
The Rules Committee on Nov. 16 recommended three members — Barclay Sanders, Hope Williams and James Hancock — for appointment to the Treasure Island Development Authority Citizen Advisory Board (CAB), forwarding the nominations to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation.
Courtney McDonald, legislative aide to Supervisor Haney, told the committee the preferred CAB members should live on or have strong ties to Treasure Island and recommended the three applicants now before the committee, citing community organizing, food distribution, power‑outage tracking and cleanup work. McDonald said three applicants under consideration "embody what we're looking for for representatives on our community advisory board."
Each applicant addressed the committee. Barclay Sanders described building web resources to track frequent power outages and noted his veteran background and IT skills; Hope Williams recounted more than 25 years of city advocacy and recent community hub work feeding residents during COVID; James Hancock described founding the Sailing Science Center and organizing shoreline cleanups. Public callers voiced support for Hope Williams and other applicants. One commenter, Francisco de Costa, urged supervisors to take contamination on Treasure Island seriously and warned against putting people at risk.
Chair Ronan moved to forward the three appointments — Barclay Sanders to seat 1, Hope Williams to seat 2, and James Hancock (with a residency waiver) to seat 8 — to the full board with a recommendation. The committee recorded roll‑call votes and the motion passed without objection.
Why it matters: The CAB is intended to provide resident perspective to the TIDA board; the recommended appointees include community organizers and residents with direct experience of island conditions. Public commenters reiterated concerns about contamination and power outages that CAB members may be asked to monitor or represent to agencies.
