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Rules Committee forwards SRO Task Force nominees after contested discussion over representation
Summary
The Rules Committee considered nine nominations to the Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Task Force, discussed competing slate and nonprofit perspectives, and forwarded a slate of appointments and several residency waivers to the Board without objection. Supervisors debated adding a Mary Elizabeth Inn representative versus slate candidates emphasizing tenant organizers and LGBTQ representation.
Item 3 on the April 8 Rules Committee agenda was a hearing to appoint nine members to the Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Task Force. Jamie Sambonmatsu, the task force chair and newly appointed chief housing inspector, summarized the task force’s work, including SRO visitor policies and the SRO sprinkler ordinance, and stated the task force serves approximately 20,000 San Franciscans living in SROs.
The committee heard multiple applicants and community endorsers. Christopher Tramica (Christopher Micah) and Randall "RJ" Sloan…
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