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Rules Committee fills Central Market/Tenderloin advisory seats amid community calls for more outreach
Summary
The committee reappointed Sam Dennison and Steven Tennis and appointed Jonathan Bonato to the Central Market and Tenderloin Area Citizen Advisory Committee to restore quorum; public commenters urged a continuance for broader outreach, citing inconsistent vacancy notices and missing minutes.
Item 6 called for appointments and reappointments to the Central Market and Tenderloin Area Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC). Applicants who spoke included Sam Dennison (chair of the CAC, long‑term local resident and community organizer), Steven Tennis (longtime committee member) and Jonathan Bonato (supportive housing property manager with lived experience of homelessness). Several applicants were not present.
Members of the public urged a continuance to allow more residents to apply and to address discrepancies between the vacancy posting and the agenda about how many seats were available. Speakers said minutes were not posted (last minutes available were from 02/2016 on one site), outreach had been uneven, and the CAC had struggled with quorum. Committee members and CAC leaders said quorum problems had improved recently but that a few seats remained vacant.
Supervisors agreed to ensure quorum for the committee's October meeting by reappointing long-serving members and filling immediate vacancies. The committee reappointed Sam Dennison and Steven Tennis and appointed Jonathan Bonato (with one seat held for further outreach and to resolve posting discrepancies). The committee and members of the public noted the need for better notice and more resident representation going forward.
The committee directed the clerk and relevant supervisors' offices to coordinate outreach and clarify posting records so the CAC can meet reliably.
