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Rules Committee advances amendments to Central Market/Tenderloin Citizens Advisory Committee to improve CAC functionality
Summary
Committee members advanced amendments to reduce the Central Market/Tenderloin Citizens Advisory Committee from 11 to 5 members, add advance notice and recommendation-recording requirements for community benefit agreements, and incorporate residency/flexibility language to help the committee meet quorum.
The Rules Committee advanced an ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to change the Central Market/Tenderloin Area Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). The proposed amendments reduce the CAC from 11 to 5 members, require the city administrator to notify the CAC 15 days before initiating negotiations with a potential business, preserve a 45‑day review period after negotiation concludes, and require the administration to provide the final proposed community benefit agreement (CBA) to the CAC so the committee can record a recommendation (approve, recommend not to execute, or make no recommendation).
A staff representative from Supervisor Kim’s office summarized the amendments, saying the goals are to improve CAC functionality, address persistent quorum problems (6 of the last 10 CAC meetings were cancelled or lacked quorum), and increase transparency during negotiations. The amendments also add a residency option for three specialized seats — workforce development, community‑based organization representative, and homelessness expertise — so each seat may be filled either by someone with the named expertise or by a resident of the Tenderloin/Central Market area to ease recruitment challenges.
Deputy City Attorney John Givner clarified timing language in the ordinance: the city administrator must notify the CAC 15 days before initiating negotiations and, after a final agreement is reached, must submit the final agreement to the CAC within five days; the CAC then has 45 days to meet and comment. Jack Gallagher of the City Administrator’s Office and Sam Dennison (chair/acting chair of the CAC) testified about past quorum challenges and the practical need to stabilize the committee so it can participate meaningfully in CBAs.
Supervisor Sandy Fewer and others voiced concern that reducing the committee and allowing residency to satisfy expertise seats could weaken specialized subject‑matter representation needed to mitigate displacement and gentrification in the Tenderloin and Central Market. Barbara (Supervisor Kim’s office) and CAC members said the change is intended to make the committee functional while preserving community representation and transparency. The committee voted to accept the amendments and forwarded the item with a positive recommendation.
