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Rules Committee advances three IHSS Public Authority nominations, continues seat amid residency-waiver dispute
Summary
The Rules Committee moved three IHSS Public Authority nominees to the full Board with a recommendation and voted to continue consideration of a fourth seat after debate over a residency-waiver request; supervisors said the pause reflected a policy preference for locally resident appointees, not a judgment of qualifications.
Supervisor Norman Yee chaired a Rules Committee hearing that advanced three nominees to the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority and deferred action on one seat after supervisors debated a requested residency waiver.
Patrick Hochdahl, executive assistant and staff liaison to the IHSS Public Authority, read an email from Patricia Webb saying she could not appear in person due to disability and asking to participate by teleconference. Elva Moran Hernandez spoke in support of her own reappointment, saying she had served nearly six years on the Public Authority and 13 years as a home care worker.
Supervisor discussion focused on whether the committee should waive a residency requirement for one seat. Deputy City Attorney John Givner advised the committee it could forward a nominee to the full Board with or without recommendation, or continue the item. Supervisor Breed said she is generally reluctant to waive residency requirements except in narrowly defined cases and moved to continue the seat to give the committee time to seek San Francisco residents for that opening. Several supervisors said their objection was to granting a waiver, not to the nominee's qualifications.
The committee approved a motion to move the other nominees (Patricia Webb for seat 2, Kelly Dearman for seat 6, and Tatiana Costanian for seat 9 as listed on the agenda) forward as a group. The motion to continue consideration of seat 4 passed by consensus after Supervisor Breed's motion to continue and statements urging the committee to prioritize applicants who live in the City and County of San Francisco.
The committee took no public comments on Item 1 and closed the public-comment period before voting. No roll-call vote or tally was recorded in the committee transcript; the clerk announced the motion passed without objection.
What happens next: the committee forwarded the three nominees to the Board of Supervisors agenda for April 30, 2013, and continued the residency-waiver question for seat 4 to the call of the chair.
