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Rules Committee advances multiple appointments including CAC seat and PUC oversight nominee
Summary
The Rules Committee on March 1 advanced several supervisor and citizen appointments — recommending Daniel Hallad for a Central Market/Tenderloin Citizens Advisory Committee seat and Karen Donovan for the PUC Revenue Bond Oversight Committee — and moved other nominations to the full Board without opposition.
The Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 1 forwarded a slate of appointments to the full Board, including a district-recommended nominee for the Citizens Advisory Committee for Central Market Street and the Tenderloin and an attorney with East Bay water experience for the Public Utilities Revenue Bond Oversight Committee.
Madam Chair opened the meeting and called Item 1, a hearing to appoint one member with homelessness or supportive-housing expertise to the Central Market/Tenderloin Citizens Advisory Committee. Daniel Hallad, development director at Hospitality House, described his years working in the Tenderloin and Central Market and his experience running nonprofit services for people who are low-income or homeless. Michael Nolte, a long-time neighborhood organizer, also testified to his decades of local work and tenant organizing. Public commenters and neighborhood leaders voiced support for both candidates. Supervisor Farrell moved to forward Daniel Hallad with a positive recommendation to the full Board; the motion carried without opposition, and Chair signaled support for Hallad’s direct service experience while acknowledging Nolte’s community activism.
On Item 4, the committee considered candidates for the PUC Revenue Bond Oversight Committee. Karen Donovan, an attorney with the East Bay Municipal Utility District who previously worked in the San Francisco City Attorney’s office on water and capital projects, and Joseph Sheehy, who described technical experience and concerns about Hetch Hetchy and wastewater treatment, both outlined qualifications. Supervisors said the oversight seat requires independence and, for some controller-appointed seats, specific audit and finance experience. After deliberation the committee moved Karen Donovan forward with recommendation to the Board without opposition.
The committee also advanced several other nominations: Supervisor Christina Olague was forwarded to LAFCO; Professor Bill Ong Hing was forwarded to the Immigrant Rights Commission; and Joshua Vining and Pratibatheke were forwarded to the SRO Task Force (with residency waivers). Each of these motions was made and carried without opposition.
The committee recorded no roll-call vote tallies in the hearing minutes; staff and the Chair said items would proceed to the March 13 supervisors’ agenda for final action.
What’s next: the nominations will appear on the full Board agenda for confirmation.
