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Rules Committee advances four nominees to Workforce Investment advisory panel
Summary
The Rules Committee recommended four candidates — Liz Jackson Simpson, Winnie Yu, Cheryl Davis and Doug Parrish — to the Workforce Investment Community Advisory Committee after a day of applicant presentations, public support for community-connected nominees and discussion about residency waivers.
Chair Supervisor Kim opened the meeting and called Item 1 to consider four appointments to the Workforce Investment Community Advisory Committee. After hearing ten applicants describe their workforce experience, the committee recommended Liz Jackson Simpson, Winnie Yu, Cheryl Davis and Doug Parrish to the Board of Supervisors.
Liz Jackson Simpson, executive director of the Youth Guidance Center Improvement Committee, outlined a decades-long record in youth workforce initiatives and said her programs have placed thousands of young people into training and employment. "It would be my honor to serve on the Workforce Investment Community Advisory Committee alongside my colleagues as we advise the Workforce Investment San Francisco Board on the city's workforce needs and the solutions to meet them," she said.
Winnie Yu, manager of the 1 Stop Career Link Center in Chinatown, emphasized serving immigrant jobseekers and improving match speed to internships and paid opportunities. Cheryl Davis described community-based internship pipelines and asset-mapping work in the Western Addition that she said would help align training with available jobs. Doug Parrish, president and CEO of Red Dipper, said his green-jobs training program works with formerly incarcerated residents and stressed reentry-focused job creation.
Public commenters voiced support for several community-connected applicants and urged stronger oversight of the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development. One commenter said the advisory role should include monitoring OEWD performance and accountability.
Committee members praised the breadth of candidates but discussed residency-waiver practice for nonresidents. Several supervisors said they preferred appointing San Francisco residents when similarly qualified applicants are available. Despite that concern, the panel reached consensus to move the four nominees forward "without opposition," per the committee record.
The committee's action is a recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors; final appointments will occur at a subsequent Board meeting.
