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Special Rules Committee forwards multiple appointments to full Board, delays notice‑requirements ordinance
Summary
The committee advanced several advisory and oversight appointments to the full San Francisco Board as committee reports, agreed not to disclose specified closed‑session matters and continued an administrative‑code ordinance at the city attorney’s request.
The San Francisco County Special Rules Committee on Thursday moved a slate of appointments and several committee reports to the full Board and postponed an ordinance that would expand notice requirements under the Citizens Right to Know Act of 1998.
Chair Kim opened the meeting and, with no public opposition, the committee forwarded a motion to appoint Malia Cohen to the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers seat; the transcript lists the term end as “June 3032.” The committee also forwarded a nomination of Peter Goldstein to the City College seat on a treasury oversight committee (noting the seat is reserved under Administrative Code 10803). Those items were advanced as committee reports to the full Board for a vote on Tuesday, January 10, unless otherwise indicated.
The committee also advanced a Bicycle Advisory Committee nomination. Applicant Jared Cohen spoke briefly about bicycle safety, enforcement of traffic laws and a desire to expand bike lanes and other measures to encourage cycling for health and transportation. The committee moved his appointment forward as a committee report; the transcript identifies the appointment as made by District Supervisor Ross Mercurimi (name presented in the transcript).
Four nominees for the Eastern Neighborhoods Citizen Advisory Committee were likewise advanced without opposition. Fernando Marti spoke about his prior two years on the committee and ongoing planning work, including discussions about a proposed park at Seventeenth and Folsom and coordinating land‑use and transportation planning. Wendy Phillips described her nonprofit work in the Mission District and noted that the seat she sought had been held by Executive Director Eric Quesada, who died earlier this year.
Supervisor Farrell, the ordinance’s author, asked to continue Item 4 — an ordinance amending the administrative code to expand minimum notice requirements under the Citizens Right to Know Act of 1998 — at the request of the City Attorney’s Office. The committee voted to continue the item to the call of the chair with no opposition.
The panel recessed into closed session to discuss pending claims and litigation. After returning to open session, Deputy City Attorney Cheryl Adams reported that the committee would move items 5–8 forward as committee reports and that item 9 had not been introduced. A separate motion "not to disclose" (regarding disclosure matters discussed in closed session) was made and adopted without opposition.
What’s next: The appointments and items the committee forwarded will appear on the full Board agenda on Tuesday; the ordinance to amend notice requirements will be scheduled at the chair’s discretion. The committee adjourned after completing its business.
