Rules Committee advances Agnes Briones Ubalde for Redevelopment Agency seat after broad community support
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Agnes Briones Ubalde, nominated to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, told the Rules Committee her background in community organizing and small-business work equips her to address affordable housing, commercial corridors and representation for Filipino and other underrepresented communities. The committee moved the nomination forward amid multiple supportive public statements.
Agnes Briones Ubalde appeared before the Rules Committee to seek confirmation to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency for a four-year term. Ubalde described a varied career in city government and community organizing, recalling work on neighborhood transformation in Yerba Buena and pledging to bring community voices into redevelopment decisions.
"I am also proud to say that I think I might be the first Filipino American woman to serve on this commission," Ubalde told supervisors, framing representation as part of her agenda for the agency. She emphasized affordable housing, stakeholder collaboration and attention to neighborhoods including Hunters Point and South of Market.
A broad slate of supporters addressed the committee in favor of the nomination. Rick Swig, president of RSV&A Associates and president of the Redevelopment Agency Commission, called Ubalde "the perfect match" for current redevelopment priorities. Don Marcos, Sean Sullivan, Meredith Bamba, Mary Lee Mondahar and others echoed those views, citing her community ties, workforce development experience and ability to advocate for Filipino and other neighborhoods that have felt displaced by development.
Some public commenters noted that the Redevelopment Agency operates with complex financing and oversight responsibilities; Francisco DeCosta described the body as "a quasi state agency" and urged the committee to ensure strong representation for Bayview and Visitation Valley in light of major upcoming investments.
Supervisor Elliott Pier made a motion to move the nomination forward; the committee advanced the item without objection and will transmit the nomination to the full Board for confirmation.
