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Rules Committee advances Julie Su nomination amid questioning on proposed cuts to women's services
Summary
The committee moved Julie Su's appointment to the Commission on the Status of Women to the full board while members pressed her on proposed departmental cuts — including a roughly $400,000 (16%) reduction affecting community-based violence‑against‑women services — and she pledged to review budgets and seek mitigations.
The Rules Committee voted to forward the mayor’s nomination of Julie Su to the Commission on the Status of Women and to table the paired rejection motion after a detailed hearing that focused heavily on proposed budget cuts affecting services for survivors of domestic violence.
Julie Su, who described her background as a fourth‑generation San Franciscan, regulatory attorney and former community volunteer, outlined priorities including immigrant women’s access to services, domestic violence response, women’s health, and equal-opportunity employment. She noted previous work drafting equal-access-to-services ordinance language and described an approach grounded in policy analysis and outreach.
Supervisors — led by Supervisor Campos — pressed Su on the department’s proposed cuts, which she and supervisors described in committee as exceeding $400,000 and approximately 16% for multiple community organizations providing services for survivors of violence (La Casa de las Madres, Asian Women’s Shelter and others listed in the hearing). Su said she would review line items closely, pursue grant opportunities and seek add‑backs where feasible. She also supported the concept of shared grant‑writing capacity to help small community providers access outside funds.
Supervisor Chu moved to forward item 11 (the approval motion) to the full board with recommendation and table item 12; the motion carried without objection.
What happens next: the nomination will go to the full board for confirmation. Supervisors signaled intent to continue oversight on budget impacts to community-based organizations providing services to women and to seek restorations where possible.
