Supervisors advance Linda Chu nomination to Redevelopment Agency after broad community endorsements

Linda Chu, a public-policy professional with a master’s degree from the Kennedy School of Government and a decade at consulting firm Economics Research Associates (ERA), addressed the Board committee as the Mayor’s nominee to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s board. Chu described a career focused on housing, community development and economic analysis and detailed long-standing community ties in Chinatown and to local nonprofits.

Multiple speakers — including longtime community volunteers, nonprofit leaders and organizers — urged supervisors to confirm Chu, citing her experience on the Citizens Advisory Committee for Community Development, leadership roles in local cultural organizations and familiarity with federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) processes. Supporters named in public comment included Gordon Chin, Reverend Nordstrom, Josephine Ma of Self-Help for the Elderly, Hans Wu and Francie Covington, among others. They highlighted Chu’s demonstrated work on affordable-housing issues and community-engagement experience.

Committee members discussed administrative details of the resolution, including a correction to the appointment date in the substitute resolution. The committee moved to forward the nomination as a committee report to the full Board with the suggested technical date amendment; the full board will act at a later date. The Mayor’s office indicated it had circulated an amendment of the whole for this item, which staff will incorporate before the final action.

The committee’s recommendation advances a nominee with roots in local community development and professional experience in housing and land‑use economics. The next procedural step is a full Board vote on the appointment following incorporation of the Mayor’s amendment and the corrected date.