Rules Committee advances appointments to library, lead-hazard, planning and property appeals panels

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Thursday held hearings and advanced a slate of appointments to several advisory and appeals panels, moving nominees forward for the Bay Area Library and Information System Advisory Board, the Lead Hazard Reduction Citizens Advisory Committee, the Western SOMA Citizens Planning Task Force and Assessment Appeals Boards Nos. 1 and 2.

Ross Mercarimi, chair of the Rules Committee, opened the session and introduced the first item: a single-seat vacancy on the Bay Area Library and Information System Advisory Board. Applicant Nora Dolly introduced herself as San Francisco’s representative and said she sought a second term. City Librarian Luis Herrera spoke in support, saying Dolly had represented San Francisco well and “has been nominated to chair the committee, if she is appointed to this second term.” The committee moved the appointment forward with a…