Rules Committee advances reappointments and ethics-code updates to full Board

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Jan. 23 moved a slate of mayoral reappointments and administrative-code updates to the full Board with positive recommendations and unanimous roll-call votes.

The committee advanced reappointments for Moses Corette to the Redevelopment Successor Agency Oversight Board (term to Jan. 24, 2026), Lydia So to the Historic Preservation Commission (term to Dec. 31, 2026), Nabihah Azeem to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board (term to Apr. 28, 2026), and four incumbent directors to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (terms to Jan. 31, 2025). Each nominee spoke briefly about qualifications; public comment included support from community representatives, including Douglas Chan of the Chinese Historical Society of America and David Pilpel, who testified by phone in support of the Golden Gate reappointments.

Chair Aaron Peskin led the committee through routine amendments that removed language rejecting nominations and asked clerks to forward items to the full Board with positive recommendations. On Item 1, Peskin queried Moses Corette about the Redevelopment Successor Agency’s oversight of a roughly $10,000,000 grant to the Mexican Museum; Corette said the oversight board has been questioning staff about the museum’s fundraising capacity. No member objected to forwarding the nominations, and roll-call votes recorded Chan, Mandelmann (vice chair), and Peskin as voting aye on each motion.

The committee also advanced an ordinance to refine titles and filing requirements for financial-disclosure Form 700 filings in the campaign and government conduct code. Deputy City Attorney Anne Pearson confirmed the ordinance incorporated prior meet-and-confer amendments and that any remaining recital text could be updated for accuracy. Public commenter David Pilpel reiterated earlier concerns about ambiguous departmental titles in the ordinance and asked staff to consider clearer division-level designations.

Finally, the committee approved an amendment to the administrative code that reduces the Veterans Affairs Commission from 17 to 13 members, clarifies seat designations, and adds a provision allowing appointing authorities to remove appointees; the committee recorded unanimous support and will send the amended ordinance to the full Board.

The committee’s actions on nominations and code revisions are procedural steps that send recommendations to the full Board for final confirmation or adoption. The full Board will consider each item at a future meeting.