Despite widespread concerns among Palo Alto leaders about the impacts of Senate Bill 9, the city has only received a handful of applications and has not granted final approval to any of them.
Despite widespread concerns among Palo Alto leaders about the impacts of Senate Bill 9, the city has only received a handful of applications and has not granted final approval to any of them.
After months of debate about the need for LGBTQ representation on San Francisco s Historic Preservation Commission, the Board of Supervisors has seated a gay man on the oversight body. The supervisors unanimously voted 11-0 July 20 in approval of Mayor London Breed s appointment of Jason Wright to the commission s Seat 3, which is designated for an architectural historian.
If the mayor administers his oath of office in time, Wright could take part in the commission s Wednesday (July 21) meeting. He is replacing Commissioner Jonathan Pearlman, a gay man, and will be the only out person on the seven-member advisory panel.
Earlier this year Breed opted to also replace Andrew Hyland, a gay man who had been president of the commission. Her initial selection of three straight people for the trio of seats up for renewal this year drew criticism from both LGBTQ preservationists and members of the supervisors rules committee, who review mayoral appointees.