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.
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Mayor London Breed intends to nominate an out man for the vacant seat on the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission.
Jason Wright, who is LGBT according to the mayor s office, would be the only out person on the seven-member advisory panel should he be approved by the Board of Supervisors. Commissioner Jonathan Pearlman, a gay man, is presently serving on the commission but his term has expired and Breed did not renominate him or Andrew Hyland, the other out member.
Wright has been nominated to Seat 3, which is designated for an architectural historian.
Wright has a background in both design and conservation, according to a biography from the mayor s office, and has 18 years of work in preservation architecture. He has overseen both conservation and architectural projects and engaged in laboratory and other technical conservation methodologies.