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Vacancy Notice - Park Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee
Board of SupervisorsPark Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee
The below listed summary of seats, term expirations and membership information shall serve as notice of vacancies, upcoming term expirations, and information on currently held seats, appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Appointments by other bodies are listed, if available.
Seat numbers listed as “VACANT” are open for immediate appointment. However, you are able to submit applications for all seats and your application will be maintained for one year, in the event that an unexpected vacancy or opening occurs.
Membership and Seat Qualifications
Seat: 1
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term expired 2/1/22 Holdover Member Wendy Aragon
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 1 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 2
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term expired 2/1/19 Holdover Member Nicholas Belloni
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 2 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 3
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: Laura Mancuso
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 3 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 4
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term Expired 02/1/25 Holdover Member Joanne Scott
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 4 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 5
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term expired 2/1/24 Holdover Member Cynthia Salazar
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 5 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 6
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: Matthew Tolnay
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 6 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 7
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term Expired 2/1/25 Holdover Member Deval Patel
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 7 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 8
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term expired 2/1/25 Holdover Member Sophie Constantinou
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 8 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 9
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: Elisa Laird
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 9 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 10
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term expired 2/1/25 Holdover Member Kurt Grimes
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 10 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 11
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 11 Supervisor from their district, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 12
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term expired 2/1/21 Holdover Member Richard Rothman
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 1 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 13
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 2 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 14
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: Elijah Ball
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 3 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 15
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 4 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 16
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT - Term expired 2/1/25 Holdover Member Hillary Brown
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 5 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 17
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 6 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 18
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: Helen Doyle
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 7 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 19
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: Sarah Lartigue
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 8 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 20
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: Jorge Romero-Lozano
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 9 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 21
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 10 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 22
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: John Somoza
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Must be nominated by the District 11 Supervisors as an alternate.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 23
Appointing Authority: Mayor
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Appointed by the Mayor.
Term: 2-years
Seat: 24
Appointing Authority: BOS President
Seat Holder: VACANT Term expired 9/1/25 Holdover Member Eric Randall
Term Ending:
Qualifications:
Appointed by the President of the Board of Supervisors, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
Term: 2-years
Additional Seat Information
The Committee members shall all be City residents and shall have relevant experience with park, environmental, recreational, cultural, sports, youth, disability, racial equity, or senior citizen issues.
Application Process
Please Note: Depending upon the posting date, a vacancy may have already been filled. To determine if a vacancy for this Commission is still available, or if you require additional information, please call the Rules Committee Clerk at (415) 554-5184.
Applications and other documents may be submitted to BOS-Appointments@sfgov.org
For seats appointed by other Authorities please contact the Board / Commission / Committee / Task Force (see below) or the appointing authority directly.
Next Steps:
Applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be contacted by the Rules Committee Clerk once the Rules Committee Chair determines the date of the hearing. Members of the Rules Committee will consider the appointment(s) at the meeting and applicant(s) may be asked to state their qualifications. The appointment of the individual(s) who is recommended by the Rules Committee will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for final approval.
Description:
The Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee ("Committee") shall be comprised of 13 voting members. Eleven members shall be appointed by the members of the Board of Supervisors and approved by the full Board, with one member appointed by each Supervisor from their supervisorial district; and each Supervisor shall also appoint from their supervisorial district a specific alternate for the regular voting member, subject to approval by the full Board. The alternates shall not be seated on the Committee, but if a regular voting member is unavailable to attend or unable to vote as a result of recusal, then that regular voting member's specific alternate shall be seated and shall act in the place of the regular voting member. Alternates are expected to attend and participate as nonvoting members in meetings of the Committee. The Mayor shall appoint one member of the Committee. The President of the Board of Supervisors shall appoint one additional member of the Committee, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Committee members shall all be City residents and shall have relevant experience with park, environmental, recreational, cultural, sports, youth, disability, racial equity, or senior citizen issues. Where a voting seat that is subject to appointment by a Supervisor is vacant for more than 30 days, the Committee shall advise the appointing Supervisor of the vacancy. If the vacancy is not filled within 30 days of transmission of the notice of vacancy to the appointing Supervisor, the President shall appoint a member to the vacant seat, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors, and shall become the member’s appointing authority for the remainder of the member’s term, at the end of which the authority to appoint a member to the seat shall revert back to the appointing Supervisor.
Transition Period. Prior to September 1, 2023, the Committee shall adopt a transition roster that identifies which of the current Board-appointed members shall serve as regular voting members versus as alternates. Where there are already two members appointed by the same Supervisor, those members shall attempt to reach agreement as to which of them shall be the regular voting member and which of them shall be the alternate, before September 1, 2023, subject to approval of the Committee; but if they do not agree, then the Committee may designate their assignments by lot. The Committee’s adoption of a transition roster shall not impact the authority of the Mayor or Board of Supervisors to fill vacancies or reassign which members serve as regular voting members and alternates. The term of the Presidential appointee shall begin on September 1, 2023.
The Committee members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority for terms of two-years.
The Advisory Committee shall assist the Planning Commission and Recreation and Park Commission in the implementation of Charter, Section 16.107. They shall assist the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department and the Director of the Planning Department in establishing priorities for renovation, acquisition, development and maintenance of properties in accordance with the Recreation and Open Space Programs to implement the recreation and open space element of the Master Plan.
Holdover Information:
Not Applicable
Report:
Input into the Strategic Plan updated annually, the Capital Plan updated annually, and the Operational Plan updated annually.
Authority:
Park Code, Article 13, and Charter, Section 16.107 (Ordinance No. 118-00; and Resolution Nos. 168-01, and 391-13) (Ordinance No. 194-23)
Sunset Date:
None
Contact:
Ashley Summers
Recreation and Park Department
501 Stanyan Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 831-2750
ashley.summers@sfgov.org
Updated: December 31, 2025