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Commission of Animal Control and Welfare
Commissioners | Enacting Legislation | Vacancies
The Commission of Animal Control & Welfare is made up of seven voting commissioners and four non-voting commission members. The voting commissioners are appointed by the Rules Committee and approved by the Mayor for two-year terms. Non-voting commission member are City employee delegates representing Animal Care & Control, the SF Police Department, the SF Health Department (seat currently vacant), and the Recreation & Park Department (attending on an as-needed basis).
Commissioners
Sally Stephens, Chair
Andrea Brooks, Vice-Chair
Philip Gerrie, Secretary
Laurie Kennedy-Routhier, Commissioner
David Gordon, Commissioner DVM
Angela L. Padilla, Commissioner
Pam Hemphill, Commissioner
Department Representatives
Vicky Guldbech
Animal Care and Control
Sgt. William Herndon
San Francisco Police Department
Park & Recreation Department
Bob Palacio
Unoccupied seat at this time
Department of Public Health
Enacting Legislation Section 41.1
There is hereby established a Commission to be known as the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare of the City and County of San Francisco (hereafter called "Commission"), consisting of 11 members.
The Commission of Animal Control and Welfare shall consist of the Director of Animal Care and Control or his or her designated representative, seven members to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors and one city department representative member appointed by each of the following: the Director of the Department of Health or his or her designated representative, the Chief or Police or his or her designated representative, and the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department or his or her designated representative. The members appointed by the Board of Supervisors shall be six members representing the general public having interest and experience in animal matters and one licensed veterinarian practicing in San Francisco. Each member of the Commission shall be resident of the City and County of San Francisco, except for the licensed veterinarian, who must practice in San Francisco, but who need not be a resident of San Francisco.
Voting members of the Commission shall consist only of the seven members appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The Director of the Animal Care and Control Department, the Director of the Department of Public Health, the Chief of Police, and the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department, or their designated representatives, shall report to the Commission regarding their respective Department's activities, and participate in general discussions before the Commission as non-voting members.
Three of the members who are first appointed by the Bard of Supervisors shall be designated to serve for terms of one year and three for two years from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, members shall be appointed as a foresaid for a term of two years, except that all of the vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. A member shall hold office until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified. The Commission shall elect a chairman from among its appointed members. Any member who misses three regularly scheduled meetings of the Commission during each two year term without the express approval of the Commission given at regularly scheduled meetings will be deemed to have resigned from the Commission.
The term of office as chairman of the Commission shall be for a year or for thee portion thereof remaining after each such chairman is elected. No member of the Commission shall receive compensation for serving thereon.
No two individuals on the Commission shall be representatives, employees or officers of the same group, association, corporation, organization or City Department.
Vacancies
Four seats on the Commission are currently coming to term. If you are interested in serving on the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare, you can download an application and receive further information from the following link:
http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=4386
Appointments will be made for seats three, four, five, and six. All four seats are to be filled by members representing the general public who have an interest and experience with animal matters. The people who fill all four seats must be residents of San Francisco. The term for each of the four seats is two years.
Applications should be submitted to the Clerk of the Rules Committee before June 8. The Rules Committee hearing on all applicants for the seats will be held in mid-June to early July. An updated date will be provided when that hearing has been scheduled.
For more information about the Commission, including the seats up for appointment by the Board of Supervisors in 2008, click on "Annual Listing of Active Boards, Commissions, Committees and Task Forces with Seats that are Vacant or have a term expiring during 2009" at the top of http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=4386 under "The Maddy Act". The listing can take a long time to download. Once downloaded, go to page 31 in the document for the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare.
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