. >> next person is elva hernandez. are you here? hi, elva. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is elva hernandez and i am an in-home support services worker [speaker not understood]. and i have served the board for almost six years and i have been a health care worker for 13 years. i feel that my experience is a long time in the home support service provider and i would like to continue serving on the board. i hope that you will approve my reappointment to seat 4. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. any questions? >> yes. good morning or good afternoon to you. >>> good afternoon. >> i would like to -- you've been on the board you said six years, correct? >>> yes. >> can you tell me from the worker -- some of the things you accomplished in the last six years? >>> the last six years? >> yes. >>> well, i'm sorry. but when i came here, any time i get a lot of nerves. it's really hard for me. >> i understand. i'm that way, too. yes, just, you know, just casually talk about -- six years is a long time. tell us about some of the things you accomplished, what you li

was elva here earlier to speak? >> um-hm. >> okay. i traditionally am not really a fan of waiving the residency requirement unless there are specific cases, like the department of public health had a case in which they needed a specific person and a certain discipline and it was a challenging role to fill. and in those particular cases, clearly i would be open to waiving the residency requirement. in this case, i'm not certain that i feel comfortable with doing that without more information. i think it's important to look at alternatives when these seats become available, the goal is to make sure they're residents of san francisco have the ability to serve. and there are many capable, i'm sure, san franciscans who have not only the ability, but the desire to serve. ~ and, so, i'm not necessarily comfortable with waiving the residency requirement. i'm happy to move forward with the recommendations for the other seats, but i am not -- i'm happy to continue it until further information is gathered, but at this time i'm not prepared to wa

. >> next person is elva hernandez. are you here? hi, elva. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is elva hernandez and i am an in-home support services worker [speaker not understood]. and i have served the board for almost six years and i have been a health care worker for 13 years. i feel that my experience is a long time in the home support service provider and i would like to continue serving on the board.

i'd like to say to elva, i'm going to be supporting this motion and i'm supporting -- and it has nothing to do with your qualifications as a person and so forth. but i understand the logic behind why we're doing this. for people that live in san francisco to have this opportunity to serve. and, again, i don't want you to walk away thinking that it's a personal rejection. this is just a matter of how we pride ourselves in saying that we believe people in san francisco can do this work, okay. so, without any objection, i guess the motion passes. [gavel] >> thank you very much for coming today. madam clerk, can you call item number 2? >> yes, mr. chair. hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending april 27, 2015, to the soma community stabilization fund community advisory committee. there is one seat and two applicants. >> colleagues, i've been asked by the staff of the mayor's office of housing who staff this committee for a continuance of this item. are there any nominees in this room? >> so moved. for the continuance. i know we have to take public comment and not necessarily en