Io Yeh Gilman
Reporter at Mission Local who covers San Francisco government and local politics, contributing reporting on the commission streamlining task force and council responses.
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Mar 24, 2026 • 52min
San Francisco Has A Lot of Commissions. Should We Keep Them?
Amerika Sanchez, Human Rights Commission member and equity advocate. Lauren Post, former Public Works Commission chair who navigated post-scandal oversight. Io Yeh Gilman, local government reporter. Jonah Owen Lamb, civic affairs reporter. They debate cutting and merging about 40% of San Francisco’s roughly 150 commissions. They discuss which bodies hold real power, task force recommendations, concerns about concentrating authority, and community representation.
