By Tim Redmond : 48hills – excerpt
Sonja Trauss, appointee to policy agency, is now registered to vote in Oakland
The Regional Planning Committee of the Association of Bay Area Governments has nine members representing cities. The powerful panel promotes development goals for the region, and although one slot is empty, seven of the eight current members are either mayors, deputy mayors, or City Council members of cities in the Bay Area.
There’s one person on the panel who was never elected to anything. That’s Sonja Trauss, a founder of the Yimby movement and failed candidate for District 6 supervisor in San Francisco.
She’s tagged as the representative of the Office of the Mayor, San Francisco…(more)
Political payback since she lost the race. Whether the choice is ethical or fair, we in San Francisco have learned that most of with is not ethical and fair does to yet rise to the level of a criminal challenge. It will be us to us to support the efforts being made by some supervisors to overcome this legal hurdle by fixing some legislative loopholes. Follow the action in the committees as the arguments are being made there before they head to the full board for approval. The only time citizens get to speak on some of these items is in committee.