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File ID: 2025-00764 4/8/2025 Item 1.
Confirmation of Board and Commission Appointments
File ID: 2025-00764
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion confirming the following board and commission appointments: 1) Ann Land and Bertha Henschel Memorial Funds Commission: Kim Stephens - Seat I; 2) Housing Code Advisory and Appeals Board: Brandon Fisher - Seat A; 3) Measure U Community Advisory Commission: Jose Goris, Jr. - Seat H; 4) Utilities Rate Advisory Commission: Srirama Divakar Tanikella - Seat A; and 5) Youth Commission: Samaya Caraveo - Seat C.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: As required by City Charter section 230, board and commission appointments made by the Mayor with the concurrence of the City Council.
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Ann Land and
Bertha Henschel
Memorial Funds
Commission
Kim
Stephens
I 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
04/08/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Vang, District 8
Housing Code
Advisory and
Appeals Board
Brandon
Fisher
A 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
04/08/2025-
06/30/2028
Full Personnel and
Public Employees
Committee
Measure U
Community
Advisory
Commission
Jose Goris,
Jr.
H 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
04/08/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Vang, District 8
Utilities Rate
Advisory
Commission
Srirama
Divakar
Tanikella
A 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
04/08/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Kaplan, District 1
Youth
Commission
Samaya
Caraveo
C 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
04/08/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Councilmember
Dickinson, District
2
File ID: 2025-00764 4/8/2025 Item 1.
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Ann Land and
Bertha Henschel
Memorial Funds
Commission
Kim
Stephens
I 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
04/08/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Vang, District 8
Housing Code
Advisory and
Appeals Board
Brandon
Fisher
A 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
04/08/2025-
06/30/2028
Full Personnel and
Public Employees
Committee
Measure U
Community
Advisory
Commission
Jose Goris,
Jr.
H 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
04/08/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Vang, District 8
Utilities Rate
Advisory
Commission
Srirama
Divakar
Tanikella
A 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
04/08/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Kaplan, District 1
Youth
Commission
Samaya
Caraveo
C 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
04/08/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Councilmember
Dickinson, District
2 Policy Considerations: None.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: The Personnel and Public Employees Committee has nominated for appointment vacancies identified on several of the Boards and Commissions. After consideration, candidates were nominated, which now require Council confirmation. Confirmation of appointment by the City Council finalizes the process.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.