Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Task Force

The Single Room Occupancy(SRO) Task Force was first established by the Board of Supervisors under the title SRO Health; Stabilization and Safety Task Force in August 1999 in a response to a rash of fires in residential hotels that resulted in the elimination of over 900 residential guest rooms from 1988.
 
Since the subsequent adoption and implementation of the Residential Hotel Sprinkler Ordinance, the Task Force was reconfigured and renamed by the Board of Supervisors in 2006. There are currently 13 members authorized by Board Resolution No.582-10, with 9 appointments by the Board and 4 members appointed by the Director of the Human Services Agency( 1 member), Director of the Department of Building Inspection (1 member), and the Director of the Department of Public Health (1 member from Environmental Health and 1 member from Housing and Urban Health).
 
Mission Statement:
 
The SRO Task Force mission is to improve the quality of life for residents living in SRO hotels by providing discussion between city departments, SRO owners/managers, nonprofit agencies, and tenants. The Task Force responsibility is to then advise San Francisco policy makers on policies, codes, and legislation that impact residents, owners, and managers of SRO Hotels and to serve as a conduit for consensus between stake holders.  The Task Force purpose is to then facilitate a unified SRO hotel strategy that is supported by the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors, City departments, nonprofit agencies, owners, managers, tenants and the community at large.
 
 
The SRO Task Force Membership
 

James Sanbonmatsu, Chair

Department of Building Inspection (DBI)

Appointed by the DBI Director (On-going)

 

Randall Sloan

Tenant Representative

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Suresh Patel

SRO Operator

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Shanita Gardner

Property Manager

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Dion Roberts

Non-profit SRO Operator/Manager

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Juan Alejandro Garcia

Mission SRO Collaborative

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Clifford Gilmore

Central City SRO Collaborative

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Angela Chu

Chinatown SRO Collaborative

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Raul Fernandez-Berriozabal

Families in SRO’s Collaborative

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Jordan Davis

Tenant Representative

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors on 04/08/2019

 

Larry Kessler

Department of Public Health

Environmental Health

Appointed by the DPH Director (On-going)

 

Margot Antonetty

Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing (DHSH)

Appointed by Director of DHSH (On-going)

 

Legal Advisor:

Peter Keith

City Attorney’s Office

 
How to Contact the SRO Task Force
 
Jennifer Cheung, Administrative Support to the SRO Task Force
Housing Inspection Services
Department of Building Inspection
49 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
(628) 652-3396, FAX (628) 652-3709
 
Meetings
 
The SRO Task Force meets on the third Thursday of every month. Meetings are accessible, open to the public and held from 9:00am to 10:30am. 
 

Disability Accommodations

To request assistive listening devices, sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas, or other accommodations, please contact Bernadette Perez at 628-652-3390 or by email at Bernadette.Perez@sfgov.org at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing.

Language Access

For questions about the Language Access Ordinance, please contact OCEIA at (415) 581-2360 and ask for the Executive Director or Language Access Compliance Officer. Language Assistance:  To request an interpreter for a specific item during the meeting, please contact Bernadette Perez at 628-652-3390 or by email at Bernadette.Perez@sfgov.org at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing.

 
Agendas
 
The Agendas are published the Friday before the regularly scheduled meeting. Agendas are posted to the SRO Task Force meetings page and at the Main Library in the Government Documents section. Agendas and minutes are also available by contacting Bernedette Perez, Task Force Secretary at (628) 652-3390.
 
 
Minutes
 
Minutes are posted on the SRO Task Force meetings page 30 days after approval by the SRO Task Force.