Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Don Horsley, District 3
Supervisor David J. Canepa, District 5
Subject: Appointment to the Housing and Community Development Committee
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation for the appointment of Richard Hedges to the Housing and Community Development Committee, representing At-Large member, for an initial partial term ending December 31, 2022.
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BACKGROUND:
The Housing and Community Development Committee (HCDC) makes recommendations to the Board of Supervisors related to the expenditure of all housing and community development funds. The HCDC also reviews and provides a forum for public comment on affordable housing and community development needs and priorities related to the development of the Consolidated Plan and related Annual Action Plans.
DISCUSSION:
Richard Hedges is being recommended to serve an initial partial term for a seat vacated by Shannon Bergman, who has resigned. Upon approval, Richard will serve for a partial term ending December 31, 2022.
Rich Hedges was born in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas in 1960. He attended Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas where he received a Bachelors of Science degree in Education in 1970.
He moved to San Mateo, California in 1970 with his wife Linda to take advantage of the educational opportunities in the San Francisco Bay area. He worked as a substitute teacher and he attended San Francisco State University. He received his Master of Arts Degree in 1973 in American Urban History with an emphasis in Urban Planning from San Francisco State University.
He was accepted to City University of New York City to work on a PhD in Urban History, but decided to accept employment in 1974 with the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union as a Union Representative where he remained for 28 years. He held po...
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