The San Francisco Civil Service Commission sets the rules and policies for the hiring and promotion of all but two percent of the City's 26,000 employees. Don will give us an inside look at the current operations of San Francisco's civil service system and the challenges it faces. To better understand the system, he will outline its history as well. This will be an interesting topic for our members regarding this important San Francisco commission.
Don is a native San Franciscan, born and raised in North Beach. He attended St. Ignatius High School and took both his undergraduate and law degree at Georgetown University. Don is a practicing attorney with the firm of Jacobs, Spotswood & Casper.
Don was appointed to the Civil Service Commission by Mayor Willie Brown in 2000. He was reappointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom in 2006. He has twice served as the commission's president. For five and a half years, he was also chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party. For 16 years, he was a member of the San Francisco State Building Authority, which oversees the three state office buildings surrounding Civic Center. He is a past president of the St. Thomas More Society of San Francisco, the City's association of Catholic lawyers and judges. Among the community and charitable boards on which he serves are the Salesian Boys' and Girls' Club and the Janet Pomeroy Center (formerly Recreation Center for the Handicapped). Not least, Don is chairman of the board of directors of the Columbus Day Celebration.
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