The San Francisco Port Commission met on April 28, 2026, starting at approximately 11:00 AM and adjourning at 11:44 AM. Commissioners present included President Gail Gilman, Vice President Stephen English, Commissioner Willie Adams, Commissioner Stephen Lee, and Commissioner Ken McNeely. The meeting covered approval of minutes, a closed session disclosure, land acknowledgment, consent calendar items, and new business updates.
All consent calendar items were approved unanimously.
Cisco Port Commission for April twenty eighth, twenty twenty six roll call, President Gail Gilman. Present. Vice President Stephen English. Commissioner Willie Adams. Commissioner Stephen Lee. Here. And Commissioner Ken McNeely. Item two is approval of minutes for the April 14th, twenty twenty-six port commission meeting. Do I have a motion? So move. Do I have a second? We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. There's none opposed. The minutes are adopted. Item three is public comment on executive session. Is there any public comment in the room on executive session? I see none. Jenica, is there any public comment on the phone on executive session? We have no colors on the phone. Okay. Um, public comment is closed. Can I have a motion, please, to move into executive session? So move. Second. Okay, we have um a motion and a second. Um, we are now in executive we are now in closed session. San Francisco government television. Um, no, no, I don't know. SF Gov TV. San Francisco Government Television. I'd like to make a motion that we disclose one of our discussion items from close session. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor? The commission would like to disclose on the topic of commission would like to disclose on the topic of the search for the next director of the port of San Francisco. Um, due to unforeseen circumstances, several applicants withdrew from the search process, reducing our overall pull of amazing candidates. As a commission, we made the decision that we're recasting some of the aspects of the search. We believe by taking this short pause, still concluding by this summer, that we will have the best and richest poll to move forward, and that we will continue as a port with the strong leadership we have in place from our acting director to the leadership team at the port and department heads to seamlessly operate and execute on the initiatives we have ahead. We apologize to the public and to the staff for this delay, but we still plan to conclude by this summer, and we believe we will have the best leader for the port of San Francisco. With that said, next item, please. Item six is the land acknowledgement. The San Francisco Port Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatushaloni, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatoshaloni have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatushalone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Item seven is announcements. Please silence all cell phones and sound producing devices.