A gay affordable housing advocate has joined the San Francisco Rent Board as a tenant representative in one of the oversight body's alternate seats.
The board oversees how much property owners can annually raise rents on rent-controlled units and resolves tenant complaints against their landlords.
Mayor London Breed named Kion Sawney, a project developer at the affordable housing builder Mercy Housing, to the seat in September, and he was sworn in October 20.
He is serving as an alternate for Kent Qian, a tenant and deputy city attorney for the Oakland City Attorney's office. The five-person rent board is composed of two tenant representatives, two landlords, and a neutral person all appointed by the mayor.