Two San Francisco agencies focused on women, girls, and nonbinary people are restructuring their relationship after nearly 50 years of working together.
Both expect the transition should be seamless and bring about benefits for each. The Friends of the Commission on the Status of Women and the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women announced November 8 that the friends group would no longer be dedicated to funding and supporting the work of the city agency and its public oversight body.
Instead, the friends group would expand its focus to work with myriad organizations that work to ensure equity for all women, girls, and nonbinary people. "We're incredibly proud of the extensive body of work we have done together over the past 46