CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Thomas T. Ng, President and Alicia D. Becerril, Vice President

The Civil Service Commission is pleased to announce the election of its leadership team. Commissioner Thomas T. Ng will serve as President and Commissioner Alicia D. Becerril will serve as Vice President after a unanimous vote of the Commission.

President Ng remarked, I appreciate the confidence bestowed on me by my fellow Commissioners and look forward to the challenges ahead. I am committed to continue to work hard at this critical time when our entire civil service system is being restructured to enable timely and efficient delivery of services to our residents. The Commission will continue to work hard and lead the way in creating the best civil service merit system on behalf of the citizens of San Francisco.

Vice President Becerril added, I appreciate the vote of confidence of my fellow Commissioners in electing me Vice President of this esteemed Commission and am much honored to be in a leadership position. The Commission responded ably to the call for improvements in the merit system and the hiring procedures. I am proud of the Commission's many accomplishments and will continue to work hard to make the Commission accessible for everyone.

The Civil Service Commission is a five-member board appointed by the Mayor to six-year terms and is by Charter authority, the general overseer, regulator and final arbiter of the City and County of San Francisco's civil service merit system.

The Commission provides the framework for the operation of the City & County personnel system, with an estimated workforce of 30,000 employees and an annual payroll of $2 billion. The Commission carries out the City's mission, implemented by City departments, through the employment of qualified individuals in a fair and equitable manner by establishing rules, regulations and policies on public employment. These rules and policies provide for the administration of the classification plan, examinations, eligible lists, probationary period, and allegations of discrimination, favoritism and the general organization of the merit system.

President Ng, appointed in 2003, is a former member of the San Francisco Fire Commission, past president of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association ( Chinese Six Companies ), founder and chairman of the Hoy Sun Memorial Cemetery. He also served as board president of many organizations, including Chinese Hospital, the Hoy Sun Ning Yung Benevolent Association, the Chinese Cultural Services Center, the National (and International) Eng Family Association, and the Asia Society of Arts of America. His directorships include service on the Bay Area United Way, Chinese for Affirmative Action and numerous other community organizations. Vice President Ng's contributions to the community are recognized with his receiving awards from Chinese American Voters Education Committee, Chinese Charity Cultural Services Center, Bay Area United Way, Asian Women Resource Center; and Geen Mum Neighborhood Center. An influential community and business leader, Vice President Ng is the former owner of the popular Uncle's Coffee Shop.

Vice President Becerril is an Administrative Law Judge with the State of California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board where she conducts hearings and prepares decisions on the appeals of unemployment insurance benefit and disability insurance benefit cases. She began her legal career in public interest law with the State of California, Agriculture Labor Relations Board, Energy Commission and the Department of Health. She later worked as an attorney in the private sector with law firms specializing in commercial litigation, products liability, employment law, and personal injury.

Commissioner Becerril has long been active in civic and community organizations and has worked to improve neighborhoods, ensure public safety and protect small businesses. She served as a member of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. She is past President of the Lawyers' Club of San Francisco and Instituto Laboral de La Raza. Commissioner Becerril has also served as a Commissioner on the City and County of San Francisco Human Rights Commission, Board of Appeals, Landmarks Advisory Board, and the City of Oakland Community and Economic Development Advisory Commission. She worked as a law professor at the University of Northern California in Sacramento, and adjunct professor of MBA courses on international business at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. She received her undergraduate degree in Social Science and teaching credential from Sacramento State College, and law degree from the School of Law at the University of California at Davis.

The other members of the Commission are Commissioner Donald A. Casper, a member of the San Francisco law firm of Jacobs, Spotswood & Casper LLP and Commissioner Morgan R. Gorrono, the owner of EIGHT, an upscale lounge in the South of Market area.

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