Sharon Lai

Commissioner, San Francisco Housing Authority Commission

We identified Lai’s voice at four meetings.

4 of 10transcribed meetings with their voice identified

5 of 6present at roll calls through Jun 25, 2026, from the clerk

Every roll call, and Lai’s other bodies

Present at 5 of 6 roll calls at the Housing Authority Commission, roll call through Jun 25, 2026

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentExcusedAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 1. Feb 5, 2026 to Jun 25, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 7 of the 10 meetings we hold, through Jun 25, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

Housing Authority Commission: talk time not compared. Fewer than four members can be compared fairly.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Lai’s voice

Four, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Lai’s first remark.

Aug 27, 2026Housing Authority Commission3.6 min25:15
Jun 25, 2026Housing Authority CommissionBudget and spending · Housing and tenants2.9 min15:05
May 28, 2026Housing Authority Commission2.5 min12:59
Feb 5, 2026Housing Authority Commission0.0 min36:10

How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 340 commission lines drawn, 260 right, 4 wrong, 1 unclear, 75 couldn’t be judged

A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Lai was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Sharon Lai’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Lai said. For commissions, of 340 lines drawn, 260 were right, 4 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 75. We have since removed the voices behind 64 of those lines (3 wrong, 0 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 276 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 228: 226 right, 1 wrong and 1 unclear (90% lower bound 0.97). They couldn’t judge the other 48. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Lai or of San Francisco alone.