Meeting Information

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

City and County of San Francisco

Regular Meeting

Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at 5:00 P.M.

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 408

San Francisco, CA 94102

American Sign Language interpreters and a Sound Amplification System provided upon request with 48-hour advance notice to 415-252-2570. Limited accessible street parking available. Accessible MUNI Lines are the 15, 44, 23 and 24 lines. Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available. Meeting proceedings available in alternative formats. In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals. To make arrangements or for accessibility information, contact Susan Murphy at 415-252-2570 (Voice) or 415-252-2550 (TDD).

AMENDED AGENDA

(Revised April 20, 2001)

Roster:

President Juanita Miles Commissioner Emily Murase

Vice President Carolene Marks Commissioner Andrea Shorter

Commissioner Julie Burton Commissioner Valerie Tulier

Commissioner Dorka Keehn

** Public Comment will be heard during each agenda item.

1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (ACTION ITEM)

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (ACTION ITEM)

Meeting held Wednesday, March 28, 2001

4. PRESIDENT’S REPORT

· Executive Director Search - Update

5. INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

· Respect is What’s Sexy Campaign makes Ms. Magazine: The designer of the campaign will be designing a new logo for DOSW’s website.

· Domestic Violence Public Hearing: To be held on May 15, 2001 from 3:00 to 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. Commissioner Keehn will give details.

· Take Our Daughters to Work Day: A newsletter will go out from the Department on this event.

· Women Who Make a Difference Awards: To be held September 20, 2001, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; will include categories including employment, violence against women awareness, health and science, and the arts.

· 2001 Directory of Social Services for Women in San Francisco: This has been completed and is now being printed. Will be available for distribution by May 1, 2001.

· VERIZON Partnership for October 2001: Verizon Wireless has invited DOSW to conduct a public awareness campaign for October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This item will be on May’s agenda.

· Work Life Survey - Over thirty responses from various City departments.

· Youth Commission Public Hearing: A report on the Speak Your Mind-Speak Out to City Hall on Youth Homeless Issues, town hall meeting will be distributed to Commission members once it is received from the Youth Commission.

6. OLD BUSINESS

· CEDAW: To appoint community members for the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Task Force (ACTION ITEM).

· FIVE POINT INITIATIVE: To discuss and approve the five point initiatives of the issues raised at the March 28, 2001, Commission neighborhood meeting held in the Bayview Hunters Point community (DISCUSSION ITEM).

7. NEW BUSINESS

· Peggy Coster, Disabled Women and Medicare (Presentation)

· FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY LAW BILLS: To approve resolution condemning pending Federal Bankruptcy Law Bills H.R. 333 and S. 420 (DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM).

· MILLION MOM MARCH: To endorse the Million Mom March (DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM).

· FUNDING ALLOCATION: To approve Funding Committee allocation recommendations for the Department on the Status of Women (DOSW) Violence Against Women (VAW) programs and authorize staff to enter into negotiations with the agencies. (ACTION ITEM).

8. REPORTS

· Friends of the Commission on the Status of Women - Update

· Domestic Violence Investigation - Update

Public Hearing, May 25, 2001, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

9. PUBLIC COMMENT

10. ANNOUNCEMENTS

11. ADJOURNMENT

Know Your Rights under the Sunshine Ordinance

(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance, or to report a violation of the Ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force at 415-554-7724. To obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, Donna Hall, Clerk, City Hall, Room 409, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683, phone: 415-554-7724, fax: 415-554-7854, email: Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us. Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can also be obtained from the San Francisco Public Library and on the City’s website at