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COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
City and County of San Francisco
Special Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, October 29, 20034:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
City Hall, Room 250 Board of Supervisors Chambers
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102

 Public comment will be heard before and/or during each agenda item.

Members Present & Staff Present
President Andrea Shorter
Vice-President Juanita Miles
Commissioner Dorka Keehn
Commissioner Carolene Marks
Commissioner Emily Murase
Commissioner Valerie Tulier
Commissioner Angela Williams

Belle Taylor-McGhee, Executive Director
Rosario Navarrette, Deputy Director
Caroline Donnola, Senior Policy Analyst
Ann Lehman, Senior Policy Analyst
Justine McGonagle, Justice & Courage Coordinator 
Carol Sacco, Policy Analyst
Winnie Xie, Grants Administrator

1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL                                                                                              
President Andrea Shorter called the meeting to order at 4:12 p.m.
Commissioner Williams arrived at 4:45 p.m.
President Shorter welcomed and thanked Supervisors Ma and Maxwell.
Supervisor Maxwell welcomed the Commission, the public, and the Department on the Status of Women and     thanked the Department on the Status of Women for the Report on Girls and the hearing.  President Andrea Shorter welcomed Youth Commissioner Stephanie Champion. Youth Commissioner Stephanie Champion introduced herself to the Commission and the public.
No public comment.

2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
m/s/c(Miles/Marks/Unanimous)
Action: To adopt the agenda for Wednesday, October 29, 2003, Special Meeting, Public Hearing on the Girls Report.
No public comment.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
m/s/c (Murase/Keehn/Unanimous)
Action: To approve the minutes for the Wednesday, September 24, 2003, regular Commission Meeting.
No public comment.

4. PRESIDENT'S REPORT
President Shorter started the meeting by asking Commissioner Keehn to present a resolution to Commissioner Murase recognizing the Commission’s deep gratification to Commissioner Murase for her past work as Vice-President of the Commission, and her past and continuing efforts to advance the Commission’s mission.  Commissioner Murase thanked the Commission and the Executive Director of the Department on the Status of Women for their on-going support.

Commissioner Marks requested a resolution for Lateefah Simon, Executive Director of The Center for Young Women’s Development in recognition of Ms. Simon’s recent MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Award.

President Shorter announced that public comment will be taken after each topic of the Girl’s Report, and President Shorter asked if there was public comment for Agenda Items 1-4.  

President Shorter welcomed Supervisor Bevan Dufty.
No public comment.                                                                                                     

5.  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT                                 
Executive Director Belle Taylor-McGhee advised President Shorter that her report was in the Commissioners’ packet, and in the interest of time did not present.
No public comment.

CONSENT AGENDA

All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda and are considered to be routine by the Commission on the Status of Women.  They will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Commission.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Commission so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.  Members of the public may speak on each item listed on the Consent Agenda.

 6.  CONSENT ITEMS
a.   COSW annual retreat                                                                                                              
Action: To approve holding the COSW annual retreat on Friday, January 30, 2004.
b.  Faith Fancher Recognition
Action: To issue a posthumous special recognition to Faith Fancher for her work to educate and create public awareness on breast cancer.
Commissioner Miles informed the Commission that the family of Faith Fancher would be unable to accept the certificate of recognition at this time. The certificate will be sent to the Friends of Faith or Ms. Fancher’s former employer, KTVU.
Unanimous Consent on both items.

7.HEARING ON THE GIRLS REPORT
President Shorter welcomed the San Francisco Girl’s Chorus, which performed two selections.San Francisco Girl’s Chorus member Bianca Jonson gave testimony of the importance of chorus in her life.          

President Shorter welcomed the public and thanked the co-sponsors of the hearing, the Youth Commission, Supervisor Fiona Ma and Sophie Maxwell.  She thanked Youth Commissioner, Stephanie Champion, and Supervisors Ma, Maxwell, and Dufty for attending the Hearing.  President Shorter acknowledged City departments and individuals for their assistance with the Hearing, Tajel Shaw of the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families and Colleen Moutoga, Director of the Youth Commission. 

President Shorter welcomed Supervisor Tom Ammiano.

President Shorter gave a brief history on “A Report on Girls in San Francisco: Benchmarks for the Future” which was released in April this year by the Commission and Department on the Status of Women.

Supervisor Dufty thanked everyone for coming and stated that he would stay as long as possible to listen and learn.

Supervisor Ma thanked the Commission for their hard work and committed to staying for the entire hearing.  Supervisor Ma also commented on the need to be able to collect the data that put together this report.

Supervisor Ammiano spoke about the lack of services for girls he encountered while he was teaching and complimented the Commission for documenting these discrepancies and looking toward solutions.

Department on the Status of Women Executive Director Belle Taylor-McGhee welcomed everyone for attending the hearing and gave background on the Girls Report. Ms. Taylor-McGhee introduced the authors of the report, Ann Lehman and Carol Sacco of the Department of the Status of Women. Overview of “A Report on Girls in San Francisco: Benchmarks for the Future”

Ms. Sacco began the overview of the report using PowerPoint.  The first aspect of the report was demographics.  Next, poverty data was analyzed by racial groups.  Girls’ sexual orientation was reported upon.  The report looked at what type of schools, public or private, San Francisco middle and high school girls attended and the college-preparatory courses in which they were enrolled. 

Ms. Lehman discussed additional research done that was not published in the report.   Ms. Lehman presented on comparative work done between girls in San Francisco and those residing in Dallas, Los Angles, San Diego, the state of California, and the whole of the United States. This research looked at San Francisco girls in areas of sexual activity, teen births, depression, body-image and diet, harassment, physical education, television viewing, foster care, and juvenile justice.  Ms. Lehman directed the public to the full report on the Commission and Department on the Status of Women’s web-site http://www.sfgov.org/site/dosw_index.asp.

President Shorter introduced Mr. Adam Van de Water with the Board of Supervisor’s Legislative Analyst Office as the first speaker on Demographics.
No public comment.                                                                                                                      

Demographics    
Mr. Van de Water commented on a report that his office out in February of this year which looked at census data. President Shorter thanked Mr. Van de Water.
 No public comment.

Funding 
President Shorter introduced Winna Davis, the Director of Programs and Grants from the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (DCYF). Ms. Davis shared the mission of DCYF.  She stated that one of the responsibilities of DCYF is to implement a multi-year community engagement and planning process mandated by the renewal of the Children’s Amendment in 2000.  According to Ms. Davis, starting in 2005, three percent of the Children’s Fund will be dedicated to youth-led projects funding and some of the current programs funded by DCYF that focus on girls.

President Shorter thanked Ms. Davis and welcomed Lindsay Swain, Program Officer for Safe Communities from the United Way of the Bay Area. Ms. Swain discussed the difficulty in gathering data on girls in the Bay Area, especially in the juvenile justice system.  The Girls Justice Project was started by the United Way to address the inadequacies of the data on girls in the juvenile justice system.  Ms. Swain stressed the importance of collecting data on girls in the San Francisco Bay Area and urged other counties to do the same. President Shorter thanked Ms. Swain and acknowledged the contributions of the United Way and other Bay Area organizations for their collection of data and work towards meeting the needs of girls. 
No public comment.

Education
President Shorter listed the speakers under Education.
Mr. Phong Pham, Program Manager of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) School Health Programs, presented the methodology of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey System (YRBSS) developed in 1990 and coordinated by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  SFUSD has administered the survey every other year since 1991.

Mr. Joe Alter, a computer teacher from Independence High School in San Francisco, presented a brief look of young women using technology at Independence High School. 

Krysta, a student at Independence High School, discussed her project with the pre-school students of the Noriega Children’s Developmental Center and E-bus. 

Ms. Anne Moses, Executive Director of GirlSource, gave an overview of GirlSource.  Their mission is to equip low-income young women with the life, leadership, and job skills they will need to succeed.  GirlSource serves low-income young women who are from the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily from San Francisco. The age group is 14-18 years old and approximately 150 young women per year are reached by GirlSource. 

Krystal, a participant of GirlSource programs and currently on its Board of Directors, spoke about her experience in the last four years at GirlSource. 

President Shorter thanked Ms. Moses and Krystal for their presentation and asked Ms. Moses what is the eligibility of participating in the GirlSource program. Ms. Moses responded that participants must be a girl, between the ages of 14-18, must be low-income, eligibility verification is done in the most minimal way possible thought there is different verification needed for city versus state funded programs and must be able to attend the programs during the designated hours.

President Shorter introduced Andrea Johnston of Girls Speak Out. Ms. Johnston congratulated all the people who made the report possible and brought congratulations from Girls Speak Out co-founder, Gloria Steinem.  Girls Speak Out brings information about girls from girls to other girls. Commissioner Marks thanked Ms. Johnston and asked her to send some of her materials to the Commission.  Ms. Johnston left copies of her column with the Commission.

President Shorter asked former and future speakers to submit copies of their materials to the Department so that the issues and data can be further reviewed.
Public Comment President Shorter reminded the public that Public Comment would be held to one minute.

Julina Banilla, Job Corps Admissions Counselor at Treasure Island, gave a brief overview of the Job Corps Program and discussed her position as being a recruiter of females between the ages of 16-24 in San Francisco. 

President Shorter recessed the hearing for five minutes.

Self Image and Media Literacy
President Shorter listed the speakers under Self Image and Media Literacy.
Ms. Sarah Grossman-Swenson, a Policy and Media Associate with Children NOW, spoke about the media program at Children NOW which works to improve media for and about children through commissioning independent research, public policy development, and outreach to media industry leaders.    Some resources:  the KQED website http://www.kqed.org/index.jsp?flash=true and About Face http://www.about-face.org/.Liz Pearle, Editor in Chief of Common Sense magazine, discussed the mission of Common Sense magazine and the impact of media on girls.  Ms. Pearle urged the Commission to look at the Kaiser Study released yesterday (October 28, 2003) that found children ages 0-6 spend as much time with the media as they do playing outside.
No public comment.

Leadership Development
President Shorter listed the speakers under Leadership Development. Ms. Lateefah Simon, Executive Director of The Center for Young Women’s Development, talked about what is happening to make leadership among young women possible in San Francisco.  Ms. Simon discussed her experiences as a participant in girls programs in San Francisco in her youth. 

Ms. Amy Benjamin, Director of Prevention for the Youth Leadership Institute, gave an overview of the Youth Leadership Institute.  In San Francisco, the agency has a couple groups:  San Francisco Community Action Live which looks at prevention issues, San Francisco Civic Action Innovation Fund that is partnered with the School District and the Youth Commission in providing youth led project money for grants, and Youth Infoanthrapy is also doing similar work.  In closing, Ms. Benjamin urged the participants and the Commission to partner with the girls of San Francisco in providing access to this information to all girls and an analysis and partnership recommendation of policy changes with these girls.

Dena Blank, Executive Director of Bay Area Girls Center, discussed the mission and history of the Bay Area Girls Center.  By using outdoor education, creative arts, and group experiences, the Center empowers girls to develop and express their strengths.  The Center believes in the power of all-girl settings and wilderness as a classroom of life. 
Public Comment

President Shorter reminded the public speakers of the one-minute limit.

Judy Young, Program Director of the Vietnamese Youth Development Center, shared about what her organization was currently doing.  Two programs are specially targeted towards girls. 

Judy Chea, Program Coordinator for the Arts and Leadership programs with the Vietnamese Youth Development Center, spoke about the Girls Support Group.  The program was developed to meet the needs of young women in the Tenderloin around issues such as teen pregnancy

Gloria Romero, Girls Services Director with Mission Neighborhood Centers, runs the Mission Girl Program which works with Latina girls providing in-school, after-school, and evening services.  The girls begin with participation in programs and than the girls are found jobs in the community especially working with the Centers, currently about half of the staff at Mission Girls were former participants. 

President Shorter reminded public speakers that there is only one minute for public comment.

Health
President Shorter asked all speakers on the topic of Health to come forward.

Ms. Maria Cora, Coordinator of the Office of Women’s Health with the Department of Public Health, discussed teen pregnancy.  The local health department has six family teen friendly clinics all over the city with teen hours.  Ms. Cora closed by stressing the importance of gathering gender-specific data. Commissioner Keehn asked for Ms. Cora to provide the Commission with the rest of her report so that it could be included in the final report.

Mr. Michael Baxter, Director of Community Health Programs for Youth with the Department of Public Health, discussed the three clinics that provide comprehensive health services to young people: Balboa Teen Health Center, the Cole Street Youth Clinic, and the Larkin Street Medical Clinic. 

President Shorter asked all the speakers to give any written information they had to the Commission and thanked them in advance for their cooperation.

Ms. Ingrid Tischer, the Development and Communications Director of Equal Rights Advocates, reminded the Commission that critical data was not being collected and information, rather people, were missing from the report, girls with disabilities. 

Ms. Paula Lykins, from State Senator Jackie Speier’s Office, spoke about the fourth annual Young Women’s Health Conference.  Ms. Lykins asked Commissioner Champion to comment on her involvement.

Commissioner Champion said that last year’s conference was a wonderful experience and she learned a lot.  She felt that there was a real sense of connection and affiliation with everyone there and most  of all, a real sense of empowerment.

Ms. Saba Brevli, Director of Health Services at Huckleberry Youth Programs, gave some background of the type of programs provided and the history of Huckleberry Youth Programs. Services that are geared specifically towards young people are important because of the critical changes that they are going through which separate them from children and adults. 
No public comment

Foster Care
President Shorter asked for the speaker in Foster Care to step forward.
Mr. Trent Rhorer, Executive Director of the Department of Human Services (DHS), focused on the data in the report on foster care.  In the late 1980s, 72% of first-time entries into foster care were African-American.  In the past few years, this number has dropped to 49%.  DHS had expanded the Independent Living Skills program to reach 13-14 years old.  Mr. Rhorer stated there are going to be difficulties in maintaining or adding services due to budget short falls.  

Ms. Janice Anderson-Santos, Deputy Director of the Department of Human Services, discussed the services being provided by DHS.  The Intercity Family Resource Center, the Youth Law Center, and DHS are looking at who is in foster care, finding ways and trends to improve the outcome of exiting kids from care, and finally, a research project will be published with those results.  Ms. Anderson-Santos closed by discussing the other community organizations DHS supports.

Michele Byrnes, Program Director of H.E.Y. Housing for Emancipated Youth, began by offering some history about H.E.Y.  This year 241 youths will emancipate from the San Francisco foster care system and about half of them will be young women.  Ms. Byrnes closed by asking the Commission to make a commitment to girls in foster care and those leaving foster care each year.

Ms. Serenity Enriquez, an emancipated youth, spoke about her experiences in and out of foster care as a youth living on the streets and in foster care situations. 

Arnisha, a seventeen year old who works for Legal Services for Children on a task force, spoke about her experiences in foster care and a group home. 

Bonnie, a sixteen year old who works for Legal Services for Children on a task force, spoke about being a consumer of multiple systems:  juvenile justice, mental health, special education, and foster care and as a member of the task force, she makes recommendations for changes in these systems. 
Commissioner Marks asked if Bonnie had brought the list of her recommendations with her.  

Ms. Toni Heineman, Executive Director of A Home Within and Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF, began by discussing the history and purpose of A Home Within.  A Home Within provides long-term psychotherapy to children and youth in foster care.  If the public does not responsibly attend to the needs of girls and young women in foster care system at the first moment they enter care, the community will find themselves responsible for them and their children for many years to come.

Ms. Lanita Hopkins, one of the co-founders of Gastinell’s Tender Loving Care Residence and now serving as Director of Program and Fund Development, discussed the history and goals of Gastinell’s.  Ms. Hopkins discussed the needs of these girls to have something substantial and some type of foundation once they age out of the foster care system.  A new program at Gastinell’s is helping girls from ages 18-24 to bridge services and support after they have left the foster care system through an independent living situation. 
Public Comment

Deidre Murphy from the Jamestown Community Center spoke about how sports can positively affect girls and their families’ lives.  Being physically active and playing on a team supports all the components of the Girl’s Report. 

Juvenile Justice
President Shorter asked for speakers on Juvenile Justice to step forward.

Ms. Emily Dreblow, with Huckleberry Youth Program and VIP Girls, gave some information about the program. The VIP Program stands for Violence is Preventable and is a girls’ collaboration that started six years ago.  The program’s goal is to prevent violence with two core services: leadership and mentoring.  Ms. Dreblow offered two closing suggestions: a Young Women’s Celebration Day and look at how agencies prioritize the needs of young people in San Francisco.

Cherese, a student at Raoul Wallenberg High School, spoke about the VIP program.  VIP helped Cherese find her talents.  VIP is a way to develop their strengths, talents, and skills.  Cherese believes the VIP program should be in all middle and high schools in San Francisco.  Cherese submitted newsletters to the Commission (see attached).

Annie, of the VIP programs, spoke about low self-esteem in girls. Annie advocated for more leadership programs.

Lushan and Cecilia from the Community Youth Center discussed transportation in San Francisco.   Transportation is a major issue that prevents young people citywide from participating in programs.  There are not enough youth agencies in the city. 

President Shorter asked the speakers for Violence Prevention to come forward.
Public Comment

Cloteal, another young woman from the Legal Service for Children task force, read a poem, My Ghetto, My Community (see attached).

Norma Hotaling, from SAGE (Standing Against Global Exploitation), discussed prostitution and children.  Young prostitutes are not viewed by society as child sexual abuse victims or statutory rape victims; instead, they are viewed as prostitutes, criminals, and perpetrators. 

Violence Prevention
Dr. Meda Chesney-Lind, from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, made a couple of quick points and submitted written testimony.  Girls’ violence is going down.  Girls in San Francisco are less violent than the national image. 

Ms. Joyce Richards, CEO of Girl Scouts of the Bay Area, gave background of the Girl Scouts organization.  The Girl Scouts organization is doing programs in group homes, Studio 2B. 

Ms. Jan Cobaleda-Kegler, Program Director at Chris Adams Girls Center, shared about what her agency was doing for girls in Contra Costa County.  The partnership with the Girl Scouts is a new one, and Chris Adams is very happy with the results.

Liz and Brittany, residents from Chris Adams Center, spoke about the impact that Girl Scouts’ programs had on them. 

Ms. Julie Posadas Guzman, Girls’ Service Coordinator with the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department, discussed her work with girls in the Juvenile Probation Department and District Attorney’s Office.  The majority of her work is with girls in detention, and she discussed ways to prevent girls from being placed in detention and doing systematic changes to gain alternatives to the juvenile justice system.  Ms. Posada Guzman asked the Commission to help identify what resources are available to girls in San Francisco. 

Sergeant Colleen Fatooh, Coordinator for Youth Programs from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), spoke about the programs offered to the young people of San Francisco through the SFPD. 

Ms. Patricia Lee, Managing Attorney of the Office of the Public Defender-Juvenile Division, discussed her experience at the Public Defenders Office.  Ms. Lee discussed the conditions of the young girls being jailed.  Ms. Lee spoke about the holistic representation of young people by the Public Defender’s office.  The juvenile justice system receives the young girls who have been abandoned by the other systems: mental health, education, social services and other systems which have failed. 
Public Comment

Dan MacAllair, from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, highlighted some of the work he has done in the area of juvenile justice. 

Norma Hotaling, of SAGE, asked the public and Commission to look at the arrest rates of girls, who are exploited in prostitution. 

Closing Remarks
President Shorter thanked all the participants for their testimony and participation and that they provide their contact information. 

Commissioner Tulier praised to the Department of the Status of Women and its staff for their work in putting together the hearing.  She urged the speakers to come together with the Commission and the Department to build a network. 

Commissioner Miles thanked everyone and talked about the programs available to her as a youth in San Francisco which no longer exist.  Commissioner Miles commented the same problems with race existed in the criminal justice system forty years ago, and that new solutions are needed for old problems. 

Commissioner Murase thanked everyone for their participation.  She stated the report and the hearing are a giant leap forward in identifying those needs and our work is cut out for us in addressing those needs.  Commissioner Murase recognized the Department for their work.

Commissioner Marks thanked the all the participants.  Commissioner Marks commented that we need to find news way to work together.  Commissioner Marks thought a Young Women’s Day would be a good idea and thanked the girls who participated in the hearing again. 

Youth Commissioner Champion thanked everyone for the participation and the opportunity to learn things.

President Shorter thanked everyone again for their participation and for getting the word out about the hearing.  She stated that there are old problems in need of dire solutions.  She said she is excited about the Commission working with the extended community in coming up with such solutions.        

Executive Director Belle Taylor-McGhee thanked everyone.  She stated that one of the goals of the report was to establish benchmarks and the hearing will provide benchmarks to measure the success that can be gained in the following years.                                                                             

8. ADJOURNMENT                                                                   
 (m/s/c)  Miles/Tulier/Unanimous
President Shorter adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.

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