1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, California 94102-4689
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, January 12, 2020 – 6:00 pm

Hosted Remotely via MS Teams
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VICTOR OLIVIERI, PRESIDENT
IKRAM MANSORI, VICE PRESIDENT
STEPHEN MARTIN-PINTO, SECRETARY
WILLIAM BARNICKEL, MATTHEW BRAUER, DOUGLAS BULLARD, HANLEY CHAN,
DEBORAH DACUMOS, GEORGE ISHIKATA, JEFF MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD, COURTNEY MILLER, MYLES TUCKER, RAYMOND WONG

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL
Victor Olivieri – present
Ikram Mansori – present
Stephen Martin-Pinto – present
William Barnickel – present
Matthew Brauer – excused absence
Douglas Bullard – present
Hanley Chan – present
Deborah Dacumos – present
George Ishikata – present
Jeff Marshall – present
Christopher McDonald – present
Myles Tucker – present
Raymond Wong – present

Committee Re-alignment

•  Legislative Committee
  • Myles Tucker, Committee Chair
  • Courtney Miller
  • Raymond Wong  
• Communication Committee
  •  Douglas Bullard, Committee Chair
• Events Committee
  • William Barnickel, Committee Chair
  • Deborah Dacumos
  • Hanley Chan
• Rules Committee
  • George Ishikata, Committee Chair
  • Christopher McDonald
  • Myles Tucker
• Finance Committee
  • Jeff Marshall, Committee Chair
  • Stephen Martin-Pinto

Committee oversight

• Vice President
  • Finance
  • Legislative
  • Events
• Secretary
  • Communications
  • Rules

Supervisor Re-alignment

• District 1 (Connie Chan) – George Ishikata
• District 2 (Catherine Stefani) – Courtney Miller
• District 3 (Aaron Peskin) – Christopher McDonald
• District 4 (Gordon Mar) – Raymond Wong
• District 5 (Dean Preston) – Deborah Dacumos
• District 6 (Matt Haney) – Ikram Mansori
• District 7 (Myrna Melgar) – Stephen Martin-Pinto, Hanley Chan
• District 8 (Rafael Mandelman) – Jeff Marshall
• District 9 (Hillary Ronen) – Hanley Chan, Jeff Marshall
• District 10 (Shamann Walton) – Myles Tucker
• District 11 (Ahsha Safai) – Douglas Bullard

Legislative Committee

• Governor’s proposed budget directs 67 million dollars to veteran’s services through County Veterans Service Offices in California

Communications Committee

• Nothing Significant to report

Rules Committee

• Proposed by-law changes to give more flexibility to represent commission to President and Vice President
• Proposed change to administrative code – modify commission purpose to include “be a resource for veterans and their families”.

Finance Committee

• Nothing significant to report

Ad Hoc Committee

• Expansion of Below Market Rate program to include military veterans
  • Working with District 4, 5, and 7 supervisors
• Disabled Veterans Bill have support from Disabled American Veterans (DAV)

Approval of December Minutes

• Edit made to change George Ishikata marked as "present"
• Motion made by Cmr. Barnickel to approve
• Second motion made by Cmr. Ishikata
• Motion passes with modification

Agenda Changes

• Add in new amendment to bylaws to increase ability of President and Vice President to represent Veteran’s Affairs commission.
• Rules committee has for action
• Motion made by Cmr. Ishikata
• Second motion made by Cmr. Bullard

Veteran’s Preferences in Below Market Rate (BMR)

• Policy change expected by June
• Motion made to defer discussion to February Meeting by Cmr. Ishikata
• Seconded by Cmr. Martin-Pinto

New Business

• Defer guest from Representative Jackie Speier’s office indefinitely
• Motion made by Cmr Ishikata
• Seconded by Cmr Tucker

County Veteran Service Office

• Report from Alfred Sims
  • CVSO falls under Department of Disability and Aging Services
  • Virtual Office has served 100 cases per month
  • 40 new claims
  • 52 claims filed
  • 5 on staff

Veteran Center at 505 Polk Street

• 2 new temporary hires for 6 total

Yearly Retreat Planning

• Motion to have retreat in late February
• Cmr. Olivieri made motion
• Seconded by Cmr. Ishikata

Social Media Accounts

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Parler
• The commission will request an admin.vac@sfgov.org account for social media accounts or some similar email account
• Should the commission create a Parler account?
• Vote deferred to February
• Motion made by Cmr. Victor Olivieri
• Seconded by Cmr. Bullard

Good Welfare

• State Controller Betty Yee’s father, a veteran, and Ding Yook received WW2 medal.

Public Comment

• Nicholas Rusanoff thanked commission for assisting him with special housing situation

Honors Report
Meeting Adjourned at 1941 hr