Veterans' Affairs Commission - January 11, 2022 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
January 11, 2022 - 6:00pm
Location: 
1 Carlton B. Goodlet Drive
San Francisco, CA 94102

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 – 6:00 pm

Hosted Remotely via MS Teams

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IKRAM MANSORI, PRESIDENT
STEPHEN MARTIN-PINTO, VICE-PRESIDENT
JOSEPH BABA, WILLIAM BARNICKEL, MATTHEW BRAUER, DOUGLAS BULLARD,
HANLEY CHAN, JASON CHITTAVONG, DEBORAH DACUMOS, JEFF MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD, COURTNEY MILLER,
VICTOR OLIVIERI, NICHOLAS RUSANOFF, RAYMOND WONG

 

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

COMMUNICATIONS

Officers’ Reports
  • President Mansori
  • Vice President Martin-Pinto
 
Committee Reports
  • Legislative Committee
  • Finance Committee
  • Communications Committee
  • Events Committee
  • Rules Committee
  •             Ad Hoc Committee (SF Veteran Center)
  • Ad Hoc Committee (Veteran Justice Court Funding)
  • Ad Hoc Committee (Below Market Rate program)
  • Ad Hoc Committee (Parks Legislation)
  • Ad Hoc Committees (Hiring)
 
Supervisor Liaison Reports
  • District 1: Sup. Chan – TBD
  • District 2: Sup. Stefani – Commissioner Miller
  • District 3: Sup. Peskin – Commissioner McDonald
  • District 4: Sup. Mar – Commissioner Wong
  • District 5: Sup. Preston – Commissioner Dacumos
  • District 6: Sup. Haney – Commissioner Mansori
  • District 7: Sup. Melgar – Commissioner Martin-Pinto
  • District 8: Sup. Mandelman – Commissioner Marshall
  • District 9: Sup. Ronen – Commissioner Chan
  • District 10: Sup. Walton* –
  • District 11: Sup. Safai – Commissioner Bullard

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

December Regular Meeting Minutes

AGENDA CHANGES

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

  • Recognition of the passing of Commissioner George Ishikata [discussion/action]
  • Introduction of new staff secretary Mary C. Murphy [discussion]
  • Re-assignment of Supervisor liaisons [discussion/action]
  • Re-assignment of Committee Chairs [discussion/action]

GOOD WELFARE

This is the opportunity for members of the Veterans Affairs Commission to share special thanks and congratulatory remarks for the good welfare taking place in the veterans community.

PUBLIC COMMENT

An opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission, including items being considered today which have not been considered by a Commission committee and excluding items which have been considered by a Commission committee. Members of the public may address the Commission for up to two minutes.

Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. The President or the Commission may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.

Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.

HONORS REPORT AND MOMENT OF SILENCE

This meeting is dedicated to the memory of George Ishikata

In memory of American service members in all wars and conflicts who made the ultimate sacrifice. We also remember the passing of homeless veterans, veterans who died while awaiting approval of benefits, and suicides within the veteran and armed service communities.

ADJOURNMENT

This document is Official Business of the Veterans Affairs Commission, City and County of San Francisco. It is part of the official Public Record of the City and County of San Francisco.

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Veterans Affairs Commission Meetings:

General meetings of the SFVAC are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month, with the exception for the month of July, when there is no scheduled SF VAC meeting, and are held in Room 416 in City Hall.

Meeting confirmation, and specific announcement of general meetings are made via public posting of the Meeting Agenda as required by law, at least 72 hours prior to scheduled meetings. Agendas for SFVAC meetings (and archived meeting minutes) are available on the SFVAC Pages of the City of San Francisco website, and are also available for public view and inspection at the 5th Floor Government Information Center at the San Francisco Public Library, at 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. The documents librarian telephone number is (415) 554-4472.