REGULAR MEETING Minutes

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 – 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, JOSEPH BABA, JASON CHITTAVONG, NICHOLAS RUSSANOFF

CALL TO ORDER 1801PM

ROLL CALL

Commissioner Introductions

COMMUNICATIONS

Officers’ Reports

President Olivieri

                      

Vice President Mansori -

Secretary Martin-Pinto

Committee Reports

Legislative Committee – Commissioner Tucker

• Proposal WERF funding for veteran services at city college. Support funding for veteran’s services

• Talking points for each supervisor

 

Finance Committee – Commissioner Marshall

• Nothing significant to report

 

Communications Committee – Commissioner Bullard

• Vet net event in June

 

Events Committee – Commissioner Barnickel

• Memorial Day events

 

Rules Committee – Commissioner Ishikata

• Change name of Rules committee to rules and honors committee

• Stop the vetting of candidates

                      

Ad Hoc Committee – Commissioner Miller

• SF Vet Center – Michael Blecker (Swords to Plowshares) may have space in War Memorial Building

• Retail space possible

 

Supervisor Liaison Reports

District 1: Sup. Chan – Commissioner Ishikata

• Nothing significant to report

District 2: Sup. Stefani – Commissioner Miller

• Nothing significant to report

District 3: Sup. Peskin – Commissioner McDonald

• Will meet in future about Women’s Committee

District 4: Sup. Mar – Commissioner Wong

• Nothing significant to report

District 5: Sup. Preston – Commissioner Dacumos

• Nothing significant to report

District 6: Sup. Haney – Commissioner Mansori

• Nothing significant to report

District 7: Sup. Melgar – Commissioner Martin-Pinto

• Co-sponsoring Below Market rate housing legislation

District 8: Sup. Mandelman – Commissioner Marshall

• Nothing significant to report

District 9: Sup. Ronen – Commissioner Chan

• Nothing significant to report

District 10: Sup. Walton* – Commissioner Tucker

• Nothing significant to report

District 11: Sup. Safai – Commissioner Bullard

• Inquiry for space for Veteran Center

 

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

 

• April Regular Meeting Minutes –

• Motion made by Cmr Chan

• Seconded by Cmr McDonald – minutes approved

 

AGENDA CHANGES

• none

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• IT Support for Veterans Affairs Commission

  • Sup Safai

  • Sup Stefani

  • Carmen Chu

  • Sup Peskin – Cmr. McDonald will get in contact

  • Cmr. Chan

 

• Identification Badges

  • Need to reach out to Carmen Chu

 

• Below Market Rate Housing Initiative

  • Had meeting with Supervisor Mar

 

NEW BUSINESS

• Homeless and Supportive Housing – Ms.Emily Cohen [Discussion Item]

  • Director of Strategy

  • State of homelessness in SF

  • No 2020 point in time count of homelessness (due to COVID)

  • tgarner@stp-sf.org email contact for person in charge of point in time homeless counts

  • 30 new homeless veterans coming every month

    • Unknown where coming from or how becoming homeless

  • Volunteers to do homeless counts

 

• Draft letter for County Veteran Service Office funding [Discussion/Action Item]

 

• Letter to get correct amount of funding from the state

• Intended person to send letter to

• Body of letter

  • Recommend having letter signed by Mayor and BoS

  • Disabled American Veterans (DAV) to get public interest in getting state funding

  • Motion to send letter to state legislature and BoS

    • Motion passes

 

• Letter of resolution for SB519 [Discussion/Action Item]

  • SB519 is in suspense

  • Motion to draft letter based on talking points

  • Cmr Chan makes motion, seconded by Cmr Tucker, motion passes

  • Rodney Bailey in support of SB519

  • James McConchie in support of SB519

 

• Policy discussion on Deployed Commissioners [Discussion/Action]

  • Nicholas Russanoff – stand in

  • Myles Tucker – should be able to remain in position while in commission.

  • Continuance of item – until more information is available

 

• Creation of Women’s Committee [Discussion/Action]

  • Ad Hoc committee created

  • M Gray from public commented – males are victims of sexual assault as well

  • Courtney Ellington commented

 

• Sexual Assault in the military resolution [Discussion/Action]

  • Motion to continue item to next month

  • Motion passes

 

GOOD WELFARE

 

• Get vaccines at VA

• Memorial day event at Santa Cruz

 

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

None
 

HONORS REPORT AND MOMENT OF SILENCE

ADJOURNMENT

Adjourn at 20:15

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.