San Francisco Youth Commission
Agenda
Monday, September 21, 2015
5:15 pm-8:00 pm
City Hall, Room 416
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Jillian Wu, Lily Marshall-Fricker, Erica Kong, Stephanie Li, Cris Plunkett, Anna He, Jessica Calderon, Noah David, Giovanna Soto, William Juarez, Cecilia Nicole Galeano, Madeleine Matz, Luis Avalos-Nunez, Anna Bernick, Jarrett Mao, Grace Pating, Hatim Mansori

1. Call to Order and Roll Call for Attendance

Chair Luis Avalos-Nunez called the meeting to order at 5:18 pm. Commissioners present: Jillian Wu, Lily Marshall-Fricker, Erica Kong, Stephanie Li, Cris Plunkett, Anna He, Jessica Calderon, Giovanna Soto, William Juarez, Cecilia Nicole Galeano, Madeleine Matz, Noah David, Anna Bernick, Jarrett Mao, Grace Pating, Hatim Mansori
There was quorum.

Staff present: Allen Lu, Adele Failes-Carpenter, Monica Guzman

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Wu, seconded by commissioner Bernick, moved to approve the agenda. The motion was approved by acclamation.

There was no public comment.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. September 8, 2015
(Document A)


Commissioner Mao, seconded by commissioner Plunkett, moved to approve the agenda. The motion was approved by acclamation.

There was no public comment.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There was no public comment.

6. Presentations (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Overview of DCYF and Children and Youth Fund
Presenter: Prishni Murillo, Senior Program Specialist, Department of Children, Youth and their Families

This item, 6A, was called out of order.

Ms. Murillo introduced herself and began to give information on DCYF. DCYF’s core purpose is to carry out the City’s commitment to children, youth and their families. Strategic pillars of DCYF’s work are strategic funding, quality services, engagement with SF communities and collaborative partnerships. Some of the sections at DCYF are: senior staff, contracts and compliance, data and evaluation, younger youth funding team, older youth funding team and finance and operations. DCYF allocates over $85M of public funds to a wide range of grants and initiatives that serve children, youth and their families. The four main strategic funding service areas are early care and education, out of school time, foundational support and youth leadership and development. Over 50,000 children and youth are positively impacted by DCYF’s funded programs and initiatives annually.

In 1989, Mayor Art Agnos created the Mayor’s Office for Children, Youth and Their Families. Then in 1991 voters passed the Children’s Amendment which created a steady stream of funding. As a result, Mayor Willie Brown turned MOCYF into Department of Children, Youth and Families. In 2000, the Children’s Amendment was renewed for 15 years and with this renewal created the Youth Empowerment Fund, so that youth had a voice in the creation of their programs and not just be participants. On November 4, 2014 San Francisco voted for The Children and Families First Initiative (Prop C) with 73% approval. Prop C included four main sections: Children and Youth Fund, Public Education and Enrichment Fund, Our Children, Our Families Council and Rainy Day Reserve.

The DCYF Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC) is 11 members, appointed by the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors. OAC will include 3 Young People: 2 Youth under 18 and 1 TAY member. First meeting will be October 15, 2015 from 6 – 9 pm. Everyone is invited. They’ll be approving DCYF’s community needs assessment, children’s services allocation plan and DCYF’s budget.

She then asked the YCers for questions.

Commissioner Juarez asked if the assessed property value also includes commercial property. Ms. Murillo explained that for every $100 of the assessed property value the Children and Youth fund will

Chair Avalos-Nunez asked what new initiatives or programs are being put forth as of now to address this change. Ms. Murillo stated that there is an allocated 1.3M for TAY services. DCYF will release an RFP by the end of October. The needs that DCYF are charged to address are employment and transitional support with housing.


There was no public comment.

B. Youth Emergency Preparedness Presentation
Presenters: Youth for Single Room Occupancy (YSRO)

This item, 6B, was called out of order.

The presenters introduced themselves as Lisa and Danny. The title of their presentation is Disaster Preparedness Workshop. Youth for Single Room Occupancy is a part of Chinatown Community Development Center youth programs. They partnered with UCSF for these presentations. Many of the youth presenters are NERT and American Red Cross First Aid certified. They went over a brief presentation of the essentials that one would need to prepare for a disaster. For a longer presentation you can contact jkuang@chinatowncdc.org.

Presenter Lisa then asked for questions. Commissioner Galeano asked if they plan to share the work they’ve done with other communities. Presenter Lisa said that they currently focus in Chinatown however they want to expand their presentations to outside of their home areas. Commissioner Li stated that Supervisor Tang is working on a Sunset Resiliency Plan so YSRO should connect with her. Chair Avalos-Nunez asked if there was anything that the Youth Commission could do for YSRO. Lisa said that spreading the word would be the best and seeing if there are any other organizations that may want the presentation.

There was no public comment.

The chair called for a recess at 6:11 PM. The meeting resumed at 6:21 PM.

5. Legislation Referred from the Board of Supervisors (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. BOS File No. 150793 [Planning Code – Child Care Requirements for Office and Residential Projects and Associated Fees]
Sponsor: Supervisor Yee
Presenter: Matthias Mormino, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Norman Yee
(Document B)

The chair then referred to item 5A.

Legislative Aide Matthias Mormino introduced himself and began to discuss BOS File No. 150793. The Child Care impact fee was created in the 1970s. There was an employment boom and the community figured that office buildings should have child care centers. This legislation does 3 things: finally extends fee for child care to a city wide unit fee, it updates the fees, and it comes up with inclusionary child care. If you’re going to build a building with rental housing this ordinance is going to designate some of the units as family child care. This means that individuals can run a family child care center. We would incentive the developer by reducing their child care impact fee.

Child care centers are expensive to build and to run. In the past few decades only one center has been built with child care impact fees. Often we find that with family child care providers, this is their only source of income. So a family who loses their home, can also lose their business. The units would have to be for families who qualify for below market rate housing and are interested in running a family child care unit. The city has voucher child care program but they’re having trouble placing kids in child care centers because there is a lack of them, especially affordable ones.

He then asked if anyone had questions. Commissioner Mansori asked how they would work out the space for the child care center. Mr. Mormino stated that the child care center would be in a home unit. It’s easier to create this center than a big 60 child center.

Commissioner Pating asked how would you find the family child care providers. Mr. Mormino says that the majority of the family child care providers they’ve worked with are individuals who have seen the need and start one in their community. The Office of Early Care and Education and the Family Child Care Consortium are both assets for these individuals.

Commissioner Soto asked if these family child care centers would provide free or low cost child care. Mr. Mormino stated that we want the bulk of the participants to be on the voucher program. Chair Avalos-Nunez asked what the age range for these child care programs were. Mr. Mormino stated that the children are usually preschool aged. Chair also asked who would be responsible for accrediting these units. Mr. Mormino stated that it is a state licensing. There is a buffer of one year for the families who move in to become licensed. Commissioner Juarez asked if the family child care units would be from the pool of low-income housing. Mr. Mormino stated that they would be part of the low-income units but they would have the same income requirements so still serving low-income individuals. Chair Avalos-Nunez asked if there were target neighborhoods where they wanted to have these units. Mr. Mormino stated that there are neighborhoods that they want to target but with the impact fee is tied with new development so it would have to be in neighborhoods with new development. They would hope to be able to implement similar things in other neighborhoods.

Chair Avalos-Nunez then asked for any comments or motions on the legislation.

Commissioner Mansori stated that believes it’s a good idea to push the legislation. Commissioner Plunkett also stated that it is a great idea and a necessity.

Commissioner Juarez does not agree with the legislation because he does not believe

There was clarification that none of the existing below market rate housing would be cannibalized. As for the 50% of the children in child care, the legal requirement does not allow that the city require 100% of the children in child care to be

Commissioner Mansori added that having more child care is a necessity in San Francisco especially considering the rise in rental prices.

Chair Avalos-Nunez asked whether the impact fee is enough of an incentive for developers to choose this option. Mr. Mormino stated that this is

Commissioner Matz asked if there was a timeline for this and if there were any numbers for goals as to how many units could be family child care ones. Mr. Mormino stated that if everything goes well it could be up and running by first quarter of next year. There could be 10-20 or so units that could fall into this category.

There was a member of the public who spoke. Public comment was then closed.

The chair then entertained any motions.

Commissioner David, seconded by Commissioner Bernick, motioned to support the ordinance.

Commissioner Plunkett motioned to attach a comment with a recommendation of including more numbers, such as number of child care units and rough timeline.

Commissioner Hatim added that it would be nice to get some sort of estimation of the ideal goal of how many child care units there could be. He seconded Commissioner Plunkett’s motion.

Chair Avalos-Nunez motioned to attach a comment to have an equity analysis of child care usage, seconded by Commissioner Li. Chair Avalos- Nunez would like to see who is taking advantage of the child care facilities, to see what population of people is having difficulty in accessing child care as a motion.

Motion to suggest an equity analysis of child care usage passed by the following roll call vote.

Ayes: Wu, Soto, Plunkett, Pating, Matz, Marshall-Fricker, Mansori, Mao, Li, Juarez, Galeano, Kong, He, David, Calderon, Bernick, Avalos-Nunez.

Motion to suggest including more numbers passed by acclamation.

Motion to support the ordinance was approved by the following roll call vote.

Ayes: Wu, Soto, Plunkett, Pating, Matz, Marshall-Fricker, Mansori, Mao, Li, Juarez, Galeano, Kong, He, David, Calderon, Bernick, Avalos-Nunez.

6. Presentations (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

C. Policy Research 101
Presenters: Staff
(Document C)

The chair then resumed the normal order of the agenda.

Staff Adele Failes-Carpenter gave a presentation on policy research. She then asked for any questions.

7. Youth Commission Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

There was none.

8. Committee Reports (Discussion Only)

A. Executive Committee

Vice Chair Wu gave a report on the EC. They met last Wednesday where they discussed their personal goals and a better way to support each youth commissioners. The EC will do check-ins with 2-3 youth commissioners. The outreach commissioners have some general ideas for outreach. They’re also planning to propose an outreach plan.

B. Housing, Environment, and City Services Committee

Chair Soto gave a report on HECS. She was elected chair and Commissioner Kong was elected vice chair of this committee. Members from the Young Women’s Freedom Center came to the meeting. They expressed their interest in working with HECS. Former chairs Rosa Chen and Eric Wu discussed the previous issues they focused on. Eric Wu suggested looking into evictions since they have increased a lot lately. They also came up with some issues to focus on. They also changed the meeting time from 5:00 to 5:15 PM.

C. Economic Justice and Immigration Committee

This committee has not yet met.

D. Youth Justice Committee

This committee has not yet met.

E. Civic Engagement Committee

This committee has not yet met.

F. Youth Advisory Council

At the next EC meeting they will discuss who shall be appointed.

G. Our Children Our Family Council

Commissioner Wu gave an update on the OCOF council. During their first meeting they read through their bylaws and approved them. They also discussed their outcomes framework for the things they hope to achieve for the rest of the year. They’re going to be voting on that during their next meeting which is in January. There are also working groups happening all year-round.

9. Staff Report (Discussion Only)

Staff Monica shared that there is a change to the Full YC Calendar. The month of May has a typo for Full YC meeting dates and Youth Justice meeting date. She also reminded YCer’s to please submit a bio for the website.

Staff Allen stated that the photos from swearing-in will be sent out to everyone to look through tonight. He also presented briefly on the Where Do You Belong workshops happening at the MIX in the main library. They are the first Tuesday’s of every month from 5-7 pm. Here are the trainings and dates:Writing Your Story by Reza Harris (aka Dregs One) - October 6th, Investigating Your Story by Kapi'olani Lee - November 3rd , Performing Your Story by Anthony Julius Williams – January 5th, Broadcasting Your Story by Dyan Ruiz and Joseph Smooke – February 2nd
Staff Allen then asked who would be interested in taking a part in these trainings? Commissioner Kong, Commissioner Plunkett, Commissioner Mansori.

10. Announcements (This Includes Community Events)

Commissioner Galeano informed everyone that the Village in District 10 is recognizing youth at an event this Sunday September 25th at 2 pm at 1099 Sunnydale Ave. SF.

Commissioner Wu stated that she is a part of BLING, a youth-led philanthropy group, and they’re currently accepting applications. Committees can apply as well.

Commissioner Plunkett share that the SF Brady campaign is having an event on October 29th at the African American Art and Cultural Complex. They’re organizing a rally in December to raise awareness on gun violence and community safety.

Commissioner Pating stated that October 27th her Girl Scout group is volunteering at Susan B Komen race at 9 AM along the Embarcadero.

Commissioner Mansori stated that he’s part of a group called BMC, Brothers Making Change, and he stated that there’s an event happening in November to give young men of color suits.

Commissioner Kong gave an announcement that this Wednesday at the MIX from 4:30-6:00 PM there is going to be an event for the Board of Advising Youth and everyone is invited. There will be food.

Commissioner Mao stated that there is a Global Issues Network Conference that supports local youth addressing global problems. There will be food and it is on November 6th and 7th.

11. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:51 PM.