San Francisco Youth Commission
Youth City Services (Transportation, Housing & Recreation) Committee
Minutes
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
4:30-6:30pm
City Hall, Room 345

There will be public comment on each item.

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 4:35pm. Committee members present: Baer, Chan, LaCroix, Marshall-Fricker, Tu Mutch, Zhang.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner LaCroix, seconded by Commissioner Tu Mutch, moved to approve the day’s agenda. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes

A. September 21, 2011

Commissioner LaCroix, seconded by commissioner Chan, moved to approve the minutes to the meeting of September 21, 2011. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

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

There was none.

5. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

Peter Lauterborn, the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families Youth Vote Coordinator and DCYF Outreach Assistant, presented committee members with data from the most recent iteration of Youth Vote regarding transportation, housing and recreation issues. Committee members discussed the data, and agreed to follow up on thinking through the data going forward.

A. Presentation on efforts to implement Chapter 12N of the Administrative Code: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth: Youth Services Sensitivity Training (please see
http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/administrative/chapter12nlesbiangaybisexualtransgenderq?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:sanfrancisco_ca)
Presenter: Lisa Reyes, MHSA Program Manager, Department of Public Health, SFDPH Community Behavioral Health Services

This item was tabled.
B. Study, discussion and work on other policy priorities, including the City’s Housing Plan for Transitional Age Youth; creating a single, user-friendly, constantly-updated City-wide database on youth services; and MUNI affordability work

Commissioners Tu Mutch and Chan provided their colleagues with an update on efforts to implement Chapter 12N of the Administrative Code.

Commissioner LaCroix provided her colleagues with background regarding the City’s plan to provide more affordable housing to disconnected Transitional Age Youth (TAY), and the background of the Youth Commission’s advocacy regarding this issue stretching back to a resolution in 2005 and the Mayor’s Transitional Youth Task Force.

Committee members discussed yesterday’s meeting of the SFMTA Board and the question of making MUNI free for all youth. Committee members discussed the importance of pressing on in their advocacy, and perhaps writing a letter to the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission; they agreed to, at future meetings, explore issues related to Recreation and Parks, including turf fields, hours of operation at recreation centers, and the like.

Committee members reminded one another that their next meeting would be Wednesday, November 9.

6. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 6:18pm.

Any materials distributed to the members of the Youth Commission within 72 hours of the meeting or after the agenda packet has been delivered to the members are available for inspection—along with minutes of previous Youth Commission meetings and all supplementary information—at the Youth Commission office during regular office hours (9am to 6pm, Monday—Friday). The Youth Commission office is located at:
City Hall, Room 345
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 554-6446, Fax: (415) 554-6140
Email: youthcom@sfgov.org
www.sfgov.org/yc

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