San Francisco Youth Commission
Monday, April 5, 2010
5:30-8:00pm
City Hall, Room 416

There will be public comment on each item.

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda

5. Staff Report

6. New Business

A. Discussion and Possible Action: The Removal of Mission Beacon from Everett Middle School
Presenters: Maricar Bamba; Reyna Giron; Efrain Hernandez; Yasmine Alshuraidah; Nygjevie Rodriguez; Jessica Chel; Calvonnia Kelly; Chris Rapalo; Oscar Cruz; Carlos Martinez; Theresa Alvarez; Alejandra Mojica, Mission Beacon program participants and employees;
Maria Su, Director (Department of Children, Youth and Their Families)

B. Discussion Only: San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department Presentation on Youth Services for Summer 2010
Presenter: Ana Alvarez, Superintendent, Citywide Services (Recreation and Parks Department)

C. Discussion and Possible Action: Legislation Referred from the Board of Supervisors:
Proposed hearing file no. 100129
Truancy Initiatives by the San Francisco Unified School District and the City and County of San Francisco (Supervisor Dufty)
Presenters: Keith Choy, Coordinator, Truancy/Stay-in School Coalition (San Francisco Unified School District);
Liz Jackson-Simpson, Western Addition Family Resource Center Executive Director/Branch Manager, YMCA of San Francisco Urban Services;
Captain John Ehrlich, Family Services Division (Police Department)

D. Discussion and Possible Action: The Youth Commission’s Budget Priorities for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 (1st Reading)

7. Old Business

A. Discussion and Possible Action: Resolution 09-10AL10
Resolution in Support of Proposed Ordinance File No. 100103 with the addition of the Tobacco Use Reduction Force’s Amendments (Commissioners Deng, Jones)
Presenter: Commissioner Deng, Commissioner Jones

B. Discussion and Possible Action: Legislation Referred from the Board of Supervisors
Proposed ordinance file no. 100103 (Substitute)
Prohibition on tobacco Sales Within 1,000 Feet of a School (Mayor Newsom)

C. Discussion and Possible Action: Legislation Referred from the Board of Supervisors
Proposed resolution file no. 100408
MUNI Youth Lifeline Discount Pass (Supervisor Mirkarimi; Maxwell, Chiu and Dufty)
Presenters: Commissioner LaCroix, Commissioner Liang

8. Announcements (This includes Community Events)

9. Adjournment

Supplemental documents for agenda items are available for review at City Hall Room 345. Minutes are also available on the Youth Commission Website at www.sfgov.org/youth_commission

ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

The Youth Commission meeting will be held in City Hall Room 416. The formal address of City Hall is 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at the United Nations Plaza and Market Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: MUNI Metro Lines J-Church, K-Ingleside, L-Taraval, M-Oceanview, N-Judah, and T-Third Street at Van Ness and Civic Center Stations; 9-San Bruno, 19-Polk, 47-VanNess, and 71-Haight Noriega. For information about MUNI accessible services call 923-6142.

The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. Accessible curbside parking spaces have been designated on the corners of McAllister and Polk, and Grove and Polk. There is accessible parking available within the Civic Center Underground Parking Garage at the corner of McAllister and Polk Streets, and within the Performing Arts Parking Garage at Grove and Franklin Streets.

If you require the use of an American sign language interpreter, a sound enhancement system, or a reader during the meeting, calendars and minutes of the meeting in alternative formats; such arrangements can be made by calling Mario Yedidia at (415) 554-6446, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible.

Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-8925 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. The Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City Operations are open to the people’s review.

For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance, or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact by mail: Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, City Hall Room 224, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102; by phone at (415) 554-7724; by fax at (415) 554-7854; or by e-mail at sotf@sfgov.org.

Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from the Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm