San Francisco Youth Commission
Minutes
*Special Meeting*
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
5:30-8:00pm
City Hall, Room 305

There will be public comment on each item.

1. Call to Order

Chair LaCroix called the meeting to order at 5:31pm.
Commissioners present: LaCroix, Benezra, Yang, Hewitt, Marshall-Fricker, Sun, Chan, Hirano, Kaminsky, Zukerman
Commissioners tardy: Perez (arrived 5:34pm), Nauer (arrived 5:41pm).
Commissioners absent: Liang, Fierro, Beaulac, Herzstein, Lin

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Zukerman, seconded by commissioner Nauer, moved to approve the day’s agenda. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

3. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda

There was none.

4. Executive Committee & Staff Report

There was nothing to report.

5. Youth Commission Business

A. Adopting a data-gathering plan on San Francisco’s youth, a framework for Youth Commission outreach, and a researching and writing strategy in order to produce a report on The State of San Francisco’s Youth by January 1, 2011 (Action Item)

See Document A

There was much discussion about the origin and purpose of the Youth Commission Survey of San Francisco Youth that the full Youth Commission adopted on October 4, 2010—in particular, the need to gather information about young San Franciscans who are not captured in the usual surveys (i.e., the Youth Vote Student Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the American Community Survey). There was also a lot of discussion about the purpose of writing a report on the state of San Francisco’s Youth.

Commissioner Kaminsky moved to remove LGBTQQ youth and immigrant youth from the outreach plan. After much discussion, there was no second for this motion.

Next, Youth Commissioners amended the outreach plan by volunteering themselves and their colleagues to do outreach to particular subpopulations of young people.

Eventually, commissioner Hirano, seconded by commissioner Benezra, moved to adopt the amended outreach plan. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

After discussion of the timeline, commissioner Hirano, seconded by commissioner Benezra, moved to approve the timeline—the major benchmarks of which are November 15 (collection/completion of ALL surveys); December 6 (completion of Draft 1 of the report) and January 3 (adoption of final version of report). This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

6. Announcements (This includes Community Events)

Given all of the work the Youth Commission has to do and the fact that the holidays are fast approaching, Commissioner Kaminsky said he would make a Google calendar accessible to the entire commission in order to share schedules.

7. Adjournment

Chair LaCroix adjourned the meeting at 6:45pm.


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.

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(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

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