San Francisco
Youth
Commission
Monday, May 20, 2002
5:00pm-7:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
There will be public comment on each item.
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. Approval of the Agenda [ACTION ITEM]
3. Approval of the Minutes of May 6th [ACTION ITEM]
4. Staff Report [There will be no action taken on this item]
5. Officer Report [There will be no action taken on this item]
6. Committee Report [There will be no action taken on this item]
7. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda
8. Announcements [This includes community events]
9. Legislation Introduced [There will be no action taken on these items]
A. Resolution Urging His Honor, the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors, the Department of Human Services, the Local Homeless Coordinating Board and The Mayor’s Office of Homelessness to Implement and Modify the Existing Homeless Service Benchmarks, Particularly With Regards to Affordable Housing and Substance Abuse Prevention, and Urging the Creation of a New Homeless Advisory and Policy Committee With Sole Jurisdiction on Homeless Policy Coordination and Recommendation to the Mayor and Board Of Supervisors and With Designated Representation From the Homeless Youth and Foster Care Youth Population. [Commissioner Arreguin]
B. Resolution Urging the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to Analyze and Modify Existing Contracts With Homeless Advocacy Organizations and Service Providers and Implement a Homeless Services Oversight Committee Comprised of Representatives of, the Board of Supervisors, the Department of Human Services, the Department Public Health, the Mayor’s Office of Homelessness and the Local Homeless Coordinating Board and Community Representatives to Ensure the Proper Designation and Usage of Monies for the Benefit of the Homeless Population Through These Service Agencies. [Commissioner Arreguin]
C. Resolution Urging the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to Secure and Promote the Expansion and Preservation of Prevention Services and Programming For Youth This Forthcoming Fiscal Year. [Commissioner Arreguin]
D. Resolution Urging the Mayor and Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to Solicit Input From the San Francisco Youth Commission on Appointments Made By the Mayor to the Juvenile Probation Commission [Commissioner Villaluna]
10. Old Business
A. Discussion re: Resolution Commending The Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) and the Students who participated for Their Efforts in Organizing and Promoting the Day of Silence[Commissioner Ramos]
11. New Business
A. Discussion and possible action re: Resolution Urging the San Francisco Board of Education to fulfill their commitment to "Excellence For All" and take action to relocate Phoenix High School to the current School of the Arts campus which is a more education-friendly and safe environment
B. Discussion and possible action re: Resolution Urging the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) to Make a Compromise With Thurgood Marshall Academic High School (TMAS) Students, Faculty, Parents & Community on Superintendent Ackerman’s Proposal to Lower the Current Graduation Requirements of 280 To 230 Credits [Commissioner Ramos]
C. Discussion re: Report back on The San Francisco Youth Commission’s Trip to Global Youth Service Day hosted by the Taiwan National Youth Commission
D. Discussion and possible action re: Presentation by Youth Space staff and Board members on status of Youth Space
E. Discussion and possible action re: Referral from the Board of Supervisors, File 020350: Resolution Urging the California State Legislature to Place on the Ballot a Constitutional Amendment Modifying Current Tax Code to Close Corporate Loopholes in Proposition 13 and Allow Reassessment of Corporate Property at Current Value.
F. Discussion and possible action re: Referral from the Board of Supervisors, File 020552: Resolution Urging the San Francisco Police Department in Collaboration with the Office of the District Attorney to Increase the Enforcement and Prosecution of Offenders Cited for Graffiti and to Collaborate with the Department of Public Works to expand and Enhance Public School Outreach at the Middle and High School Level Regarding the Consequences of Tagging Public or Private Property
G. Discussion and possible action re: Referral from the Board of Supervisors, File 020553: Resolution Urging the Department of Public Works to Engage in All Efforts to Reduce the Level of Graffiti Citywide, Including Providing Awards for Information Leading to the Arrest of Graffiti Perpetrators and Adopting a Model Similar to the One Being Utilized in San Jose, California and Utilizing Graffiti Abatement Models, Such as the One Administered in San Jose, California, in Order to Contact Telephone, Billboard, Garbage, Newspaper and Other Business Entities That May Have Graffiti on Their "Property" and to Develop an Agreement With Them, Which Requires That These Businesses Maintain Their Respective Property That They Immediately Abate it and to Collaborate With the San Francisco Police Department to Expand ad Enhance Public School Outreach at the Middle and High School Level Regarding the Consequences of Tagging Public or Private Property
H. Discussion and possible action re: Resolution Commending the Families Who Live at 868 Shotwell Street Who Overturned Their Eviction and Also Honoring the Shotwell Block Party as a Celebration of Resistance Against Eviction and Displacement[Commissioner Villaluna]
I. Discussion and possible action re: Membership Status of Commissioners Fosselman, Geodzhayev and Vedad
J. Discussion and possible action re: Authorization of absences for Commissioners Fosselman (May 6 Meeting)
12. Adjournment
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