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City and County of San Francisco

May 5, 2003

Monday, May 5, 2003

5:00 pm

City Hall, Room 416

There will be public comment on each item.

  1. Call to Order and Roll Call: Commissioner Allison called the meeting to order at 5:03 pm.

    Commissioners Present: Commissioners Allison, Berger, Chan (TARDY), Chang, Cottrell, Fichelson, Gin, Koeppel, Lantz, Mourning, Powell, Ramos, Villaluna. Commissioners Absent: Commissioners Bretschneider, Mattimore, Virgen Staff Present: Nicole Derse, Colleen Montoya

  2. Approval of the Agenda: Commissioner Allison made a motion to continue item 8A. until the next meeting. Motion Approved unanimously. Commissioner Villaluna made a motion to continue item 10 F. Motion Approved unanimously. Commissioner Lantz made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Motion Approved unanimously.
  3. Approval of the Minutes of April 21, 2003: There was a motion to approve the minutes of April 21, 2003.Motion Approved unanimously.
  4. Staff Report:

    ¦ Nicole thanked everyone for their participation in Saturday's training.

    ¦ Nicole gave everyone an update on the applicants for the Youth Commission's 2003-04 term. She went over the interview process and asked Youth Commissioners to volunteer to help with them.

    ¦ Nicole went over the May 15 trip to Sacramento with the Board of Supervisors. Commissioners Berger, Lantz, Koeppel, Villaluna and Cottrell expressed interest in going.

    ¦ Colleen reminded everyone about the Power Summit and asked for registration forms from all Commissioners

  5. Committee Report:

    Public Health Committee- The Pubic Health Committee are still handing out surveys as a form of gathering information from students on the Wellness Centers. They have also been working on budget advocacy for the Department of Public Health.

    Education- The Education Committee is researching the possibility of creating an education baseline in California. Commissioner Cottrell will be meeting with Board of Education Commissioner Mark Sanchez about this issue and invited committee members to attend.

    Youth Justice: Committee member Kaila O'Neill is following up with the Juvenile Probation Department on the issue of underwear sanitation. The Committee reported back on the successful hearing on young workers. They will be meeting to debrief the hearing on Friday, May 9 at 4:00 pm in the Youth Commission office. Commissioner Villaluna invited someone to represent the Youth Commission at the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council meeting on Wednesday, May 7 from 3:00-5:00 pm.

    Housing: The Housing Committee is working on budget advocacy. They wrote a resolution about transitional housing that was on the agenda for the May 5 meeting.

    Youth Recreation & Services Committee: The Youth Recreation & Services Committee met with representatives from the Recreation and Parks Department, Team Up For Youth and Coro to come to an agreement about coordinating the various recreation center assessments.

    Executive Committee- The Executive Committee met to go over the agenda for the May 5th meeting. They also discussed Commissioner accountability, and specifically the apology letter to Infusion One. Commissioner Powell said he would contact Commissioner Virgen and they would have the letter done by May 16.

  6. Officer Report

    Operations Officer: The Operations Officer had no report.

    Community Affairs Officer: Commissioner Villaluna said that we need all Youth Commissioners to help with applicant interviews. She told everyone that they were invited to Balboa High School's Cinco de Mayo celebration on Friday, May 9 at 2:00 pm. She announced the Cinco de Mayo festival in the Light Court immediately after the meeting. She told everyone to update their outreach numbers. She said she is looking for a place where we can get our T-shirts printed by youth. She is continuing to work with others on providing translation of basic Youth Commission materials. Commissioner Fichelson asked about the progress of Citywatch. Commissioner Villaluna asked him to contact her to work on that issue.

    Media and Public Relations Officer: Commissioner Fichelson has completed the press packet and asked for suggestions.

    Chair: Commissioner Allison updated everyone on the follow up with the youth in Bayview who are working on legislation. She is training them on "How to Lobby when you're not a Lobbyist" and asked for volunteers from the Youth Commission to help. She also informed everyone about the Department on the Status of Women's presentation on May 8 at 10:00 am at the Women's Building.

    Government Affairs: Commissioner Gin reminded everyone that we only have 3 more Youth Commission meetings to introduce legislation. She told people to plan ahead and get their agenda items in. She is willing to make meetings to work with people on legislation. She is doing check in meetings with Commissioners about their legislative goals. She thanked the committee conveners for giving her their summary paragraphs and encouraged them to also give them to Ron for the newsletter.

  7. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda:

    Katherine Gueranas from UCSF's Adolescent Medicine's pConnect to Protect project informed the Commissioners about the HIV prevention work they are doing around the area. She hopes to update the Commission on the data they receive.

    Thomas Simpson from AfroSol presented on his events that get the community involved in HIV education.

  8. Legislation Introduced [There will be no action taken on this item]
  1. Resolution Supporting the Present and Continued Collection of Information Regarding Race, Ethnicity and National Origin. [Commissioner Allison]. Commissioner Allison continued this item until the May 19th meeting.
  2. Resolution urging the San Francisco Board of Education to Enforce Implementation of All Parts of School Board Resolution No. 212-10A15, in Particular, Making Sure That Information About the District Privacy Policy be Presented and Discussed in All High School Homerooms in the First Week of Each School Semester. [Commissioner Powell]. Commissioner Powell introduced this item. There was no action taken on this item.

 

9. Old Business

  1. Discussion and possible action re: Youth Commission Budget Advocacy for the 2003/04 Fiscal Year, including how the Commission will involve youth in the budget process:

Commissioner Koeppel reported on the planning meeting held for the upcoming Youth Commission presentation to the Board of Supervisors Budget Committee on May 12. Commissioners Cottrell, Chan, Gin, Koeppel, Allison, Berger, Villaluna and Mourning said they were planning to attend the presentation.

Commissioners Berger, Gin, Cottrell and Fichelson told the Commissioners about their recent presentations to the Board of Supervisors Budget Committee on budget cuts affecting youth.

10. New Business

  1. Discussion and possible action re: Authorization of Absences for Commissioner Bretschneider (April 21st Meeting): Commissioner Bretschneider was absent.
  2. Discussion and possible action re: Follow-up Presentation by SFCAL Regarding the Youth Alcohol Prevention and Recovery Act, AB216, Which Will Institute a Fee on Alcohol Producers and Distributors Who Target Children and Youth. A youth representative and Stephanie Smith from SFCAL reported that AB 216 did not pass out of the State Assembly's Health Committee. They told the Commission that they had focused their energies on Assemblyman Leland Yee, but that he had been absent from the meeting in which AB 216 was voted on. They said that they believed opponents of the bill viewed it as new spending, which, according to them, it is not. They thanked the Youth Commission for their support and said that they would be reintroducing it in the next legislative session. Stephanie Smith also informed the Commissioners of the Keepin' It Real Festival on May 23.

    At this time, Commissioner Allison motioned to move 10 D. before 10 C. to accommodate the community speaker. Motion Approved unanimously.

  3. Discussion and possible action re: Resolution Supporting the Five Budget Demands Presented at the 1,000 Kids March and Asking for Continued and Increased Support from the Board of Supervisors. [Commissioner Allison] Commissioner Allison presented the resolution. There was a motion to approve the resolution. Joe Wilson, Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, spoke in support of the resolution. Motion Approved unanimously.
  4. Discussion and possible action re: Resolution urging the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors to maintain funding for transitional housing and to implement a new effective and accurate system for assessing the number of homeless youth [Housing Committee] Commissioner Koeppel read the resolution with the attached edits. Commissioner Berger motioned to support the resolution. Commissioner Koeppel said she would be willing to meet with anyone to determine the new process of counting homeless youth. Commissioner Allison made a motion to amend lines 15-16 to clarify the condition of Ark House. Motion Approved unanimously. Commissioner Villaluna made a motion to change Line 8 to add "low-income" before housing. Motion Approved unanimously. Commissioner Villaluna suggested that the Housing and Homelessness Committee should also address the issue of shelter housing. Commissioner Koeppel said that this resolution was focusing on transitional housing, but that she would be open to meeting to discuss writing a future resolution on shelter housing. Commissioner Villaluna made a motion to add the word "youth" in front of all references to transitional housing. Motion Approved unanimously. Commissioner Villaluna made a motion to replace the word "homeless" with "houseless". There was discussion amongst Commissioners. The motion was amended to replace "homeless" with "houseless" and to add the clarification- (alternately referred to as homeless). Voting in favor: Commissioners Allison, Berger, Chan, Chang, Cottrell, Gin, Koeppel, Lantz, Mourning, Powell, Villaluna. Voting Against: Commissioners Fichelson, Ramos. Motion Approved. There was a motion to approve the resolution as amended. Jesse Arreguin told the Commissioners to look into the stake law3 authored by Senator Burton to establish counting procedures to ensure that they are done effectively. Commissioner Villaluna informed the Commission that Community College Trustee Johnnie Carter works in Senator Burton and we could contact him about this. Joe Wilson, Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth spoke in support of the resolution. He urged the Commissioners to defend the STEP program. He also encouraged the Commissioners to follow the implementation of Proposition N and its effect on transitional housing. Motion Approved unanimously.
  5. Discussion and possible action re: Proposed Muni Fare Increases [Commissioner Chang] Commissioner Chang made a motion to continue this item until the next meeting because he was not prepared to do a presentation on it. Motion Approved unanimously.

  6. Discussion and possible action re: Voter Registration at Community Colleges and City College of San Francisco [Commissioner Villaluna] Commissioner Villaluna made a motion to continue this item.Motion Approved unanimously.

11. Items for next Agenda

¦ Commissioners Koeppel and Allison said that they planned to have a resolution supporting the UN Rights of the Child

¦ Commissioners Villaluna, Allison, Berger and Koeppel said that they would try and have legislation prepared on the city's homeless count

12. Announcements [This includes Community Events]

¦ Commissioner Chang- AIDS Ride, June 8-14

¦ Commissioner Mourning- Youth Games in July

¦ Commissioner Villaluna- KQED spoken word event on Friday, May 9, Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 5

¦ Commissioner Cottrell- YMAC Press Conference on Exit Exam on Wednesday, May 7, asked for input

on the response to Supervisor Hall's letter on the Youth Commission's referral response

13. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 6:48 pm

Next Meeting Date: Monday, May 19th, 2003 - 5:00 pm, City Hall, Room 416

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