April 7, 2008

MINUTES

Monday, April 7, 2008
Full Commission meeting
5:30 PM

City Hall, Rm. 41

1. Call to Order/Roll Call – Meeting called to order at 5:35pm.

2. Approval of the Agenda (all) – approved with the following changes Move Item 8A – DCYF/YC Community Needs Assessment up to Item 3A. Propose CHALK update on city-wide youth surveys under Item 7E by Commissioner James, seconded by Commissioner Frierson. Unanimously passed.

3. Mayor's Office Report (Mayor's Office) – RSVP for APA Heritage Month on May 5^th to Jason.Chan@sfgov.org (time conflict with next full commission meeting). The Mayor's Office has not reported back on the status of our budget meeting yet.

4. Staff Report

1. Message from the Director – Julia Sabory.
2. Youth Commission Applications – applications out and due Monday, May 19^th, 2008

5. Public Comment not on the Agenda – Tiffany, representative from the La Case de las Madres, presented the plethora on the wrap around youth and adult domestic violence victims/survivor services offered for Youth Commissioner information. Explanatory documents available upon request.

6. Consent Calendar

7. Old Business

1. Discussion/Possible Action: Youth Commission Budget Advocacy with Family Budget Coalition (Staff) Information– Staff informed and thanked Commissioners who came out for the youth poster-making party and the Stand with Families Rally (500 strong).

   Action – Family Budget Coalition meeting, which our budget recommendations are aligned with, will occur this Wednesday, April 9^th at Children's Council. Luciana, Kevin, and Diana have had regular attendance.

2. Update: Transitional Aged Youth Initiative (James)

   Commissioner James – TAY-SF is working on a recommendation from the youth employment committee to secure a multi-service center, which will be at Civic Center/Downtown campus. The TAY-SF young adult meetings are open to the Youth Commission. Action -- Contact Commissioners James and/or Anjum if you want to get involved with this budget ask – the multi-service center action is moving quickly.

3. Update: Juvenile Advisory Council (Liao) – none.
   
4. Update: Ad-hoc Joint Education Committee (Yan) –

   Commissioner Yan alerted that Peter/Youth Commission will be presenting to the Board of Education on February YouthVOTE results. Come to the meeting in support on Tuesday, April 8^th, at approximately 6:30-7pm, 555 Franklin.

5. Discussion/Possible Action: Potential legislation on regular Youth Commission report to Board of Supervisors (BOS) to be introduced to Rules Committee or as a BOS motion (Staff/Liao) – no new updates. Still pending.
   
6. Discussion/Possible Action: Ordinance amending the SF Business and Taxation Code by adding Sections 2300 to 2310 to enact a fee on fast food restaurants, convenience markets, and gasoline station markets to defray the cost of litter and trash clean-up resulting from their operation. Draft on assembly bill on restaurant recycling. (Carvalho/Staff)

8. New Business

1. Discussion/Action: Follow-up on DCYF/YC Youth Community Needs Assessment Meeting (Anna Lisa Fahrenthold)

   Anna Lisa presented certificates/awards to the Youth Commissions who were facilitators in the event and disclosed the draft findings from the meeting.
   Action – She asks facilitators to look over the summary and email any comments if there should be changes. Anna Lisa will include the Youth Commission in all future planning meeting lists and will send out a reminder email on the preliminary results to YC.

2. CHALK UPDATE! – Special Item
   Commissioner Gray reported the over 2,000 surveys collected by street based CHALK outreach workers on youth issues 12-24 years old. Surprising findings such as 44% of those surveyed citywide said violence was an issue, with over 80% in the BVHP stressing this. Many of youth do not eat breakfast. CHALK met with DCYF's Margaret Brodkin to discuss findings; findings yet to be released. No action taken until permission to disclose results from CHALK. Preliminary thoughts on YouthVOTE data sharing.
   
3. Discussion/Possible Legislation referred file #080403 – Hearing on the status and future plans for agency coordination for San Francisco children and youth needing residential treatment placed through probation, behavioral health, and child welfare (Staff)

   Hearing will be heard on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 10am, City Hall room 263. Sponsored by Supervisor Maxwell and likely to come from a conversation with a children's mental health addback (Edgewood) that may be on the chopping block because of the budget deficit this year.
   
   Action – Motioned by Commissioner James to provide recommendation/take action on this item, seconded by Commissioner Quesada. Unanimously passed.

   Director Sabory will work with interested Commissioners on highlighting the TAY-SF recommendation of residential beds for TAY-Youth, and the current need to address the lack of housing for youth in the city.

4. SAVE THE DATE – 8^th Annual Ethnic Studies Conference at UC Berkeley, Tuesday, April 8^th, 2008 (Staff – Pang)

   November 2008 – Unanimously endorsed by the Youth Commission. Going – Commissioners Gee, Gong, and Franklin/ Staff -Pang

5. SAVE THE DATE – YEFAB Movement Building Town Hall with BOS and Dance on Friday, April 18^th, Hotel Whitcomb, 6pm-10pm. (Franklin, Shamonda, Gee, Macheel)

   3/17/2008 – unanimously endorsed by Full Commission.

   Action - Commissioner Gee raises the point that we still need to confirm the attendance of Supervisor Ammiano's office. Chair Carvalho suggested to work with her on it.

6. Discussion/Possible Endorsement of Youth Making a Change (YMAC's) Anniversary Celebration (Yan)

   YMAC is having its sweet 16 birthday, organized by alumni on June 18^th, location TBA.

   Action - Motion to endorse YMAC celebration by Commissioner Gong, seconded by Commissioner Quesada. Unanimously passed.

7. Discussion/Action: Addressing the recent Sunnydale violence (Frierson/James)

   Commissioners Frierson and James presented a statement to the Youth Commission to raise awareness of the recent police brutality that Sunnydale youth experienced in March 2008. They urged the Youth Commission to prioritize the budget ask of securing $70,000 for a youth cultural competency training in SFPD. The additional request is to provide early endorsement and any support if events to raise awareness are forthcoming.

   Motion by Commissioner Gong to endorse the prioritization of the budget ask and to provide organizational support for any forthcoming organizing/awareness projects, seconded by

   Chair Carvalho suggests that we should state to the Police Commission this item and push it through at the same time the forthcoming hearing on the DGO 7.01 will occur.

8. Discussion/Possible Action: Endorsement of the Center for Young Women's Development – Young Mother Bill of Rights Campaign, Saturday, May 17^th, 2008, City Hall (James)

9. Commissioner Review for Attendance [Franklin, Gray, Macheel]

10. Next Steps (all) --- See in bold!

11. Announcements/ Items for Agenda (all)

• For next meeting – continue items that need to be continued, and new items: Chinese Progressive Association 35^th Anniversary Dinner Endorsement; Presentation/Possible Action on : Assembly Bill/version of DREAM ACT; Coleman's Educational Equity Campaign/endorsement
• Announcements: Peter presents the YouthVOTE results at Board of Education, job announcements – talk to Chair Carvalho.

12. Adjournment --- 6:58pm --- Next Meeting: Monday, April 21, 2008, room 416.