September 8, 2009

^{San Francisco Youth Commission}

^{Minutes, Full Commission Meeting ofTuesday, September 8, 2009}

^5:30-8:00pm

^{City Hall, Room 416}

^{There will be public comment on each item.}

^{1. Call to Order}

^{The meeting was called to order by Chair Quesada at 5:35pm.}

^{Commissioners present: Deng, Marshall-Fricker, Liang, J. Chan, Carlson, Escamilla, Guerra, LaCroix, Davidson, Quesada, Hernandez, Ellington (Jones, Hirano and Quintero were tardy and arrived at 5:49, 5:46 and 5:40, respectively)}

^{Commissioners absent: A. Chan, Williams}

^{Staff present: Julia Sabory, Mario Yedidia, Peter Lauterborn}

^{2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)}

^{Commissioner J. Chan motioned to approve the agenda, seconded by Commissioner Marshall-Fricker.}

^{3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)}

^{Commissioner Carlson moved to approve the minutes of the last Full Commission meeting of August 17, 2009, seconded by Commissioner Davidson.}

^{4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda}

^{Chair Quesada’s call for public comment yielded no response.}

^{5. Staff Report}

^{Peter Lauterborn explained the importance of committees.}

^{6. New Business}

^{A. Proposed School Board Resolution in Support of Restorative Justice (Discussion and Possible Action)}

^{School Board member Jane Kim presented a proposed resolution concerning public school discipline policies, which was introduced into the School Board this term by Ms. Kim and cosponsored by her colleagues Kim-Shree Maufus and Sandra Fewer. The resolution generally called for the SFUSD to consider formulating and implementing alternative disciplinary actions for certain cases of student misconduct in lieu of suspension and expulsion.}

^{There was a wide-ranging back and forth between Ms. Kim and Commissioners Hernandez, Carlson, Guerra, Ellington, J. Chan, LaCroix and Deng. In general, the Commissioners expressed that the proposed resolution was amenable to their thoughts about school discipline, with Carlson, Hernandez and LaCroix expressing particular agreement with Ms. Kim that suspension and explusion are largely ineffective in changing the conduct of students with discipline progrlems and that, in certain cases, alternatives should be considered.}

^{Ms. Kim urged the Commissioners to be in contact with her should they have any further suggestions regarding alternatives to suspension that she could possibly add to this proposed resolution. Ms. Kim also mentioned that she may well call for a task force to deal with the issue of restorative justice--instead of attempting to change SFUSD discipline policies exclusively through the proposed resolution.}

^{5. Finishing up Staff Report}

^{Christine Revelo-Lee, a former Youth Commissioner, explained the work she’s been doing the last few weeks of contacting other Youth Commissions across the state of California on behalf of the SF Youth Commission, with the goal of building a statewide network of Youth Commissions that can share the work they are doing. Commissioners Hernandez, Liang, LaCroix, Deng, Ellington, Quesada, Hirano, Jones and Carlson said they’d be interested in helping to further this networking. Ms. Revelo-Lee said she would be in touch with these Commissioners.}

^{7. Old Business}

^{A. Municipal Code Chapter 12N (Discussion and Possible Action)}

^{Julia Sabory, Youth Commission Director, presented Chapter 12N of the San Francisco Civil Code: an ordinance passed by the City’s Board of Supervisors and signed into law by the Mayor in 1999. This unfunded mandate requires that the City provide youth sensitivity training with an LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning) focus for employees of city departments and organizations that receive over $50,000 in city or city-administered monies--in cases where those departments and organizations have direct contact with youth.}

^{Commissioners Hirano, Hernandez, Escamilla, Jones and Davidson said they’d be interested in being a part of a working group on the subject of 12N.}

^{B. UN Rights of the Child (Discussion and Possible Action)}

^{Julia Sabory, Youth Commission Director, presented Youth Commission Resolution 2008-2009AL01, which was passed by the Board of Supervisors as Resolution 081330 on the UN Rights of the Child.}

^{C. Undocumented Youth in the Juvenile Probation Department (Discussion and Possible Action)}

^{Commissioner Hirano explained the statement he drafted to send to the Supervisors in support of Resolution 2008-2009AL3; Commissioner Carlson said the policy change recommended in both Commissioner Hirano’s statement and the said resolution is important especially in light of proposed ordinance 091032 [Confidentiality of juveniles’ immigration status].}

^{Commissioner Marshall-Fricker motioned to support this proposed ordinance, seconded by Carlson. The motion to support the proposed ordinance was passed unanimously by acclamation.}

^{Commissioner Marshall-Fricker then motioned to include some language concerning the UN Rights of the Child in the statement drafted by Commissioner Hirano; this motion was seconded by Commissioner Liang. The motion to include some language concerning the UN Rights of the Child in the statement drafted by Commissioner Hirano was passed unanimously by acclamation.}

^{Commissioner Jones then motioned to move to adopt the amended statement and send it to the Supervisors, seconded by Marshall-Fricker; the motion to adopt said statement was passed unanimously by acclamation.}

^{D. Owner Move-In Evictions (Discussion and Possible Action)}

^{Commissioner Carlson motioned to suggest that the statement drafted by Commissioners Ellington and J. Chan to be sent to the Board of Supervisors along with the Commission’s recommendation to support proposed ordinance 090835 [Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 ‘Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance’] (a motion to support this proposed ordinance was voted on at the full Commission meeting of August 17, 2008) suggest that this proposed ordinance include certain transitional age youth (TAY) in its definition of a "family"—that is, that 18-24 year-olds who are still dependent on and living with their parents be included as "families" and therefore protected by this proposed ordinance; he was seconded by Commissioner LaCroix. This motion was passed unanimously by acclamation.}

^{Commissioner Ellington then moved to support the entire statement with amendments, seconded by Commissioner Liang. A unanimous roll call vote was taken in support of the entire, amended statement. Ayes--Deng, Marshall-Fricker, Liang, J. Chan, Jones, Carlson, Dufty, Escamilla, Guerra, Quintero, Davidson, Ellington, Hernandez, LaCroix, Quesada. Nays--None.}

^{8. Policy Report}

^{No items to report.}

^{9. Announcements}

^{Commissioner Guerra urged people to attend Teen Quake at the Main Library, Friday, October 16, 2009.}

^{Commissioner Ellington urged people to attend The International African Market Place Festival, Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13.}

^{Commissioner Quintero urged people to attend the "Player’s Ball," a fundraiser for the community organization United Playaz, though she did not know the exact date and location.}

^{10. Adjournment}

^{The meeting was adjourned at 7:42 pm.}

^{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}

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^{The Youth Commission meeting will be held in City Hall Room 416 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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