San Francisco Youth Commission
Executive Committee
Minutes
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
5:00-7:00pm
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Members: Nicholas Persky, Rachel Brodwin, Christine Huynh, Paul Monge-Rodriguez,
Mia Shackelford

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:11 p.m. Commissioners present: Persky, Huynh, Monge-Rodriguez, and Shackelford. Commissioner absent: Brodwin. There was quorum. Staff present: Phimy Truong.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

There was no public comment.

Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez, seconded by Commissioner Shackelford moved to approve the agenda. This motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. March 13, 2013

There was no public comment.

Commissioner Shackelford, seconded by Commissioner Huynh, moved to approve the minutes to the meeting of March 13, 2013. This motion was approved by acclamation.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There were none.

5. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Staff report

Ms. Truong provided commissioners with an update on the following: the proposed timeline for the Youth Commission’s budget and policy priorities document and presentation; and staff have finished updating the applications for current commissioners who wish to return to the commission next term.

Commissioners asked clarifying questions.

There was no public comment.

B. Consideration of authorization of the following absences:
Monday, March 18, 2013
i. Commissioner Armstrong
ii. Commissioner Brodwin
iii. Commissioner Chu
iv. Commissioner Gomez
v. Commissioner Marshall-Fricker
vi. Commissioner Taumoepeau
vii. Commissioner Wu

Ms. Truong explained that the commissioners absent on March 18th had informed staff of their absences before the full commission meeting.

There was no public comment.

Commissioners Huynh, seconded by Commissioner Shackelford, moved to forward the absences of Commissioners Armstrong, Brodwin, Chu, Gomez, Marshall-Fricker, Taumoepeau, and Wu to the next full Youth Commission meeting for authorization.

C. Approve the agenda for the April 1, 2013 full Youth Commission meeting

Public Comment

Mike Vogel, from KandiLove events, spoke about the importance of the protection of safely produced youth events in San Francisco. Mr. Vogel shared with commissioners an email exchange he shared with the Recreation and Parks department’s permit office, in which he was denied a permit to have an all ages youth event to fundraise for an LGBTQ charity organization. Mr. Vogel expressed frustration with having his permit denied one week before his event.

Andre Korr, urged commissioners to look into the Youth Commission and Entertainment Commission special joint hearing of March 22, 2011 for more context of its previous work on the issue of safe spaces for youth night life events; and spoke about the Board f Supervisors resolution file n. 110355 on the protection of safely produced and well managed youth events. Mr. Korr urged commissioners to bring this issue back to the commission and work on it.

Commissioners asked clarifying questions and offered feedback. Commissioners discussed briefly and directed staff to look into the commission’s previous work and see where current commissioners can work on this issue.

Commissioner Persky encouraged members of the public, Mr. Vogel, and Mr. Korr to speak during public comment at the next full Youth Commission meeting of April 1, 2013. Commissioners Persky and Monge-Rodriguez expressed interest to stay engaged and involved with the issue.

There being no further public comment, committee members agreed to an agenda including the following items: basic standing agenda items, a presentation from the San Francisco Public Library’s youth board members on the design of the new teen center; and a first reading of Commissioner Brodwin’s resolution on recommending the inclusion of California’s history of Eugenics into the California high school curriculum.

Commissioner Huynh, seconded by Commissioner Shackelford, moved to approve the set agenda for the upcoming April 1, 2013 full Youth Commission meeting. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

D. Planning for 2013-2014 Youth Commission interview process

Commissioners Shackelford and Persky gave an overview of the application and interview process for the previous term. Commissioner Persky emphasized that the wonderful part about the whole interview process was that it was entirely youth led: from the presentation given to applicants, to the exercises, interview questions, and debrief of interviews with staff. Commissioners Monge-Rodriguez and Huynh provided some feedback on the application process, and stated that there should not be any new changes to the process this year.

Commissioners then spent some time outlining the deadlines and potential dates for when the interviews will take place.

There was no public comment. There was no official action taken.

E. Officer updates

Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez provided a brief update on the commission’s legislation: the commission’s resolution on deferred action for childhood arrivals have been adopted by the Immigrant Rights Commission, and recently adopted by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, March 26th; and Supervisor Avalos have calendared a hearing on Juvenile Probation Department on May 2, 2013.

Commissioner Huynh provided a brief updates on the community events and outreach she has been doing.

F. Update on Youth of the year award

The commission has received 7 applications to date. Commissioners discussed the possibility of extending the deadline for the Youth of the Year award. Commissioner Huynh asked commissioners to wait until Commissioner Brodwin was present to discuss extending the deadline. Commissioners expressed excitement over the current nominees.

There was no public comment. There was no official action taken.

6. Issue-Based Committee Reports (Discussion Only)

Commissioners gave brief updates on their respective issue based committees.

There was no public comment, or official action taken.

7. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)

Commissioner Persky will be sharing the following in his executive committee report on Monday, April 1, 2013: an update on the youth of the year award, the timeline for the commission’s budget and policy priorities; the interview process for the 13-14 youth commission applicants; and address the importance of attendance at full commission meetings.

8. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 6:56 p.m.