Minutes
Monday, April 1, 2013
5:15pm-8:00pm
City Hall, Room 416San Francisco Youth Commission
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Mia Shackelford, Chair
Nicholas Persky, Vice Chair, Paul Monge-Rodriguez, Co-Legislative Affairs Officer, Rachel Brodwin, Co-Legislative Affairs Officer, Christine Huynh, Communications & Outreach Officer, Sarah Armstrong, Angel Carrion, Brian Chu, Kyron Covington, Ramon Gomez, Alex Guzman-Ramos, Lily Marshall-Fricker, Mia Tu Mutch, Vee Taumoepeau, Eric Wu,Ariel Yu

1. Call to Order and Roll Cal

The meeting was called to order at 5:22 p.m.

Commissioners Present: Shackelford, Persky, Monge-Rodriguez, Huynh, Chu, Covington, Gomez, Tu Mutch, Wu, Yu.

Commissioners Absent: Armstrong, Brodwin, Carrion, Guzman-Ramos, Taumoepeau, Marshall-Fricker. Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez left 6:24 p.m.

Staff present: Allen Lu, Phimy Truong, Adele Carpenter

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Chu, seconded by Commissioner Persky, moved to approved the agenda. This motion was approved by acclamation.

There was no public comment.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. Monday, March 18, 2013
(Document A)

Commissioner Tu, seconded by Commissioner Covington, moved to approve the minutes from March 18, 2013. This motion was approved by acclamation.

There was no public comment.

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

Peter Lauterborn, legislative aide of Supervisor Eric Mar, addressed the Commission regarding their recent resolution on City College of San Francisco. He informed the commissioners that Supervisor Mar plans to call for a hearing on the issue of how the City can support CCSF at the Budget Committee, likely on April 10th. Mr. Lauterborn asked if commissioners had any comments or concerns that should be brought up to Supervisor Mar, or that commissioners would like to direct staff to bring up during public comment. Chair Shackelford asked which commissioners were interested in following up on the issue. Commissioners Persky, Monge-Rodriguez, and Shackelford responded as interested.

8. Presentations (Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Presentation on San Francisco Public Library Board of Advising Youth, Update and Request for Feedback on the Teen Center
Presenters: Jennifer Collins, Teen Services Coordinator; Eric Hannan, San Francisco Public Library
(Document B)

Chairwoman Shackelford called this item out of order.

Ms. Collins and Anthony Preyomyshev and Shelly Ma, members of the Library Teen Center Youth Advisory Board, greeted the commissioners.

Ms. Collins explained that in January 2012, the Library received a grant to plan a new teen center at the Main Library. They hired a youth advisory board that looked for inspiration in places that teens like to spend time in San Francisco and toured the Tenderloin to identify needs for young people in the neighborhood.

The YAB determined that youth are using new media in ways that are not being served by the technological resources of area schools. Additionally, only about three thousand of seventeen thousand area teenagers have library cards. In an effort to create a teen center that would be highly used and acquaint young people with the library, they are planning a media center that will include a digital creation lab, green screens, and DJ turn tables.

The YAB created design groups that worked on communications and outreach, technology proposals, space and layout, branding, and events. They surveyed community members and held design charettes with the city architects. Construction will begin in late 2013 and be completed in early 2015. The presenters invited Youth Commissioners to the upcoming design charette on April 9, 2013 from 4:30-6:30pm. They also invited further questions and feedbac through the YAB’s email account: sfplteen2012@gmail.com

Commissioner Chu asked if there is a plan to focus on books at the upcoming teen center, and if the center will be sound-proofed to facilitate reading. Ms. Collins explained that there would be teen literature and book collections housed there, as well as a reading area. She explained that the music production area would be sound proofed and the second floor location was selected to allow the entire center to be physically separated from much of the Main Library location.

Commissioner Gomez asked if everything would be free of charge. Ms. Collins explained that everything at the library is free.

Commissioner Yu asked if the Center would be connected to other branches. Ms. Collins explained that it would share collections with other branches. The Teen Center will also have a self check-out and a technology check-out.
Chairwoman Shackelford asked how the YAB had reached out to youth in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Ms. Collins explained that librarians had been reaching out to youth agencies and the Larkin youth advisory board.

Commissioner Tu Mutch thank the presenters for coming and affirmed the importance of the equipment check out. She inquired what age range will be allowed in the center and if there are currently plans to include transitional age youth over eighteen. Ms. Collins thanked Commissioner Tu Mutch for the important question, affirmed the importance of the needs of transitional age youth, and explained that SFPL is looking at how other agencies currently define youth.

The chair thanked the presenters and asked if they could send information about the upcoming design charette to commission staff.

There was no public comment.

5. Staff Report (Discussion Only)

The presentations being completed, the chair returned to the original agenda and called for
staff Report. Phimy Truong, Adele Carpenter, and Allen Lu, shared the following information
in the staff report.

The next full YC meeting will be on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013. It will be an off-site meeting at
Bayview Opera House 4705 Third Street, SF 94124. This is part of supporting the
commission’s efforts to have more community-informed policy work. The meeting will
include a first reading of the commission’s budget and policy priorities, youth justice
committee priorities, and a chance to hear youth justice priorities from some community
organizations. This will be counted as a full meeting, attendance is important, as we need to
have quorum at the meeting to have it start.

Commissioners will need to make their way there or ride together from City Hall. Staff will be
available to wait with commissioners waiting for rides after the meeting and ride back to a
central transit connection with commissioners taking transit.

Staff are working on a first draft of the Budget and Policy Priorities. The first reading at will
take place at the April 16th meeting, to be adopted at the following meeting in early May.
Committee chairs and EC will work with staff on power point and present at future BOS
budget and finance committee (likely scheduled in mid-May).

Priorities that have arisen out of commission policy work this year so far include:
o Following Through on Free Youth Transportation
o Continuing SF Summer Jobs+
o Evaluating credit recovery programs at SFUSD
o Fully fund the plan for affordable housing for Transitional Age Youth
o Urging the SFUSD and City & County to assist undocumented students file for deferred action
o Urging the Mayor and BOS to urge SF JPD not to equip SOP unit probation officers with firearms
o Recommending against the issuance of taser devices to SFPD officers
o Supporting the Save City College of SF coalition
o Following up on Youth Commission’s 3 recommendations to SFPD (distribution of Know Your Rights pamphlets; an active MOU between SFUSD and SFPD; and new training for all police officers addressing policing tactics to youth – improving police-youth interactions, effective communication, and de-escalation tactics during police interactions)
o Follow up on full access of large outdoor recreation area at Juvenile Probation Department
o Following up on 12N : LGBTQ sensitivity training for City employees and contractors who work with youth

If commissioners wish to add priorities that have not been written into resolutions, they can bring this up with the executive committee, their own committees, and/or staff. Staff will have a draft ready for executive committee to review at their April 10th meeting. If EC approves, there will be a first reading of priorities at the next full meeting.

Allen Lu gave an update on using Google forms to log outreach efforts. Adele Carpenter gave an update on the returning Youth Commissioner applications and informed commissioners the deadline would be May 3, 2013. She advised that staff will be setting up check in meetings with all commissioners, and asked commissioners to please respond and set a meeting date with staff so that staff can receive feedback on how to better support commissioners.

Commissioner Yu asked what the time cycle of the budget and policies report was. Phimy Truong explained that the report was issued annually, but addressed the two year budget cycle. Commissioner Chu asked about the goals of the report. Director Truong explained that the report is another means to follow up with the board regarding the commission’s ongoing work, and that it is also a requirement, per the commission’s charter.

Allen Lu also informed commissioners of an upcoming forum against tasers at the LGBT Center on April 22, 2013 from 5:30-7:30pm. Commissioners Gomez, Persky, Monge-Rodriguez, and Tu Mutch all wished to follow up and attend.

6. Legislative Affairs Officers Report (Discussion Only)

The chair called for the legislative affairs report. Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez gave a report on the legislation introduced to limit alcohol and tobacco sales in the lower Polk area. Staff are following up with community organizations working on this issue. He explained that the Board would be voting on the Deferred Action resolution that the commission worked on. He also advised the commission that Supervisor Campos had called for a hearing on public safety for the transgender community, and that commissioners should turn out to the hearing, once scheduled.

Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez informed the commission that he and commissioner Persky are working on employment rights for undocumented youth. He also explained he was interested in working to create a new ordinance similar sunshine ordinance that any hearing about youth issues ought to be scheduled when youth can attend. Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez then apologized for having to leaving early.

Phimy Truong added that there had been a recent article in the Examiner regarding the safety plan in the Juvenile Probation Department. She reminded commissioners that Supervisor Avalos had scheduled a hearing with the Neighborhood Services committee on the issue at 3:30pm on May 2, 2013. Additionally, there will be hearing scheduled on the 12N admin code in late April. The next Juvenile Probation Commission meeting is April 10, 2013 from 5:30-8:00pm and the Chief will be presenting his safety protocol.

Commissioners Covington, Gomez, Yu, Huynh, Persky, Shackelford, and Monge-Rodriguez expressed interest in working on the youth voice ordinance.

7. Legislation Referred from the Board of Supervisors (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

There was none. There was no public comment.

10. Committee Reports (Discussion Only)

A. Executive Committee

Commissioner Persky advised that there have been 12 Youth of the Year nominations, but that the commission would need to reach out further. He asked other commissioners to be more mindful of their attendance, as the commission meetings have been turning out low numbers in the last month.

Commissioner Huynh thanked intern, Michelle Kong, for getting commissioners onto a recent Chinese radio show regarding Free MUNI. She then asked her fellow commissioners to join the following upcoming community events:

• Tabling at the Student Advisory Council summit coming up on Friday, April 5th
• Volunteering at Frisco Day, Friday, April 19th
• Collaborating with POWER and CCDC to develop curriculum about Free MUNI for the SFUSD ethnic studies curriculum collective. Commissioners expressing interest: Persky, Covington, and Gomez.
• Offering a City Hall tour and training to youth from Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center April 12th. Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez was interested.
• Planning a two-day June workshop for youth from Juma Ventures: plan a two day workshop focused on YC. 1st or 2nd week of June. Commissioners interested: Shackelford, Yu, Covington, PMR, Carrion, Gomez.
• Attending the Youth Summit April 13th in the Bayview
• Attending the Bayview Peace Forum Wednesday, April 3rd 6-8pm
• Tabling at a Resource Fair on Saturday, April 6th at Denman Middle School
• Attending the District 5 Community Convener on Thursday, April 4th
• Attending the Youth Empowerment Fund field trip to Sacramento on April 10th

B. Youth Justice Committee

Commissioner Gomez gave a report on the recent community forum against Tasers. Adele Carpenter shared the committee’s work on the arming of juvenile probation officers, the recreation yard at Juvenile Hall, police training recommendations, and the Mayor’s Violence Prevention plan.

C. Youth Employment Committee

Commissioner Huynh explained the committee was viewing the preliminary report from last year’s Summer Jobs Plus. Committee members had met with DPH’s Square Plate initiative regarding the inclusion of labor and hiring recommendations in a consumer rating application. Commissioner Covington explained the committee is working on looking at technical and medical career training opportunities for incarcerated youth in Alameda county as a model for San Francisco.

D. Education Committee

Commissioner Chu informed the commission the committee had not had a meeting since the last full commission meeting.

E. Housing, LGBTQ, and TAY Issues Committee

Commissioner Tu Mutch informed the commission of the committee’s work on securing a hearing on the 12N admin code, and conducting an evaluation of transitional age youth housing programs.

F. Youth Advisory Council

Commissioner Yu explained she had not attending a council meeting since the last full commission meeting.

11. Attendance Review (Action Item)

A. Monday, March 18, 2013

Commissioner Persky requested that the commission not continue to approve the attendances of commissioners when commissioners are not present at the meeting.

i. Commissioner Armstrong

Item was tabled because Commissioner Armstrong was not present.

ii. Commissioner Brodwin

Item was tabled because Commissioner Brodwin was not present.

iii. Commissioner Chu

Commissioner Chu explained had a speech debate for an election and informed staff before the meeting. Commissioner Yu, seconded by Commissioner Gomez, moved to approve this absence. This motion was approved by acclamation.

iv. Commissioner Gomez

Commissioner Gomez explained he was scheduled to work the evening of this meeting. Commissioner Shackelford, seconded by Commissioner Tu Mutch, moved to approve this absence. This motion was approved by acclamation.

v. Commissioner Marshall-Fricker

Item was tabled because Commissioner Marshall-Fricker was not present at the meeting.

vi. Commissioner Taumoepeau

Item was tabled because Commissioner Taumoepeau was not present at the meeting.

vii. Commissioner Wu

Commissioner Wu explained he was sick. Commissioner Gomez, seconded by Commissioner Covington, moved to approve this absence. This motion was approved by acclamation.

There was no public comment on this item.

12. Announcements (This Includes Community Events)

Phimy Truong explained the next Free MUNI for Youth coalition meeting would be held April 8, 2013 at 10:00 am in room 278 at City Hall.

13. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 6:55pm.

Any materials distributed to the members of the Youth Commission within 72 hours of the meeting or after the agenda packet has been delivered to the members are available for inspection—along with minutes of previous Youth Commission meetings and all supplementary information—at the Youth Commission office during regular office hours (9am to 6pm, Monday—Friday). The Youth Commission office is located at:
City Hall, Room 345
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 554-6446, Fax: (415) 554-6140
Email: youthcom@sfgov.org
www.sfgov.org/yc

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