San Francisco Youth Commission
Executive Committee
Minutes
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
6:45-8:30 PM
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Members: Michelle Kong, Joshua Cardenas, DeAsia Landrum, Angel VanStark, Nicholas Persky

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 6:49 p.m. Commissioners present: Michelle Kong, Joshua Cardenas, Angel VanStark, Nicholas Persky, De Asia Landrum (arrived at 7:00 p.m.). There was quorum. Staff present: Phimy Truong.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

There was no public comment. Commissioner VanStark, seconded by Commissioner Persky made a motion to approve the agenda. This motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. April 2, 2014
(Document A)

There was no public comment. Commissioner Persky, seconded by Commissioner Kong, made a motion to approve the minutes of April 2, 2014. The 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. Executive officer updates, check-ins, and committee reports

Commissioner Cardenas provided the following updates: there has continued to be an increasing number of legislation introduced related to housing, which has been forwarded to Commissioner Wu; Commissioner Cardenas has been reviewing legislation introduced on a weekly basis and viewing Board meetings regularly to follow up on legislation. The Youth Commission’s referral responses from the last full meetings and the employment committee meetings have been forwarded to the Board. The Youth Justice committee is working to support the reappointment of Angela Chan to the Police Commission. Cardenas expressed how supportive Ms. Chan had been of YC priorities in the past, and of youth voice in general. Committee members are still working on planning for the CIP hearing.

Commissioner Kong provided the following updates: Commissioner Kong will be attending the 12N working group meeting on Thursday, April 17th; she has been meeting with staff to plan out budget policy priorities work; the CAHRO (California Association of Human Resources Organizations) conference will be happening on April 25th, Commissioner Kong is working with Commissioners Li and Cardenas on the youth plenary session; commissioners spoke at a panel at UC Berkeley on Tuesday evening; there will be extensive follow up to Children’s Fund resolution including continue to advocate for the inclusion of transitional age youth.

Commissioner Persky shared the following updates: free MUNI for youth was included in the MTA budget which was approved on Tuesday, April 16th; the FMFY program was expanded to include 18 year olds, though this would not start until November 2014; the MTA Board expressed some institutional commitment to the program, the FMFY coalition ultimately feels this is a victory for us, but as always, there will be more work to do.

Commissioner VanStark shared that he will be working on a video about the YC, and would like to start creating video bios of each commissioner. He has been working on media contacts. Commissioner Landrum went to Guadalupe Elementary school recently and provided a workshop on youth in city hall and civic engagement to over 80 third grade students.

There was no public comment.

B. Preparation for YC Budget and Policy Priorities and Annual Report
Presenter: Staff and Commissioner Kong

Commissioner Kong provided brief updates on upcoming meeting dates to work on budget and policy priorities. Ms. Truong has requested that May 28th 2014 the Commission will be presenting to the Board’s budget and finance committee.

C. Approve agenda for April 21, 2014 meeting

Ms. Truong and Commissioner Kong shared that there were not very many requests for the upcoming April 21st full meeting. Staff and Commissioner Kong strongly recommended that the committee cancel the April 21st meeting. The extra time could be used for Committee Chairs to come into the office and work on drafting their budget and policy priorities, as well as work on the annual report.

Commissioner VanStark, seconded by Commissioner Landrum motioned to cancel the meeting of April 21st, 2014. This motion was approved by acclamation. There was no public comment.

6. Staff Report (Discussion Only)

Ms. Truong provided the following updates: LYRIC was having an open house to celebrate their 25th anniversary on April 17th from 530-730 p.m. There was going to be a workshop led by Educators 4 Fair Consideration on Friday, April 18th from 430-6 p.m. There was no public comment.

7. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.