San Francisco Youth Commission
Executive Committee 
Minutes
Wednesday, April 30, 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 6:50 p.m. Commissioners present: Kong, Cardenas, and Persky. There was quorum.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Persky, seconded by Commissioner Cardenas, motioned to approve the agenda. The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. April 16, 2014
(Document A)

Commissioner Cardenas, seconded by Commissioner Persky, motioned to approve the minutes. 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. Executive officer updates, check-ins, and committee reports

Commissioner Cardenas has been in the commission’s office working on youth justice policy priorities. He was also at the youth plenary workshop at the recent CAHRO event, and had a great time connecting with different youth across the Bay Area. On Tuesday, April 29th the Children’s Fund, PEEF, and Council legislation has been introduced at the Board of Supervisors meeting. These are three major youth related legislation that commissioners have been heavily involved in. It will definitely be referred to the commission at a future date. Cardenas also shared that Angela Chan was not reappointed to the Police Commission, despite youth justice committee member’s letters and emails of support, and their work with CHALK and Bernal youth to speak at a recent Rules Committee meeting. He shared that a lot of organizations worked together to support Ms. Chan, and that commissioners on the youth justice committee were disappointed. However, commissioners are planning on staying in touch with Ms. Chan and will continue to work on the priorities she had thoroughly supported. Commissioner Cardenas and youth justice committee members will be attending the Just. Us. Youth summit at Balboa High School on Friday, May 2nd. He invited his colleagues to join.

Commissioner Kong was also at the CAHRO event, and was very happy with how the youth workshop went. Kong also recently attended a workshop on legal services for English Language Learners hosted by the CA Lawyers for Civil Rights committee. She learned a lot and will be sharing future workshops with her colleagues. She has been attending different BOS meetings, and has been working hard on drafting the policy priorities document with her peers.

Commissioner Persky attended a recent Student Advisory Council meeting to invite members to the commission’s upcoming housing town hall. He also attended an E4FC workshop on supporting undocumented youth and shared that he and Commissioner Li has been working on a resolution to restate the commission’s commitment and support of supporting undocumented youth through city subsidized employment opportunities. He also attended a meeting with Commissioner Wu with members of the TAY E.D. network to review immediate TAY service needs. He also gave a civics workshop to 3rd graders from the Tenderloin Community School.

B. Updates on YC Budget and Policy Priorities and Annual Report
Presenter: Commissioner Kong and Staff

Commissioners have been working extremely hard on drafting their priorities. The Annual Report will be introduced and approved at the May 19th meeting. The budget and policy priorities document is being worked on by multiple commissioners restating the policy priorities and projects they have been working on all term. Commissioner Kong has drafted and shared an outline to committee chairs so that each will know how to present the priorities at the upcoming meeting. Each person will get 5 minutes, with time added for any questions from peers. She hopes that the presentation of the entire document will be about an hour.

C. Approve agenda for May 5, 2014 meeting

Commissioners reviewed requests for the upcoming meeting of May 5th, 2014. After much discussion, commissioners agreed to the following items for the may 5th, 2014 meeting: legislation referred on Children’s Fund and P.E.E.F. related items; a presentation and request for support by the TAY E.D. network and their TAY budget recommendations; a first reading of a resolution or statement from Education committee related to disability awareness; a first reading of a resolution from Employment committee on supporting undocumented youth with employment opportunities; a first reading of the Youth Commission’s budget and policy priorities; committee reports, and request to authorize absence of Commissioner VanStark for April 7th meeting. There was no public comment. Commissioner Persky, seconded by Commissioner Kong, motioned to approve the agenda for May 5th, 2014. The motion was approved by acclamation.

6. Staff Report (Discussion Only)

Ms. Truong made brief updates related to programmatic work of the office including: interviews with new YC applicants will be taking place the week of May 5th and May 12th; outreach events commissioners have been invited to speak at; and ongoing meetings staff have with officials and community organizations.

7. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.