San Francisco Youth Commission
Executive Committee
Minutes
Wednesday October 1, 2014
5:00-7:00 PM
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Members: Sophie Edelhart, Michel Li, Luis Avalos Núñez, Precious Listana, David, Zheng

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:09 pm. Commissioners present: Edelhart, Li, Listana; Commissioners absent: Avalos Núñez, Zheng; Staff present: Adele Failes-Carpenter, Leah LaCroix. There was quorum.

Commissioner Avalos Núñez noted present at 5:12 pm.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Li, seconded by Commissioner Listana, moved to approve the agenda. There was no public comment. The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. July 16, 2014
(Document A)

Commissioner Listana, seconded by Commissioner Li, moved to approve the minutes from July 16, 2014. There was no public comment. The motion was approved by acclamation.

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

There was none.

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

A. Committee goals

Commissioners discussed the following committee goals:

• Be approachable
• Set a good example for the commission re: being accountable
• Keep up to date on all commission business
• Offer critical feedback and use the EC as a space to evaluate the commission’s work, staff performance, etc.

Commissioners discussed the following commission goals:

• Maintain a safe space for opinions and good communication habits
• Have solidarity. Don’t form or promote cliques
• Be involved in the community and connect with other youth orgs

There was no public comment.

B. Officer Goals

Commissioners reviewed the highlights of the officer positions from the previous year.

Commissioner Listana discussed the following three goals for her role as Outreach and Communications officer: 1) Time management 2) Writing legislation 3) Being present

Commissioner Avalos discussed the following three goals for his role as Legislative Affairs Officer: 1) Have even more legislation referred 2) Increase YC presence throughout city hall and city government 3) Educate all YC’ers on legislative and political processes

Commissioner Li discussed the following three goals for her role as Chair: 1) Make the YC comfortable and familiar with the legislative process and encourage them to maintain close relationships with their appointing officers 2) Encourage YC engagement with CBO’s 3) Make sure all YC’ers have the resources they need to do their work

Commissioner Edelhart discussed the following three goals for her role as Vice Chair: 1) Develop a relationship with each YC’er 2) Attend every committee 3) Support every committee in writing a resolution

There was no public comment.

C. Review 2013-14 Budget and Policy Priorities

Committee members reviewed the commission’s budget and policy priorities from the previous term. There was no public comment.

D. Debrief inaugural commission meeting and review bylaws

This item was tabled at the request of the committee chair, Commissioner Edelhart.

E. Review Questions for City Departments

Committee members reviewed questions about city departments that commissioners had written down during orientation retreat. Based on their review, they recommended that staff request the following presentations to the full commission:

• HSA: regarding an organizational overview
• DCYF: regarding an organizational overview and affordable care act outreach to youth and undocumented communties
• DPH: regarding the new efforts to collect information regarding sexual orientation
• OWED: regarding employment options for undocumented youth
• MTA: On the Free MUNI application process, the youth fare age restrictions, and service expansions (after the next meeting regarding Free MUNI enrollment has already taken place)
• SFPD: Once data is made available on on-campus arrests per the data sharing provisions on the SFPD-SFUSD MOU
• JPD: Regarding recreational opportunities for detainees
• City Administrator and/or the One City initiative: regarding youth employment
• TAY SF: regarding policy priorities
• The Neighborhood Empowerment Network

The committee recommended that the issue-based committees also request the following presentations:

Immigrations and Employment: DCYF re: DACA and undocumented youth; SFUSD and the Student Advisory Council re: undocumented student services; OEWD

Youth Justice: SFPD re: ongoing police priorities; and JPD: re: ongoing JPD priorities

Housing, Environment, and City Services: the Neighborhood Empowerment Network; Rec and Park re: payment policies and youth programs; MTA; DCYF; HAS

There was no public comment.

F. Set Agenda for October 6, 2014 Full YC Meeting

Commissioners approved the following for inclusion on the upcoming full commission meeting agenda: a presentation on DCYF; A presentation and request for support on the 24 operation of the Diamond Youth Shelter; a short presentation by the Neighborhood Empowerment Network, if the presenter confirms before posting. They also agreed to include attendance authorizations on this agenda only as an opportunity to discuss the new attendance policy, but to remove it from future agendas. There was no public comment. Commissioner Listana, seconded by Commissioner Avalos, moved to approve the agenda for October 6, 2014. The agenda was approved by acclamation.

6. Staff Report

A. Review Meeting Schedule and YC Calendar

Ms. Failes-Carpenter invited committee members to an upcoming speaking event with the International Visitor Leadership program on October 8th and informed them of a hearing on body-mounted cameras for police on October 17th. The committee members reviewed the full YC meeting calendar for 2014-15 and proposed no changes. There was no public comment.

7. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 pm.