San Francisco Youth Commission
Executive Committee
Minutes
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
6:45-8:30 p.m.
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 6:41 p.m. Commissioners present: Michelle Kong, Angel VanStark, Nicholas Persky, Joshua Cardenas. Commissioner absent: DeAsia Landrum. There was quorum. Staff present: Allen Lu.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

There was no public comment. Commissioner Persky, seconded by Commissioner Cardenas, moved to approve the agenda. This motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. October 16, 2013
(Document A)

There was no public comment. Commissioner VanStark, seconded by Commissioner Kong, moved to approve the minutes of October 16, 2013. This motion was approved by acclamation.

B. July 10, 2013
(Document B)

There was no public comment. Commissioner Cardenas, seconded by Commissioner Persky, moved to approve the minutes of July 10, 2013. This motion was approved by acclamation.

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

There was no initial public comment.

This item was revisited later when three members of the public from the Boy Scouts joined the meeting to observe. They introduced themselves and shared the reason for their visit: civic engagement requirement for their program.

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

A. Updates on Executive Officer duties
i. Chair & Vice Chair

Commissioner Kong and Persky shared their work in the past two weeks. Commissioner Kong shared her involvement with the Community Coalition’s Children’s Fund Town Hall where she learned that the PEEF will be fully funded next year for the first time, and how the community is looking for more accountability regarding in-kind donations. Commissioner Persky shared the success of Free MUNI for Youth Lobby Day where many youth came to ask supervisors for their support in making the program permanent and eligible for 18 year old high school seniors. He noted that supervisors who originally did not support the program was supportive of these asks this time around, which was great news.

ii. Legislative Affairs officer

Commissioner Cardenas reviewed the items under the Consent Calendar and Legislation Referred. He explained to the committee that he will not be providing instructions or descriptions on the Consent Calendar during the Full Commission meeting this time to encourage his colleagues to review the items prior to the meeting. He also estimated that the presentation on Ellis Act Displaced Emergency Assistance Ordinance will draw much discussion from the Commission and that they should budget time accordingly.

iii. Outreach officers and debriefing Outreach proposal presentation and feedback

Commissioner VanStark spoke about his plans to share more examples and demonstrate how he will be measuring analytics. The outreach team will also be sharing an overview work plan. Commissioner VanStark emphasized the outreach team’s goal of creating the sustainable groundwork/framework for future commissioners to work from.

Commissioner Kong provided feedback regarding the Commissioner VanStark’s and Landrum’s capacity. She also inquired about individual Youth Commissioners’ responsibilities regarding outreach. Commissioner VanStark responded that the Youth Commissioners wouldn’t have to take any mandatory action; Mr. Lu clarified that though commissioners cannot be forced to do anything, the outreach team will have expectations from all commissioners. These expectations will be laid out in the presentation.

Commissioner Kong also recalled the demographics of public members at last year’s offsite meetings. She requested that the outreach team consider ways to have more young representation at these meetings. Lastly, she brought up the concern that some commissioners may have with Facebook privacy and having others post on their behalf. Commissioner VanStark clarified that commissioners will have access and that all posts will have to be approved by the respective commissioners.

There was no public comment.

B. Reminder: Executive Committee goals of supporting colleagues

Commissioner Kong inquired about this item and its continued presence in the agenda. Mr. Lu explained the importance of the Executive Committee to have a space to discuss how it can support the rest of the Commission. With that, the committee decided to plan for one-one check-ins with their peers. They designated commissioners to each of the executive committee members by who they wanted to get to know better and by a diverse representation of committees per committee member.

The committee also discussed the importance of understanding how to provide feedback to presenters depending on the type of item: hearing, legislation, consent calendar, etc. Commissioner Cardenas spoke at length about the idea of creating a workshop/training to demonstrate appropriate responses for each item type. Mr. Lu also reminded the commissioners the importance of providing responses that were coming from a place of youth perspective compared to general society/adult perspective.

There was no public comment.

C. Approving the agenda for the November 4, 2013 full Youth Commission meeting

Commissioners reviewed the multiple requests for items on the upcoming full meeting agenda. Commissioners agreed to having: a referral on the San Francisco’s Afterschool for All Initiative on the consent calendar; a presentation on the Ellis Act Displaced Emergency Assistance Ordinance for legislation referred; a presentation from the Bay Area Video Coalition; a presentation and request for support on the California’s Homeless Bill of Rights; committee reports; attendance authorization for Commissioner Edelhart, and room for absence notifications and explanations.

Commissioner Persky, seconded by Commissioner Cardenas, moved to approve the agenda for the November 4, 2013 full Youth Commission meeting. This motion was approved by acclamation.

D. Bay Area Youth Commission Summit

Commissioner Kong and Persky shared with the committee the previous year’s initiative in connecting with the Oakland Youth Commission to co-host a Bay Area Youth Commission Summit. They asked the Outreach Team to consider this and also the Executive Committee to work with the Outreach team in this effort.

There was no public comment.

6. Staff Report

A. Programmatic updates, reviewing upcoming events and capacity building workshops offered to commissioners

Mr. Lu provided the following updates: “Our Children, Our City” Community Input Sessions; Commissioner Cardenas’s and Kong’s participation as keynote speakers at the Junior Statesman (JSA) symposium on Friday, November 8th; Bridge to Success Summit happening Friday, November 8th; updates on District 10 Youth Commission seat; expecting and welcoming Youthworks interns; a visit from Japanese delegates from the Tomodachi Initiative this Friday, November 1, 2013.

There was no public comment.

7. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:51pm.

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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