San Francisco Youth Commission
Minutes
Monday, February 1, 2016
5:15 pm-8:00 pm
City Hall, Room 416
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Jillian Wu, Lily Marshall-Fricker, Erica Kong, Stephanie Li, Cris Plunkett, Anna He, Jessica Calderon, Noah David, Giovanna Soto, William Juarez, Cecilia Nicole Galeano, Madeleine Matz, Luis Avalos-Nunez, Anna Bernick, Jarrett Mao, Grace Pating, Hatim Mansori

1. Call to Order and Roll Call for Attendance

This meeting was called to order at 5:19 PM. Commissioners present: Jillian Wu, Lily Marshall-Fricker, Stephanie Li, Anna He, Jessica Calderon, Noah David, Giovanna Soto, William Juarez, Cecilia Nicole Galeano, Madeleine Matz, Luis Avalos-Nunez, Anna Bernick, Jarrett Mao, Hatim Mansori
There was quorum.
Staff present: Leah LaCroix, Adele Failes-Carpenter, Monica Guzman
Commissioner Kong requested an authorized absence. Commissioner David, seconded by Commissioner Bernick, motioned to approve this absence. The motion was approved by acclamation.

Commissioner Pating and Commissioner Plunkett had previously stated they would be running late.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Wu, seconded by Commissioner David, moved to approve the agenda. The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. December 4, 2015
(Document A)

This item was tabled due to clerical error. The proper meeting date should read January 4, 2016.

B. January 16, 2016
(Document B)


C. January 17, 2016
(Document C)

Commissioner David, seconded by Commissioner Galeano, moved to approve the minutes. The motion was approved by acclamation.

There was no public comment.

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

De’Anthony Jones from Mo’ Magic came to invite the YCers to their next Community Youth Forum on February 18th.

Teddi Silverman from the SF Collaborative against Human Trafficking came to invite the YCers to participate and/or to help judge with the upcoming essay and poster contest.

Commissioner: Matz, He, Li, Wu and Mansori all stated they were interested in participating.

Heather Franco from the Richmond Village Beacon at George Washington High School came to invite the YCer’s to two Summer Resource Fairs. One will be on February 10th from 6:30 – 8:00 PM and March 4th 11 AM – 1 PM.

5. Consent Calendar (Action Item)

All items hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Commissioner so requests. In that event, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item immediately following the vote on the rest of the items.

A. BOS File No. 160028 – [Urging an Independent Federal Investigation of the Shooting of Mario Woods]
Sponsor: Breed; Cohen, Campos, Avalos, Mar
(Document D)


B. BOS File No. 160030 – [Mario Woods Remembrance Day]
Sponsor: Campos; Avalos, Mar, Kim, Cohen, Breed, Yee
(Document E)

C. BOS File No. 160039 – [Affirming the Board of Supervisors Commitment to Police Accountability and Racial Justice on Our Policing Practices]
Sponsor: Avalos, Farrell, Campos
(Document F)

D. BOS File No. 160022 – [Due Process for All Notification]
Sponsor: Avalos, Campos, Kim, Mar, Peskin
(Document G)

E. BOS File No. 160025 – [Administrative Code – Nutritional Standards for Food and Beverages Sold in Vending Machines on City Property or Served at City Meetings and Events]
Sponsor: Farrell
(Document H)

Commissioner Pating arrived at 5:27 PM.

Commissioner Plunkett arrived at 5:29 PM

Commissioner Avalos-Nunez requested that item 5D be severed and tabled.

Commissioner then reviewed items 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5E. Commissioner Plunkett, seconded by Commissioner Matz, motioned to pass consent calendar items 5A, 5B, 5C and 5E. Motion passed by acclamation.

There was no public comment.

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

A. BOS File No. 151179 – [Health Code – Banning the Sale of Tobacco Products to Persons Aged 18-20]
Sponsor: Wiener; Mar, Cohen, Farrell
(Document I)


This legislation would raise the age in buying tobacco from 18 to 21. This ordinance would treat tobacco products and electronic tobacco as the same. Smoking causes numerous diseases of nearly all organs of the body. The cost of smoking are high both in direct and indirect health. The point of enforcement is at the sale, therefore if you are under 21 and smoking then that wouldn’t be criminalized. Raising the age of smoking would decrease the amount of smokers

Commissioner Soto asked if there was any major opposition to this legislation aside that the BOS received a letter from the tobacco industry threatening a law suit. Their argument is that they don’t have the legal authority to do this but the City Attorneys believe differently. There has been no community opposition.

Commissioner Pating asked how they plan on enforcing it? The enforcement would happen the exact same way as it currently does. The only way it would change is that when they look at your identification card they would look for age 21.

Commissioner Avalos-Nunez asked why not just tax cigarettes more instead of raising the age. There is a concern that youth could look for cigarettes elsewhere, from a more dangerous source. Derek Smith, SFDPH, answered his question. Although taxation is one of the best way to reduce consumption, the city does not have the authority to increase the tax on cigarettes. There are other towns where the age has been raised and the use of smoking has been cut in half. Additionally preventing smoking at a teenage age is best since more people start at that age and become lifelong smokers.

Commissioner Mansori asked what happens if someone under the age of 18 is found smoking. There are two state laws, one that prohibits selling to under 18 and another states that those under 18 aren’t allowed to possess tobacco. There really isn’t much enforcement of those under 18 can’t possess tobacco. For this new legislation, there is no police enforcement of it, it’s at the public health level.

Jeanine from DPH mentioned that they’ll be working with the SFUSD for outreach to young people. They also have a decoy program where they send a young person undercover to buy

Supervisors Wiener, Mar, Cohen, Farrell are all cosponsor so they are generally supportive. We haven’t heard anyone in opposition.

Both Plunkett and Avalos-Nunez stated opposition in their comment. Commissioners Bernick and Mansori stated


Itzel Estrada, a 19 year old, came to support this legislation. She is a member of YLI CAM. She emphasized that the effects of tobacco are deadly.

Motion to support legislation by Commissioner Matz, seconded by Commissioner Juarez.

Commissioner Bernick wanted further clarification on what would happen to a youth that was caught with a pack of cigarettes. Andreas Power clarified that this legislation would not affect the criminal ramifications.

Commissioner Mansori stated that they can outreach to SFSU and City College.

Commissioner He, seconded by Commissioner Mansori, motioned to attach a recommendation to create a youth outreach team.

Commissioner Avalos-Nunez, seconded by Commissioner Plunkett, motioned to add a comment that there be a focus on “know your rights” because the legislation might create confusion among the youth where they will be targeted by police officers.

Commissioner Avalos-Nunez’s motion to suggest a focus on “know your rights” passed by the following votes:

Ayes: Avalos-Nunez, Bernick, Calderon, David, Galeano, Juarez, Li, Mao, Mansori, Matz, Pating, Plunkett, Soto, Wu.
Noes: He, Marshall-Fricker

Commissioner He’s motion to suggest the board to create a youth outreach team passed by the following votes:
Ayes: Avalos-Nunez, Bernick, Calderon, David, He, Juarez, Mansori, Matz, Pating, Plunkett, Wu
Noes: Galeano, Li, Mao, Marshall-Fricker, Soto


B. BOS File No. 160024 – [Police, Administrative Codes – All-Gender Toilet Facilities]
Sponsor: Campos; Farrell, Kim, Avalos, Mar, Yee
(Document J)

Carolyn Gossen presented on this legislation. This legislation would be for all single-stall bathrooms in restaurants, offices, stores, etc. This would also apply to schools. If there are separate male and separate female single stall bathrooms they would become all gender. There is an enforcement arm with DBI which would oversee this new legislation.

Commissioner Plunkett wanted to know the exact number or a statistic for number of complaints of harassment. Carolyn Gossen stated she could find the numbers.

Commissioner Plunkett asked about changing tables in the new restrooms. Carolyn Gossen stated that it is an excellent point but that this legislation only focuses on the signs. She would make a note of his comment.

Commissioner Pating asked if this was just for public facilities. Carolyn Gossen stated that it applies to any building with public accommodations.

Commissioner Plunkett asked if there was any opposition. Carolyn Gossen stated that there hasn’t been.

Commissioner Li stated that trans youth identity as trans at an early age and not having gender specific bathrooms would help them out.

Commissioner Soto, seconded by Commissioner Calderon, made a general motion of support.

Commissioner Soto’s motion of support passed by the following votes:

Ayes: Avalos-Nunez, Bernick, Calderon, David, He, Galeano, Juarez, Li, Mao, Mansori, Marshall-Fricker, Matz, Pating, Plunkett, Soto, Wu
Noes: none

There was no public comment.

6. Presentations (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Roadmap to Peace Presentation
Presenters: Ashley Rodriguez, Angela Gallegos-Castillo, Joel Uicab, and Angel Carrion


Angela Gallegos-Castillo and Ashley Rodriguez came to present on the work that Roadmap to Peace does. Roadmap to Peace started about 3 years ago. Their mission is to improve the economic, health, and safety outcomes of youth. There focus is on transitional aged youth who have been involved in violence. The three main points for their presentation is to:

1) Let everyone know about the programs
2) To invite participants
3) To invite TAY representatives


Commissioner Calderon wanted to know what type of policy work Roadmap to Peace has to work with. Last year they’ve been working on developing the service network. This year they’re going to be jumping into the policy work. The steering committee has discussed supporting more restorative justice.

The following commissioner are interested in RTP support:

Pating
Galeano
Calderon
Avalos-Nunez
Li
Soto
Plunkett
Bernick

Next town hall meeting is April 28th at John O’Connell H.S. Begins at 5:30 PM with dinner. It’s in the evening and it goes until 8 PM. The following one is October 13th.

Commissioner Avalos Nunez, seconded by Commissioner Juarez, made a motion of general support for Roadmap to Peace.

There was a roll call vote and the motion passed by the following votes:

Ayes: Avalos-Nunez, Bernick, Calderon, David, He, Galeano, Juarez, Li, Mao, Mansori, Marshall-Fricker, Matz, Pating, Plunkett, Soto, Wu
Noes: none

The chair called for a five minute recess at 6:41 PM.

7. Youth Commission Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Youth Commission Application 2016-2017
Presenters: Staff

Staff Leah LaCroix went over the current draft of the 2016-2017 youth commission application. The YCers made the following edits:

• Change date on sidebar title
• Make a note regarding need for social security number
• Add more process notes (such as that a youth can apply to more than one district they are connected to, etc.)
• Add a link on how to find your district
• Add a link with information on supervisors
• Add “home district” to personal information
• Add “Identified As” to ethnicity/nationality/race question
• Add “what do you expect to gain/get out of from the Youth Commission experience”
• Add “what is something unique about you”
• Add “how did you hear about the Youth Commission”

Commissioner Marshall-Fricker, seconded by Commissioner Mao, motioned to approve as amended. Motion passed by acclamation.

There was no public comment.

8. Committee Reports (Discussion Only)

A. Executive Committee

The EC committee gave a brief update on the work that they have been doing.

B. Housing, Environment, and City Services Committee

The HECS committee gave a brief update on the work that they have been doing.

C. Economic Justice and Immigration Committee

The EJI committee gave a brief update on the work that they have been doing.

D. Youth Justice Committee

The YJ committee gave a brief update on the work that they have been doing.

E. Civic Engagement Committee

The CEC committee gave a brief update on the work that they have been doing.

F. Our Children Our Family Council

Commissioner Wu gave an update on the last OCOF meeting.

9. Staff Report (Discussion Only)

Staff Adele invited the YCers to the Board of Education meeting of February 23rd. The Vote16 YEA and Civic Engagement Committee will be presenting on Vote16. Staff Monica reminded YCers to vote for their favorite principals or teachers. The link could be found on the Youth Commission website.

10. Announcements (This Includes Community Events)

Commissioner Pating informed the YCers that there was a racist party a few weeks ago involving many San Francisco high school students. Many of these students attended her high school, Saint Ignatius. She proposed that the Youth Commission write a resolution making a statement of disapproval of “racial” themed parties.

The following commissioners were interested in working on this resolution: Galeano, Calderon, Avalos-Nunez, Li, Matz, He, Juarez, Mansori

11. Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 7:57 PM.