San Francisco Youth Commission
Minutes – Special Joint Meeting with the Board of Supervisors
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
5:00 pm
City Hall, Room 250
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

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

1. Call to Order and Roll Call for Attendance

The joint meeting with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors was called to order at 5:08pm.

Board of Supervisors present: Supervisors Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Commissioners present: Luis Avalos-Nunez, 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, Anna Bernick, Jarrett Mao, Grace Pating, and Hatim Mansori.

On the call of the roll of the Board, Supervisor Kim was noted not present; there was a quorum of the Board of Supervisors. On the call of the roll of the Commission, all Commissioners were noted present; there was a quorum of the San Francisco Youth Commission.

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

There was none.

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

A. BOS File No. 150267 [Charter Amendment – Sixteen and Seventeen-Year-Old Voting for Municipal Elections]
Sponsors: Supervisors Avalos, Campos, Kim, Mar
(Document A)


Supervisor Avalos and Chair Avalos provided opening remarks.

Supervisor Kim was noted present at 5:10 p.m.

Jeff Adachi, Public Defender, expressed support of the proposed amendment.

Jillian Wu (Youth Commission) presented an overview of the proposed amendment.

Sandra Lee Fewer and Matt Haney (Board of Education), John Arntz, Director (Department of Elections), and Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) responded to questions raised throughout the discussion and further discussed the amendments.

President Breed inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Committee of the Whole relating to the amendments. Chanun Ong; Pet; Lyndsey Schlax; Oliver York; Polina Florova; Tammy Zu; Neo Guerrero; Jessica Eng; Tsia Blacksher; Female Speaker; Montana Haley; Mark Halwean; Carshell Green; Marianna Baines; Miranda Sarcosa; Sammi Mei; Nicholas Persky; Will Feisferky; Laura Copado; Kathy Cornier; Mary Abler; Tenghni Dereck Tan; June Herrera; Julie Wong; Shara Orquiza; Lorelei Vaisse; Joshua Park; David Moore; Andre; Antoine Kerfesky; Jack Alan; Female Speaker; Liam Thirtyacre; Silvia Johnson; Tad Brockner; Walter Wong; Arianna Wu; Iris Morrell; Gilliam Berkowitz; Tammy Lucas; Carina Leung; Faith Leung; Christina Williams; Crystal; Reuben; Elena Hillard; Female Speaker; Deja Slade; Seri Montano; Peter Granbury; Rafael Quinteiro; Celi Tamayo-Lee; John Calderon; Jimmy Zhang; Stanton Li; Aleya; Lonrezo Tobayali; Otto Duffy; Paulina; Ted Rustom; Female Speaker. Peter Warfield; expressed concerns relating to the hearing matter. There were no other speakers.

The Youth Commission took a symbolic vote to urge the Board of Supervisors to support. Commissioner David, seconded by Commissioner Bernick, moved to urge the Board of Supervisors to support the proposed Charter Amendment related to File No. 150267.

The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: 16 - Commissioners Avalos, Bernick, Calderon, David, Galeano, He, Juarez, Kong, Li, Mao, Mansori, Matz, Pating, Plunkett, Soto, Wu.
Noes: 1 - Commissioner Marshall-Fricker

4. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 8:25pm