Housing, LGBTQ, Transitional Age Youth - February 24, 2014 - Minutes

Meeting Date:

February 24, 2014 (All day)

San Francisco Youth Commission
Housing, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender, and Transitional Age Youth Issues Committee
Minutes
Monday, February 24, 2014
5:00-7:00pm
City Hall, Room 345A
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.
Chair: Eric Wu; Members: Lily Marshall-Fricker, DeAsia Landrum, Monica Flores, Angel Van Stark

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:12 pm. Commissioners present: Marshall-Fricker, Wu, Flores; Absent: Landrum, Van Stark; Staff present: Adele Carpenter. There was quorum.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Marshall-Fricker, seconded by Commissioner Flores moved to approve the agenda. There was no public comment. The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. February 10, 2013
(Document A)

Commissioner Marshall-Fricker, seconded by Commissioner Flores moved to approve the minutes. 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. Staff Report

Staff member, Adele Carpenter, shared updates about housing- City College- and Children’s Fund-related legislation introduced at the Board of Supervisors. She also shared news about state-level legislation introduced to reform the Ellis Act and housing-related news stories. She advised youth commissioners to prepare for a long meeting on March 3rd.

Commissioner Flores agreed to follow up with Supervisor Campos regarding the Relocation Assistance ordinance, as well as the resolution to reestablish the elected City College Board of Trustees. Commissioners asked staff to follow up and learn more about the Rental assistance for public housing residents hearing introduced by Supervisor Breed. They also asked staff to follow up and learn more about the press surrounding pressure washing of sidewalks being slept on by homeless residents in Mid-Market. There was no public comment.

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

A. Action-planning workshop for Spring off-site housing town hall

Commissioners discussed the four work areas: Logistics, Social media, Outreach, and Show Flow

Logistics: Staff updated commissioners on the availability of main and branch library meeting rooms. Commissioners decided to reach out to community organizations for central and transit-accessible locations. The top dates are April 10th and April 17th. The event will run 4-7 pm. They discussed the importance of door prizes, food, and proper A/V set up.

Social media: Commissioners asked staff to request that committee member Van Stark make a Facebook invite/event.

Outreach: Commissioners asked staff to make a flier. Committee members brainstormed and divided up organizations to reach out to for co-sponsorship and participation. They also decided to ask the Mayor’s office of housing to co-sponsor the event. Commissioner Flores agreed to follow up with DCYF to ask about CBO’s to involve. The committee would like to have a mid-March meeting with co-sponsors.

Show Flow/Agenda: Commissioners discussed the following:
• Committee members discussed whether and how housing policy was a good rallying issue for youth across neighborhoods. For instance, youth in CBO’s in Chinatown learn a lot about tenant and housing issues as a way of resisting gentrification, however youth in the Mission may find their community more focused on other issues related to gentrification and displacement, for instance, policing, gang injunctions, etc. They discussed how to bring a “right to the city” or “right to the future” and “anti-displacement” frame to the event, rather than just housing.The committee decided on the following framing/title: “Key to the City: A youth townhall on housing and affordability”
• Prepping adult facilitators to really listen and not reframe things
• Asking officials to listen and make specific commitments, not general or vague ones
• The committee decided to ask DeAsia Landrum to lead the energizing/opening portion of the event
• The committee decided to ask Haley and Avery to screen their “Mi Casa No Es Su Casa” documentary before the interactive portion of the event, ie, earlier in the evening.
• The committee discussed having “gallery walks” using prompts such as: “The hardest thing about being evicted was…” “One thing I love about my community….” Youth could write on these or they could write on shapes like houses and keys and go tape them up.

B. Review other committee priorities

Commissioner Eric Wu gave an update on the Children’s Fund. Community advocates are proposing increasing the fund (from 3 cents to 5 cents of every $100 in property tax) and expanding it to be used for select services for TAY.

7. Items to Report to Executive Committee (Discussion Only)

The committee will report on the event planning process, outreach, location for the townhall and seek suggestions on CBO’s to involve, as well as invite commissioners to join in the planning.

8. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)