Housing, LGBTQ, Transitional Age Youth - January 27, 2014 - Minutes

Meeting Date:

January 27, 2014 (All day)

San Francisco Youth Commission
Housing, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender, and Transitional Age Youth Issues Committee
Minutes
Monday, January 27, 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 5:26 pm. Commissioners present: Marshall-Fricker, Landrum, Van Stark, Wu, Vice Chair Michelle Kong; Commissioners absent: Flores; Staff present: Adele Carpenter

There was quorum.

There was no public comment.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Landrum, seconded by Commissioner Van Stark, moved to approve the agenda. There was no public comment. The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. December 9th, 2013
(Document A)

Commissioner Van Stark, seconded by Commissioner Landrum, moved to approve the minutes from the last meeting. 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

Adele Carpenter invited commissioners to the MOHCD five year plan presentation at the TAY SF Citywide TAY advisory board. Commissioners Van Stark, Wu, Landrum were interested in attending. She also invited commissioners to the citywide tenant convention February 8th.

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

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

Commissioners brainstormed their “vision and victory” for an off-site housing event. Then, they brainstormed the current reality: benefits, dangers, strengths, and weaknesses. After reviewing the results from both exercises, committee members each chose what they thought were the four most important components of the events and categorized the components. They agreed that the keys to a successful event were:

1) Outreach and representation of diverse housing challenges
• CBO support
• Diversity of participants from TAY to residents of public housing (was put up by two members)
• Issues of family displacement, renters, evictions, difficulty finding housing, public housing waiting lists, youth homelessness, etc. are represented (this was put up by three members)
2) An engaging format that includes interactive education, information sharing, and community input
• Event promotes knowledge of rent control, Ellis act, how to fight evictions, know your rights and will have legal representation/resources present (was put up by two members)
• Youth bring their stories
• Stories of resilience/overcoming housing issues
• Feedback from youth groups
• Different corners with different stations: think tank, mini-conference, creative, interactive
3) Outcomes for advocacy and action
• Opportunities for action; ie. Letter-writing and petitions
• 311-live: the event leads to housing resources for TAY that are continually updated
4) Holistic community empowerment
• The event promotes a vision of a city youth can be a part of and can contribute to; parents are at the event and feel like they are equipped to stay in the city
• Promotes paradigm shifts around homelessness
• Spreads knowledge
• Is emotionally-charged, passionate, and unites people around future goals

The committee members discussed how to phrased these categories in a “commitment statement” for the event. They proposed the following language to report out on the intentions of their event:

“We commit to providing an event that represents the variety of housing challenges faced by San Francisco children, youth, and their families in an engaging format that includes interactive education, information sharing, and community input in hopes of promoting holistic community empowerment and outcomes for advocacy and action.”

There was no public comment.

Commissioner Landrum, seconded by Commissioner Wu, moved to approve the commitment statement for the event. The motion was approved by acclamation.

Committee members discussed possible dates for an off-site meeting: April 17th, 21st, 9th, 10th, or 18th.

B. Map other committee priorities onto Spring 2014 timeline

This item was tabled.

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

Michelle Kong agreed to update the executive committee with the event plan.

8. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)