COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

5:00 pm

This meeting is being held by teleconference pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 and the Fifth Supplement to the Mayoral Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency. During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) emergency, the Commission on the Status of Women’s regular meeting room 408 is closed. Meetings of the Commission on the Status of Women will convene remotely.

Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely. If you want to ensure your comment on any item on the agenda is received by the Commission in advance of the meeting, please send an email to COSW@sfgov.org by 5 pm on Tuesday, October 26, or call (415) 252-2570 and leave a message by 5 pm on Tuesday, October 26. Please see below for remote meeting access instructions.

Remote Meeting Access:
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Providing Public Comment:

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The Commission on the Status of Women acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the Ancestors, Elders, and Relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.

Roster:

President Breanna Zwart                                         Vice President Dr. Shokooh Miry

Commissioner Sophia Andary                                  Commissioner Sharon Chung

Commissioner Dr. Anne Moses                                Commissioner Daisy Prado

Commissioner Dr. Raveena Rihal                            

 

Note: The Commission will hear public comment on each item on the agenda before or during consideration of that item.

1. CALL TO ORDER/AGENDA CHANGES                                                                                                 ACTION
   Remarks by President Breanna Zwart.
   
   Action: To approve the meeting agenda.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES                                                                                                                    ACTION
   Explanatory document: Draft Minutes from the Commission meeting on September 22, 2021.
   
   Action: To approve minutes from the Commission meeting on September 22, 2021.
3. DIRECTOR’S REPORT                                                                                                                 DISCUSSION
   Explanatory document: The Director’s Report discusses the work of the Department.
4. NEW BUSINESS                                                                                                                          
    

1. Findings to Allow Teleconferenced Meetings Under California Government Code Section 54953(e).                                                                                       DISCUSSION and possible ACTION
   The Commission will discuss and possibly adopt a resolution setting forth findings required under Assembly Bill 361 that would allow the commission and its subcommittees to hold meetings remotely according to the modified Brown Act teleconferencing requirements set forth in AB 361.
    
2. Presentation on the Women’s Center Initiative                                                             DISCUSSION
   Community Forward SF has a vision for innovative, safe, and accessible housing for all women. Felicia Torrez, Director of Development and Nicole Johnson, Chief of Staff at Community Forward SF will present on their Women's Center initiative, a solution to provide essential housing and wraparound support for unhoused women in San Francisco.

 

3. Presentation on the State of Reproductive Rights & Choice                                        DISCUSSION
   Following the Texas abortion ban (SB 8) and the push for anti-abortion laws in other states, Commissioner Daisy Prado, Public Affairs Officer for Planned Parenthood Northern California, will present on the state of reproductive rights at both the state and federal level.

 

5. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                                                   DISCUSSION

This item is to allow members of the public to address the Commission on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission and that do not appear on the agenda, as well as to suggest new agenda items for future meetings.

6. ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                                ACTION
   
   Action: To adjourn the meeting.