The San Francisco
Youth Commission
Minutes
| DATE: |
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Wednesday, January 20, 1999 |
| TIME: |
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5:00 |
| PLACE: |
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Thurgood Marshall Academic HS |
Presentation was made to community members (7) regarding Youth Commission
projects and ways young people can become involved with the Youth Commission.
Presentation was followed by a informal time for the community members
present to meet with the Youth Commissioners.
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM. Commissioners present:
Aliga, Anderson, Barraza, Blake, Castillo, Castro, Cottonham, Mak, Siu,
(9). Commissioners excused: DeVries, Isner, Joun, Ramlochan, Turner (5).
Commissioners Absent: Crane, Eliapo, Lugo (3). Youth Commission staff Susan
Kim and Joshua Todd present.
2. Motion to approve agenda: Commissioner Siu motioned to amend
agenda to place New Business section B, discussion regarding proposed budget
hearing first. Commissioner Siu needed to excuse herself early and wanted
to ensure quorum would be present when items needing to be voted on were
discussed. Motion seconded with no objections. Agenda is amended.
3. New Business: Discussion and possible action re: proposed budget
hearing. The Youth Commission staff have begun to look at the need
for a hearing where young people could voice their priorities for the City
budget. Commissioner Mak stated that he felt the proposed day and time
for the hearing was not a good one since it was scheduled around a public
school in service date, this would exclude private school youth who would
still be in school.. Youth Commissioners agreed that a new day should be
found and suggested Wednesday, March 3 in the evening from 4-7pm. Motion
to sponsor a budget hearing for youth, including public and private school
youth, seconded and approved.
4. Motion to approve minutes of 12.17.98: Seconded and approved
5. Staff Report:
Joshua Todd- Business Cards have been ordered but due to the large
number of city employees who have had to change their cards they may take
awhile to come in, please be patient.
The Youth Commission has been approached by a community member requesting
that our meeting be televised. Youth Commissioners should consider if they
support this idea for our next meeting.
The next Commission meeting will be held in City Hall, Room 416, February
1, 1999.
6. Working Group Reports:
A. Legislative Action- Assemblyman Scott’s office has been contacted
to sponsor the Youth Lobby Day and the Youth Commission may approach the
Pacific Center for Violence Prevention to cosponsor this event.
B. Community Outreach and Input- This working group has been
working on the Youth Empowerment Conference and will meet every Friday
to plan and prepare for the conference.
C. Sexual Assault Task Force- Mr. Todd reported for Ms. Broussard
that the SATF keeps growing and currently has 8-12 members. The young women
are in the second part of their three part training. They are also working
with the For Girls Coalition to help them apply for TANF money to provide
sexual assault training for young women.
D. LGBTQQ Task Force- Mr. Todd reported that the Family, Housing
and Shelter working group of the Task Force recently turned in a proposal
for the LGBTQQ youth shelter to Dept. of Human Services. The Task Force
is also working on legislation to mandate sensitivity trainings for all
employees or volunteers who work directly with youth and whose agencies
receive money from the City.
7. New Business
A. Discussion re: Involving Commissioners who are not currently
involved in a Commission project. Commissioners felt that this item
had been covered during our midyear retreat and that no further discussion
was needed.
8. Announcements
-Commissioners DeVries and Isner will be attending a rally put on by
Scouting for All this Saturday. This rally is in response to the crusade
of a 13 year old boy to change the discriminatory policies of the Boy Scouts
of America, preventing Gay, Bisexual or Transgender men from serving in
the Boy Scouts.
9. Public Comment
-Community members told us that for our next community meeting
we should begin with an ice breaker and have more comfortable chairs.
10. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn, seconded with no objections..
Meeting adjourned at 6:50 PM.