Special Meeting, Commission Retreat - May 9, 2024 Human Rights Commission

Thursday, May 9, 2024

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    Agenda

    1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF COMMISSIONERS
    2. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

      Members of the public may address the Commission on matters that are within the Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda. Speakers shall address their remarks to the Commission as a whole and not to individual Commissioners or Department personnel.

    3. ADOPTION OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 14, 2024 MEETING (Discussion and Action Item)

      Review and anticipated adoption of minutes from the Commission’s March 14, 2024 Meeting Minutes.

      Public Comment

    4. PROGRAM UPDATES (Discussion and Action Item)

      Members of San Francisco Human Rights Commission department staff provide divisional and programming updates to Commission members, with time for questions, and discussion of Commissioner priorities / interests as aligned with departmental projects and work areas.

      Presentations:

      1. HRC Director’s Report
      2. Dream Keeper Initiative
      3. Office of Racial Equity
      4. Economic Rights Division
      5. Civil Rights Division
      6. Community Outreach & Engagement Division
      7. Opportunities For All Initiative
      8. Department Finance & Budget Update
        • Review and approval: purchase of gift cards for summer 2024

      Public Comment

    5. FAIR CHANCE ORDINANCE UPDATE (Discussion and Action Item)

      Presentation to the Commission as to updates to the Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) as passed by LGBTQI+ Advisory Committee, for review, discussion, and possible action / endorsement.

      Presentation

      Jude Diebold 
      Investigator / Mediator, Civil Rights Division, San Francisco Human Rights Commission 

      Public Comment

    6. ESTABLISH CONSENT CALENDAR PROCESSES & PROTOCOLS (Discussion and Action Item)

      Presentation to the Commission as to establishing Consent Calendar Processes & Protocols; for review, discussion, and possible action.

      Presentation

      Samuel Thomas
      Chief Financial Officer
      San Francisco Human Rights Commission

      Public Comment

    7. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CALENDAR PLANNING (Discussion and Action Item)

      Commissioners review and discuss general calendar planning through February 2025, as well as general agenda setting protocols.

      Public Comment

    8. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BYLAWS UPDATE (Discussion Item)

      Commissioners discuss potential future amendment of Commission Bylaws to reflect a change to one regular Commission meeting per month, on the second Thursday (from current cadence of two regular Commission meetings per month, on the second and fourth Thursdays).

      Public Comment

    9. COMMISSIONER ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY (Discussion Item)

      Commissioners update the public on their participation in community activities and any upcoming events.

      Public Comment

    10. ADJOURNMENT

    Date & Time

    Thursday, May 9, 2024
    12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

    Southeast Community Center - Alex Pitcher Pavilion

    1550 Evans Avenue
    San Francisco, CA 94124
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    Regulations

    Know your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance

    Know your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance

    Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance [Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code] or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:

    Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
    City Hall, Room 244
    1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
    San Francisco, CA 94102-4683
    Office: 415-554-7724
    E-mail: sotf@sfgov.org

    Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City’s website at www.sfgov.org. Copies of explanatory documents are available to the public online at https://sfgov.org/sunshine or upon request to the Human Rights Commission Secretary.

    Accessible meeting policy

    Accessible meeting policy

    Per the American Disabilities Act and the Language Access Ordinance, Chinese, Spanish, and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Additionally, every effort will be made to provide a sound enhancement system, meeting materials in alternative formats, and/or a reader. Minutes may be translated after they have been adopted by the Commission. For all these requests and other disability-related modification or accommodation, please contact the Commission Secretary at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2500. Late requests will be honored if possible. Persons attending the meeting, and those unable to attend the meeting, may submit to the Human Rights Commission, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding agenda items. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and brought to the attention of the Commissioners. Written communications should be submitted to the Human Rights Commission Secretary at ruby.lee@sfgov.org. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.

    Disability access

    Disability access

    Human Rights Commission regular meetings will be held in Room 416 at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco. The meeting location is between Grove and McAllister Streets and is wheelchair accessible. The closest BART and Muni Metro Station is Civic Center, about three blocks from the meeting location. Accessible Muni lines nearest the meeting location are: 5/5R Fulton, 49 Van Ness-Mission, F-Market & Muni Metro (Civic Center Station). For more information about Muni accessible services, call 415-646-2260. There is accessible on-street parking available in the vicinity of the meeting location. In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that others may be sensitive to various chemical-based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals.

    Lobbyist ordinance

    Lobbyist ordinance

    Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415-252-3100, FAX 415-252-3112, https://sfethics.org

    Meeting and agenda policies

    Meeting and agenda policies

    All are encouraged to testify at HRC meetings and/or write letters to the Commission and to its members at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94102. HRC procedures do not permit:

    • Persons in the meeting room to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Commissioners or by other persons testifying
    • Ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices (violators may be removed from the meeting room)
    • Signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the meeting room

    Agendas are available online at https://www.sf.gov/departments/commission-sfhrc, in the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library, and at HRC’s main office located at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94102.

    Last updated May 23, 2024

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