April Shelter Monitoring Committee (Online Access)

A. Minutes                      Discussion/Action

    March 2022 MINUTES                   Chair Almanza                    5 min

    The Committee will review the Draft minutes from last month's meeting.

    Explanatory document – Draft Committee Minutes

    Proposed Action: Approve Meeting Minutes

A.  BYLAWS                      Discussion/Action             

                                                           Chair Almanza               15 min 

The Committee will discuss the draft revision to the existing Committee bylaws. These were voted on and approved by the Policy Subcommittee at its April 9, 2023 meeting, with the understanding that the section highlighted in yellow will be revisited once the City Attorney responds to the Committee’s request for advice (on the issue of avoiding potential conflicts of interest during site inspections).

Explanatory document – Bylaws draft

Public Comment will be heard before proposed action.

Proposed Action: Approve draft revision to the SMC bylaws

A.  POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE                              Discussion 

                                         Subcommittee Chair Plunkett     5 min

The Subcommittee discussed bylaws, and Standards of Care. Draft bylaws were approved.  No recommendations for now were made for further changes to Standards. (Previous recommendations are awaiting the establishment of the Commission.)

Public Comment will be heard.

B. HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING   Discussion                                                                                                             HSH                   15 min   

Update from the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.

Explanatory documents – Capacity Report

Public Comment will be heard.

C. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH                  Discussion               

                                                DPH Staff    15 min

Review of October inspections, complaints, and investigations. Share tentative inspection schedule. Recruitment efforts.  

Explanatory documents – SOC Report

Public Comment will be heard.

D.  LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT           Discussion/Action

                                                   Chair Almanza    12 min

Last month Member Eya suggested the Committee should read a “land acknowledgement” like the one the Department of Public Health uses at the start of its meetings.  Here is what it might look like:

The Shelter Monitoring Committee 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.

Public Comment will be heard before any action.

Proposed Action: Shall the above variation on the Land Acknowledgement used by DPH be read at the start of in-person SMC meetings? 

                                                       Discussion             3 Min

Members of the public may address the Committee on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee for up to three minutes. With respect to an action item [denoted by “Proposed Action” after the agenda item] on the agenda, members of the public may address the Committee for up to two minutes at the time such item is called. With respect to a discussion item [denoted by “Discussion”] on the agenda, members of the public may address the Committee for up to one minute at the time such item is called. Members of the public may only speak once per agenda item. Those who comment may submit a written summary (up to 150 words) of their remarks to assist staff in the compilation of the meeting minutes.

ADJOURNMENT

This item requires a motion, a second, and to be carried.

Proposed Action: Approve adjournment