MEETING

April 27, 2023 Human Rights Commission Meeting

Meeting details

Date and time

How to participate

In-person

Human Rights Commission meetingsCity Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, CA 94102

Online

Passcode: 468730 Webinar ID: 982 9494 6892
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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 APRIL 13, 2023 MEETING MINUTES (Discussion and Possible Action Item)

Review and anticipated adoption of minutes from the Commission’s March 23, 2023 Meeting Minutes.

Public Comment

4

API HERITAGE MONTH (Discussion Item)

API Heritage Month events

Presentation:

Claudine Cheng, President, AAPI Heritage Foundation

Public Comment

5

OFFICE OF SHARP UPDATE, Gender Based Violence Prevention Division of the Human Rights Commission (Discussion Item)

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Division will give updates on work and programming around city housing for survivors, safety for youth in schools, and healing for Gender Based Violence (GBV) survivors.

Presentation:

KellyLou Densmore, Director of SHARP, Human Rights Commission

Public Comment

6

SFMTA REPORT ON TRANSIT EQUITY AND SAFETY (Discussion Item)

Presentation by the SFMTA Equity Team on status of Transit Equity, Access and Service Improvements to Southeast and Southern Neighborhoods, and Rider Safety with focus on girls and women.

Presentation:

Josephine Ayankoya, Racial Equity Officer, Office of Racial Equity & Belonging, SFMTA

Michael Loza, Equity Assistant, SFMTA

Public Comment

7

CONTINUING REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BYLAWS (Discussion and Possible Action Item)

Commissioners review and potentially amend Commission Bylaws.

Presentation:

Karen Clopton, Chair, San Francisco Human Rights Commission

Public Comment

8

COMMISSIONER ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY (Discussion Item)

Commissioners update the public on activities they have participated in and any upcoming events.

Public Comment

9

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting resources

Notices

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 more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force:

Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
City Hall, Room 244
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4683
Office: (415) 554-5163
E-mail: sotf@sfgov.org

Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by printing the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67, on the Internet at http://www.sfbos.org/sunshine.

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