ple that are applying fog the renewing especially for the youth applicant that the cost really shouldn't be to prosperity for people so people can find opportunity to work and find employment and be able to thrive independently here as they apply for other things so, i mean i could speak on all 13 of the issues i wanted to highlight that in particular i think that you know what we'll probably do i everything this is just before the budget committee but certainly hope you'll share your plan with each the 11 district supervisors and make sure we're aware of the issues i've brought forgot to assist you i want to thank you so much i know you have to balance our academic work this which grobl

you're being paid for and everything between our extra curriculum i applaud you when i was your age i didn't know the youth commission existed you're well ahead and probably will continue to do a lot more as you continue to grow inside and outside of commission. >> supervisor yee. >> i want to thank the presenter and everyone that showed up for this portion off our committee mooefg till when i was your angle there was no such thing as a youth commission but my daughter was on the youth commission and continues to be active in trying to bring about social changes i told her recently that you know

joyce is my appointee to the commission and i 24re6r8d that the youth commission is alive and well and, in fact, i know the work you're doing now compared to what they did when they were on the youth commission i hate to compare but it paldz to what you accomplished and the docket piece i'll continue with other supervisors to advocate for that piece and pretty positive i'm triple checking for make sure it is in the budget before making any final announcements on that other issues that you raised are familiar issues to me i'm certainly interested in looking at how practical some are they practical and others

for me would take a little bit more thoughtfulness and seeing how we can move things forward i'm hoping for you some of you continue to advocate for those things and work with our office thank you very much. >> supervisor mar. >> thank you to all the youth commissioners that presented today i want to say that you're pretty amazing you focused not only on i think what mainstream or youth might focus on but focused on that voublg populations within our city whether lgbtq youth or homeless ugliest u youth with incarcerated parent undocumented youth it's clear our showing emphatic for others that need

support much more support i said to say our aspirations of the expend hope e help to the youth is inspiration all to change the board rules our meeting are after 4:00 p.m. shows you you've been successful in making allows alleyways in the city i want to thank former youth commissioners noel and others but i can see the participation and then having allies like larkin is so important domestic violence police train for youth is an amazing list of issues i know you have to be strategic to focus on the key ones but the voices of young people on the children's fund and piece the new bodies that supervisor yee and supervisor avalos and others have created

it is important you participation to that as supervisor yee mentioned the existence the youth commission is important my daughter perhaps in the j.c. but years ago it was youth led from the chinatown youth council to the bayview hunters point but hopefully the youth led like our showing here at city hall as well lastly i wanted to say that the focus on parks and equate analysis is so important from the mission playgrounds that you sited in our policy and priorities it highlights the conflicts the so-called newcomers from the long time mission district a district it is being adapted losing it's

soul artists being pushed ousted the equality analysis of parks and open space people gather and communities is built but that's an important one as you highlight conflict and trying to come up with a solution how to make parked and open space open for people especially young people in our neighborhoods but thank you very much for the great work and i wanted to acknowledge what a unique youth commission and i'm proud of all the work and the great 13 priorities as well. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you mr. chairman i want to thank the commission it was informative and thank you for including proprietor number 3 around parks we've really struggled in san francisco to in terms of investing in our parks and making sure they're safe and in shape and not vandalized and usually by everyone and you know

in a city where most of us don't have backyard or our own recreation area parks for so many people also are social economic in all backgrounds these are our yards where we go and gather and meet our friends and walk our dogs and experience it is so important for them to be in good shape i know there is a lot of communication 90 in city hall spending having better security and lighting and better recreational facilities and more programming available for youth for seniors and everyone and i definitely welcome the youth partnership in welcoming the push for that because supervisor mar mentioned the playground in my district it is interesting when you look at why we've seen in the intelligence

we've seen at mission playground because we don't have enough solids in san francisco we need for soccer fields in the city it took so long for the recommendation process with the chattel soccer fields but we don't have enough and mission playground as soon as it emigrate roomed and the soccer field what was important amenable we shouldn't have to be fight over who uses the soccer field we should have enough soccer fields and budget u basketball courts thank you for highlighting >> thank you, supervisor wiener and again, thank you everyone for your hard work and being here and looking forward to working with you if any group wants to come talk with me during the heart of the budget process please do so i expect

we'll leave that for the charts any closing statements. >> commissioner tang. >> thank you. i forgot one last comment i want to acknowledge the commission staff they worked hatred hard with the staff their trying to give them a round of applause it takes a great - allen in particular and, of course everyone else that is working with the different commissioners, i know that he's going to continue and everyone else will work to inspire the next generations the youth commissioners so i want to thank you, very much. >> why not open up item 14 for public comment anyone want to please step forward and we'll

take you one at a time.

>> the san francisco unified district the number of homeless children from 8 hundreds plus to 3 thousand homeless children today that's a huge increase and timely to prioritize our homeless population. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> hi supervisors i'm renee hawkins the secretary of the citizens advisory committee tiled take note that san

francisco is a supportive city to the homeless population but can't help but notice the homeless youth population has not received the same amount of support in our country 3 thousand plus youth for the homeless on any given day in the united states and only 4 hundred youth shelter board of directors beds are available across the city homeless youth with the most vulnerable to the not the future i guess the question our concern today i'd like to share some specification will the homeless youth one in 34th of july youth with recruited by a that i am win the first 48 hours on the street according to the intuitively count survey 21 powers of holes youth traded sex or drugs for a place to sleep

in the homeless youth population struggle as 47 say their - 23 percent report substance abuse as the prim cause of homeless today, we can decrease the number of youth but first to recognize the homeless youth exits and time to recognize that 2014 is the year of the homeless. >> thank you very much.

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i saw people turned away every night the homeless shelter experienced trauma and we've would have benefited at all levels i'm 24 and living at one of the k affordable units and attend school adams ucsf on my way to becoming a community health worker i've known people that would in the receive a bed in a shelter or resources to go to college stability is the can you tell me to anyone else's success as i'm grateful i'm forced this is not true for everyone with my same story i hope you recognize how important the homeless youth will be for our future. >> thank you very much>> thank

you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. thank you for hearing us speak i'm jonathan co-chair of the youth citizens advisory committee for the larkin street i'm self-born and raised in potrero hill we are that evicted from our apartment in 201235 percent of homeless people said they were evicted right before bottom of the hill homeless we need to make sure our families can for the record to pay rent in san francisco and the children are safe and supported this resolution focuses on the support of focus and education and job placement we can ask annunciation that you support the homeless emergency services

provider association request for $6.5 million and funding provided for housing subsidies to youth and others population as well as the halt evictions by fund 5 hundred families something that my family would have bend from any want to thank you and everyone tshths and speaking for myself and other youth that are effected by this appreciate it. >> thank you very much.

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm here to be a voice for all youth saying there's no other way to live but in the streets i'm here to be the voice for all the youth that think they have no choice when i was homeless he went through trauma and loss of families and friends and i battled through depression i'm here to ask the supervisors to give you to me and every youth that faces hardships the youth is our future there is still a lot more work to do so, please support our resolution to declare 2014 for recognizing

homeless youth. >> thank you very much>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm 15-year-old i've been a project youth as of june 2014 so project has been working with the youth justice committee of the youth commission and we wanted to thank them for all the dedication and time and support they've given us for the past two years and . >> that's correct. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm dan martinez i've been part of project since 2014 and i want to thank the youth and justice committee for supporting our project thank you.

>> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm listing i'd like to thank the i did not get commission for prioritizing this. >> textbook thabs very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm a student from paul revere school i'm here to talk about youth homelessness due ago we all need somewhere safe to live so we can prospective it no one wants to live in the streets something that needs to happen n in san francisco to noise it as well as provide important saviors or

services the hampton center heels the youth something worse the rate of homelessness is tripled over the last 10 years and now getting worse we also have concerned for the raising population of homeless youth in san francisco. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello i'm len even i'm also from paul rivera school i want to ask the board of supervisors to take steps to preventive homelessness from being a problem we support of the sf youth commission to spread waurpts and others to take this matter seriously starting with making this the year of homelessness we can inform the

people on the matters of san francisco writing testimonials and generate support for this cause we have wrote to the editor of san francisco hopefully about get that published we're committed and ask you to address the problems that have troubled us in the past and present thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm jody the executive director of leary are a and the co-chair of the children community coalition and a member of the - i depend on on the youth commission to work with me and the various organizations easy networks i've a part of the to really inform policy and inform services and to really to act as a bridge for the many young

people that we work with we consider the youth office our home away from home i want to appreciate the youth commission and all the amazing work you do i want to particularly commend and support the recommendation for timely youth and implementation of the two bodies regarding the new children fund and the affordable housing plan four k we have to provide housing for this very vulnerable and addicted population and lastly i want to particular encourage the city to implement 12 end and taking a look at to the collection of sexual organization and the gender services. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker,

please. >> good afternoon, supervisors my name is glen eagle i work as a senior youth analyst and the lead for k transitional youth inches i want to congratulate the youth commission for once again producing what i think is the best policy analysis that takes place in this city i've been doing the policy youth but i look forward to this day they needed to be applaud committed to working with the youth commission particular other than issues on recommendations to improve the outcomes for undocumented and other youth so be at the table is important thank you. >> is there anyone from the public that wishes to speak seeing none, public comment is closed

i want to thank everyone for being here today and colleagues landmarking look forward to that with that said, want to file with another motion supervisor wiener and seconded by supervisor tang we'll take that without objection. madam clerk, any announcements? >> no, mr. chair. >> thanks very much everyone we're adjourned