again, my mia toomuch and i am a youth commissioner. today, we will be talking about out a little bit who the youth commission is. so the youth commission is responsible for identifying the unmet needs and concerns of san franciscans and children and youth. we are invested because we recommend that queer and transyouth see disproportionate amounts of discrimination and we were instrumental in creating it as an ordinance which was early in the youth commission's history. and we see the ordinance as an outstanding need for addressing the needs of lgbtq youth and city services and especially as a youth to migrated to this city i am invested because i recognize that i had to receive city services to have my basic needs met for a number of years. and as a person who has experienced homelessness, violence and unemployment and employment discrimination, like many of my peers, i see that the crucial need for having supportive service providers there, filling the void when family members and those on the community don't. our housing issue s comm

forward and i would like to thank the hard work of all of the youth commissioners and particularly mia toomuch for bringing this issue forward and thank you. and san francisco is a sanctuary in city ways, we have led on queer issues and it has made our city a sanctuary not only for the youth who grew up here but from the youth around the world who come to our city as i did when i was 18. many of these youth who are coming to san francisco and many of them come here because of a lack of support in their homes or communities. and the club would like to see the city agencies provide the adequate and ininclusive support that these growth came here for and need. we support the youth's commissions ask for staff training ininclusive intake forms and identifying leadership to work on ongoing best practices and implementation of nxefl. we look forward to working with the youth commission the family and the elected officials to insure that 12 n is fully implemented in a timely manner, thank you. >> next speaker. >> hi, thanks for having this today, i'm super excited to see all of the people in the room

that i would say is, i do want to begin by thanking the youth commission and especially commissioner toomuch. it is incredible when you look at the fact that we passed this law in 1999. that there is still no the level of compliance that we want to see. and it is quite amazing that it is the youth people who are basically saying that you are not doing what this law said that you were supposed to do. and i really appreciate all of the departments that have come forward when there are different levels of compliance and it is impressive to see the things that are happening and certainly the video of dph and i really appreciated the presentation and all of the things that they are doing and that they are going to do and i appreciate that and of course the human. and i think that the main and of course the juvenile probation department and i think that the training that is in here, chief is really impressive and i would love to figure out how to take that on the road with some of these other departments and of course, dcyf who has then a lot of work with the lgbtq community especially youth, and

that i would say is, i do want to begin by thanking the youth commission and especially commissioner toomuch. it is incredible when you look at the fact that we passed this law in 1999. that there is still no the level of compliance that we want to see. and it is quite amazing that it is the youth people who are basically saying that you are not doing what this law said that you were supposed to do. and i really appreciate all of the departments that have come forward when there are different levels of compliance and it is impressive to see the things that are happening and certainly the video

i also want to thank the youth commissioners, particularly commission toomuch, who with her brave verocity has pushed this agenda forward and we appreciate that. >> and also for the human rights commission. i guess embarrassingly we have not implemented over the past ten years and we have done the touch training for our staff, but definitely not to the extent or the full spirit of the legislation, i am here more to listen to my colleagues and be very open to end the discussions from this hearing. >> i will say that our department primarily works with the non-profit agencies and as a result, we have done a lot of focus on trying to figure out the best training models for the non-profit agencies and one of the promising practices that i would like to offer to this body is the training of the train the trainer model of our children with disabilities. where we we bring them in together and cohorts with a lead non-profit agency to provide the trainings and from there, the hopes is for them to just be made to other colleagues in within their fields we used it in the disability and to train the n

gone into and just recently where they need to go and i really appreciate the work of commissioner toomuch and the youth commission over all to bring this to our attention. i think that this check in that we have today, is really going to be instrumental and actually getting and moving forward on making sure that we are in compliance and i do agree that we do need to change 12 n to improve upon it the added compliance process in it as well as a reporting mechanism at the end of each year. and it would really assure that we are meeting our marks on these things. so what i would like to do is speak with the youth commission afterward and develop a plan with the youth commission about how we can move forward legislatively and administratively and getting the departments together as well will be really important, i think that seeing the video, with that meeting would be a really great thing to see and do and think about how they can use the video for our own training and also to think about how we can make the similar improvements in other departments as well. and so i look forward to moving f

is the bay view center for arts and technology to produce a training video of which commissioner toomuch has referenced in which we are excited with the end results. i think that it is important to know that once again san francisco was the only city in the nation with this type of ordinance to record. and the human rights commission is committed to the practices in following the legacy of insuring that all communities in san francisco diverse mosaic is treated with the same amount of dignity and respect of all other communities. we are hoping and very appreciative of the committee and with supervisor avalos leading the charge to help us further proceed on the 12 n because this is an extremely important that effects the lgbtq youth. and of course, speaking to that, not only will we be able to aid the youth community in improving their quality of life but also the quality of life for the whole lgbtq community in san francisco. with that i certainly welcome to answer whatever questions you may have of me at this time. >> thank you, for your presentation and thank you for your work and for