This page is intended to help you see how the SF Supervisors
stand on various children's issues.
There are many categories listed below and each grid shows you which Supervisor is
out in front on a given issue,
what they have promised to do about it, what action they have taken, and what the
outcome is so far.
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Ammiano | Abuse in foster care | Agreed to hold a hearing 2/9/98 | Called for a hearing to review SF's foster care system | |
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| Kaufman | MOCYF accountability | Agreed to support youth evaluations of MOCYF funded agencies if in collaboration with "professional evaluators" | ||
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| Brown | Police accountability and Guns | Held hearings in the Bayview | ||
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| Yee | Program evaluation | Currently working on legislation to require all youth services funded by the City to be evaluated annually by youth | ||
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| Ammiano | Youth on city commissions | Agreed to support a measure to put youth representatives on City Commissions, Youth Commission currently working with City Attorney to propose legislation | ||
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Child Care and Early Childhood Services
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Teng (sponsor), Katz | Universal child care | 2/98 Agreed to make Universal Childcare #1 priority upon appt. as Finance Chair | 1/5/98 Introduced Resolution to establish universal child care policy in SF (see also budget item) | |
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| Yee | Child care-CalWORKS subsidies | Showed interest in CalWORKS implementation, subsidies for working poor, integration of services | 12/15/97 Called for hearing | 5/28/98 Hearing held |
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| Teng (sponsor), Bierman, Katz, Medina | Clinton's child care plan | 1/20/98 Introduced resolution to urge Congress to adopt Clinton's child care plan. 2/6/98 Resolution approved by Board; Res. #53-98 |
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| Yaki | Headstart | Has expressed interest in reviewing current situation, many public meetings have been held | Will call for hearings probably in May | |
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| Bierman | Free home visits for newborns | Has expressed interest in supporting free home visits for all newborns in SF | ||
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| Medina | Day Care for Welfare to Work | 3/30/98 Called for hearing to consider availability, conditions, and costs of day care for parents transitioning from welfare | ||
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| Ammiano | Restaurant fee for children's nutrition programs | Has expressed that he would support proposal for new restaurant fee | ||
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| Teng | Affordable Childcare Fund | Is sponsoring Childcare Quality Enhancement Fund | Called a hearing | Introduced legislation to approve Nexux study of the viability of expansion of the
affordable child care fund. Legislation approved by Board |
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| Bierman (sponsor), Ammiano, Yee, Brown, Katz, Medina, Newsom, Teng, Yaki | Relocation of SF State Child Study Center | 4/20/98 introduced resolution to urge SF State to reconsider relocation of Child Study Center | ||
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| Katz (sponsor), Bierman, Leno, Medina, Brown | Support of AB 2806 (children's waiting rooms in courthouse) | 4/27/98 Introduced resolution to urge support of AB 2806 5/15/98 Resolution approved by Board; Res. # 354-98 | ||
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Education
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Bierman (sponsor), Medina, Teng, Ammiano, Katz | Bi-lingual Education | 2/17/98 Introduced resolution to oppose Unz Initiative 3/6/98 Resolution approved by Board; Res. # 134-98 | ||
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| Teng (sponsor), Bierman, Katz | Standardized testing | 3/9/98 Introduced resolution to support AB 1815 3/27/98 Resolution approved by Board; Res # 202-98 | ||
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| Ammiano (sponsor), Yee, Bierman, Medina | Teacher dedication in SFUSD | Introduced resolution of commendation to teachers for their dedication and tireless efforts 5/28/98 Commendation approved by Board; Res. #134-98 | ||
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| Ammiano, Yee | Teacher accountability and education reform | Agreed to support students organizing for education reform and look into teacher accountability to students | ||
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Health
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Medina | Children's mental health at Juvenile Hall | 3/23/98 Called for hearing on the state of the mental health care system for youth in SF juvenile justice system | ||
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| Yee | Children's mental health-state of MH system | 12/15/97 Called for hearing on state of mental health care system in SF 3/26/98 Hearing held |
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| Yee (sponsor), Brown, Medina | Children's mental health-Prevention | 5/27/98 Hearing held on re-allocating money into prevention and early intervention programs | 3/30/98 Introduced resolution to urge creation of Children, Youth, and Family Reinvestment Project Fund | |
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| Katz (sponsor), Brown, Medina | Toxic Exposure and Street Construction | 12/16/97 Introduced resolution to decrease impact of toxic substances to children created by street contruction during school hours 12/30/97 Resolution approved by Board; Res. #1160-97 | ||
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| Ammiano, Katz | DPH funding for LGBTQ Youth Task Force | 2/98 Proposed city funding | ||
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| Newsom | Substance abuse-treatment on demand | 2/98 Wrote letter to Rojas inquiring about exisiting programs. Worked with Mayor to increase funding | 2/98 Sponsoring community forums | |
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| Bierman, Newsom | Tobacco shop moratorium | Agreed to promote next hearing and turn into permanent law | ||
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| Bierman, Ammiano, Newsom, Katz | City-wide lead-safe campaign including education, lead-safe public facilities, and lead testing | Agreed to work with Healthy Children Organizing Project to hold public hearings | 3 public hearings held: a)Feb 26th-all agencies, b)March 12th-SFUSD, c)April 7th-Rec and Park |
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| Bierman, Brown, Yee | Child Health / Wellness-Asthma in BV/HP | Agreed to work with BV/HP Healthy Start Collaborative 3/17/98-Presentation to Health Commission 3/24/98-Indoor Air Quality Roundtable re: BV/HP schools |
Family, Health, & Environ Comm: (a) 10/97-Asthma & Cancer Testing (b) 11/97-Asthma & Cancer Testing (c) 2/98-Construction near schools | 3/98-Move budget/program process forward 3/98-Introduced resolution regarding dust/construction near schools |
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| Kaufman (sponsor), Teng, Katz, Bierman, Leal, Brown | Domestic Violence | 9/22/98 Introduced commendation of SF Family Violence Council for developing SF Domestic
Violence Protocol 10/3/98 Commendation approved by Board; Res. #886-97 |
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| Teng (sponsor), Katz, Yaki, Ammiano, Bierman, Brown | Health plans for severe mental illness and emotional disturbances | 8/4/97 Introduced resolution to support AB 1100 8/15/97 Resolution approved by Board; Res. #744-97 | ||
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Community Parks, Playgrounds and Transportation
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Medina | Bike lanes on Valencia | 3/9/98 Bike lane proposal to Board | ||
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| Ammiano | Clean city vehicles | 2/9/98 Introduced legislation for clean city air/vehicles plan | ||
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| Newsom | Clean-up Joseph Lee rec center | Agreed to help clean up park on 2/2/98 | ||
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| Newsom | Community input into parks | 3/23/98 Suggested line-item budget be developed for each neighborhood park, with greater public participation in developing budgets | Worked with Mayor to insure increase in Rec & Park allocations in City Budget | |
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| Yaki | MUNI-School-age child transporation | Agreed to make MUNI/youth issues a #1 priority in 1998 | 3/2/98 Called for public hearing about transporation needs of school-age children 6/16/98 Hearing held | 1/12/98 Introduced resolution to urge MUNI and SFUSD to create a "Beacon Center Line" |
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| Medina | Parks in the Mission | Agreed to support parks in North Mission | ||
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| Medina | Playground at Daniel Webster Elem | Agreed to call School Board members regarding playground | ||
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| Ammiano | Zoo fee increases | Called for Public hearing before increases | Wrote letter to Rec and Park | 2/98 Hearing held 3/98 Though no official legislation was introduced or passed, increases were put on hold |
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| Yaki | Golden Gate Park Concourse | Convened meetings to develop proposal for Golden Gate Park Concourse | Introduced ballot measure: Golden Gate Park Concourse Revitalization Act 6/98 Ballot measure was passed | |
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Parent and Family Support
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Ammiano | Children with disabilities | Has shown interest in supporting this issue | ||
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| Katz | TalkLin | Agreed to meet w/Talkline on March 24 | ||
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| Bierman | TalkLine | Agreed to meet with Director of TalkLine about funding (see also budget item) | ||
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| Yee (sponsor), Leal, Bierman, Katz | Welfare "reform" and SSI | 8/18/97 Introduced resolution to urge Congress and President Clinton to reevaluate welfare reform laws that deny SSI for disabled children | 9/5/97 Resolution approved by Board; Res # 817-97 | |
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| Leno | Scholarship fund for TANF recipients in college | Expressed interest in creating scholarship fund for TANF recipients attending college | ||
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| Ammiano (sponsor), Medina, Bierman, Katz, Brown | Housing Evictions | 11/17/97 Introduced resolution to urge Gov. Wilson not to evict 50,000 children and
families from their homes 12/05/97 Resolution approved by Board Res No. 1066-97 |
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| Leno | Earned Income Tax Credit | Has shown interest in developing outreach campaign to educate employeers and low income workers about earned income tax credit | ||
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Safety
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Bierman, Yaki | Crosswalk at Leadership H.S. | Agreed to look into issue after receiving letter | ||
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| Katz | Guns in school zones | Introduced a resolution urging SF to support SB1404 to require any firearm possessed in a school zone to be confiscated & destroyed passed 3/23/98 Resolution was approved by the Board | ||
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| Bierman | Playground at Daniel Webster Elem | Agreed to follow-up with Superintendent regarding playground | ||
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| Yaki | Police accountability | Expressed interest in holding new hearings | ||
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| Newsom | Rec & Park safety | 3/9/98 Introduced resolution calling for the creation of a park safety task force Resolution was approved by the Board | ||
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| Newsom | Retrofit non-moveable safety bars | Currently working on legislation and funding | ||
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| Newsom | Safety & graffiti at Washington H.S. | Submitted formal letter | ||
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| Brown | Stop sign at Niagara & Alemany | Agreed to follow-up on issue | ||
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Youth Development
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Bierman | Accessibility of Yuerba Buena Gardens to teens | Agreed to follow-up on issue | ||
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| Yaki | After-school programs | Promised to expand after-school programs in the Richmond | ||
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| Ammiano, Newsom | Funding for MYEEP | Agreed to support a supplemental budget for MYEEP | ||
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| Brown | Juvenile justice | Promised to oppose S10 | ||
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| Bierman | Juvenile justice, community-based programs | Sponsored resolution to direct oversee body of TANF $ to use for community-based programs | ||
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| Ammiano | Gay and lesbian youth and juvenile justice | 7/7/97 Called hearing on intake procedures of LGBTQ youth at YGC 10/23/97 Hearing held |
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| Katz | Multi-media training for youth | 9/22/97 Called hearing to consider factors involved in training disagvantaged youth
in Interactive Media Industry 10/21/97 hearing held |
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| Yaki, Yee | Resources for Inner City Youth | Agreed to support more resources for ICY | ||
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| Medina | Youth employment | Agreed to move legislation to make city contractors hire youth | ||
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| Yaki | Youth employment | Agreed to look into more youth jobs via YouthWorks | ||
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| Newsom, Bierman | Youth Space | Agreed to meet with Y-MAC to follow-up on Youth Space (see also budget item) | ||
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| Katz (sponsor) Ammiano, Bierman, Brown, Leno, Medina, Newsom | Increase services for homeless youth | 6/15/98 Introduced resolution calling for formation of a Homeless Youth Working Group (see also budget item) | ||
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| Katz | Homeless youth in Golden Gate Park | 11/17/97 Hearing called to develop action plan for coordination of services for homeless
youth 6/11/98 hearing held |
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| Ammiano | Expand Beacons Centers | Agreed to hold a public hearing to expand beacons and support meetings with school board members for expansion | ||
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| Newsom (sponsor), Brown, Teng, Leno, Bierman | Youth employment and Rec & Park | 6/8/98 Called for resolution urging support of pilot youth employment program of Rec and Park | ||
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| Newsom (sponsor), Teng, Leno | Youth Court resititution program in Parks | 6/8/98 Called for resolution urging support of Youth Court resitituion program in collaboration with Rec and Park | ||
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| Katz (sponsor), Bierman, Medina, Teng, Brown, Ammiano, Kaufman, Leal, Newsom, Yaki, Yee | Youth Vote '97 | 10/15/97 Introduced commendation to Y-MAC for Youth Vote '97 10/31/97 Commendation approved by Board Res No. 963-97 |
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| Teng, Bierman | Funds for construction of Excelsior Youth Center | 10/06/97 Introduced ordinance to amend Admin Code to authorize acceptance and expenditure for gift to construct Excelsior Youth Center | ||
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| Newsom | Prop E-Youth Commission | 8/4/97 Called for hearing to consider submitting ballor arguement in support of
Prop E 8/12/97 Hearing called |
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| Brown (sponsor), Bierman | Transitional Housing for 17 yrs old | 12/17/97 Hearing held | 12/8/97 Introduced resolution to request State DSS to allow City and County of SF
to participate in Transitional Housing Placement Program 12/30/97 Resolution approved by Board Res No. 1162-97 |
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Budget Allocation
| Supervisor(s) | Specific Issue | Promise Made | Action Taken | Outcome |
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| Teng | High Quality Child Care Fund | 6/98 Added $2 Million to City Budget | ||
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| Teng, Katz, Yee, Yaki, Ammiano | Child Care Facilities Fund | 6/98 Added $400,000 to Mayor's allocation of $200,000 | ||
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| Newsom, Katz, Bierman | TALKLINE | 6/98 Added $200,000 to City Budget | ||
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| Katz, Ammiano | Homeless Youth Shelter | 6/98 Added $200,000 to City Budget | ||
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| Newsom | Youth Space | 6/98 Added $75,000 to Mayor's allocation of $100,000 | ||
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| Teng | Beacon School Initiative | 6/98 Added $200,000 to City Budget | ||
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| Newsom | Randall Museum | 6/98 Added $30,000 to City Budget | ||
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| Newsom | Day Camp for Middle School Youth | 6/98 Added $75,000 to City Budget | ||
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| Newsom | Support for Rec Centers | 6/98 Added $325,000 to City Budget | ||
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