2.08.5020 - Membership.
A. The Commission shall be comprised of thirteen (13) voting members and one (1) alternate member.
B. It is the intent to have a balanced mix of local residents bringing their lived experience perspective to ensure that local needs are understood and met, local community leaders with experience working with target populations to provide specific insights and solutions, and other experts in the program areas to help guide use of the Fund towards meaningful outcomes and systemic change. It is the intent for the Commission to reflect the racial, ethnic, economic, generational and other diversity of the City of San José.
C. Commission members shall either live in San José, have a meaningful connection to San José, or have a history of working in San José in the relevant subject areas of the Fund, with the possible exception of one (1) academic/research role which may be statewide or national.
D. Commission members shall have a commitment to furthering the City's goals for anti-displacement, economic mobility, education and workforce development, and racial equity, supporting workers and family-supporting jobs, and uplifting historically disadvantaged groups, including women, people of color, people with disabilities, low-income residents, and the chronically unemployed.
E. At least five (5) members shall have Local Lived Experience in the core Fund areas. "Local Lived Experience" includes individuals with personal knowledge of the root causes of displacement gained through direct, first-hand involvement.
1. Commission members in this category shall live or operate a small business in a census tract categorized as 'high-risk' or 'undergoing displacement' by a credible, regularly updated source (such as the Urban Displacement Project at University of California Berkeley), including at least two (2) from East San José (defined as south of Berryessa Road, north of Capitol Expressway and Aborn Road, and east of U.S. Highway 101) and at least one (1) from the Greater Downtown Area that is part of the 'high risk' category as defined by the Urban Displacement Project or other credible source.
2. These Commission members should represent a range of experiences the Fund is intended to address, such as housing insecurity, neighborhood instability, homelessness, low-income, unemployment, and barriers to opportunity and economic mobility.
F. At least eight (8) members of the Commission shall have significant professional experience and subject matter expertise (e.g., through service delivery, policy-making, academic, or institutional capacity), in one or more of the following fields:
1. Affordable housing preservation and/or shared equity and community ownership including finance models.
2. Tenant advocacy and support.
3. Homelessness or homeless support services.
4. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) education (early childhood, K-12, post-secondary).
5. Employment and workforce development, job training, apprenticeship programs, labor.
6. Minority-owned, disadvantaged, small, or micro business retention and growth.
7. Neighborhood development, leadership development.
8. Philanthropy, fundraising, grant-making.
9. Nonprofit management, legal, finance experience.
10. Academic and/or research expertise in relevant fields such as equity, community development, sociology, demography and/or economic mobility.
G. Members of the Commission may qualify as both Local Lived Experience members as described in Section 2.08.5020.E and professional experience and subject matter expertise members as described in Section 2.08.5020.F.
H. The alternate member shall serve in place of any absent member on the Commission, and may exercise all the rights, privileges, and powers of the member when serving on the Commission. In the event of removal, resignation, or disqualification of a member, the alternate member is eligible for appointment to fill the vacancy.
I. In addition to the thirteen (13) voting members and one (1) alternate member, the Commission shall also include four (4) non-voting ex-officio members: three (3) representatives from the City administration and one (1) representative from Google, LLC. The role of the City representatives is to consider and advise on alignment and collaboration with City strategies, goals, and programs.
1. The Commission may add additional ex officio seats for additional major funders or others as deemed helpful by the Commission, subject to City Council approval.
J. A majority of the total number of seats of thirteen (13), whether filled or vacant, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the Commission to take action, although a lesser number may adjourn from time to time.
(Ord. 30809.)
