San Francisco Youth Commission
Youth Justice Committee
Minutes
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
5:00-7:00 PM
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Members: Joshua Cardenas, Jillian Wu, Alexandra Berliner, Sophie Edelhart

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:02 pm. Commissioners present: Cardenas, Edelhart, Wu; Commissioners absent: Berliner; Staff present: Adele Failes-Carpenter

There was quorum.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Cardenas, seconded by Commissioner Wu, moved to approve the agenda. There was no public comment. The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. July 15, 2014
(Document A)

Commissioner Cardenas, seconded by Commissioner Wu, moved to approve the minutes. There was no public comment. The motion was approved by acclamation.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There was none.

5. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Review 13-14 priorities related to immigration and youth employment

Commissioner Cardenas and Edelhart reviewed the Budget and Policy priorities from 2013-14, paying special attention to the following:
• The SFPD-SFUSD MOU
• The Children of Incarcerated Parents Hearing and SFPD order concerning parental arrest, DGO 7.04
• Opposing the arming of juvenile probation officers
• The Solutions not Suspensions campaign
• Opening access to the Juvenile Hall recreation yard
• Sponsoring Afro Solo’s Audacity to Hope event
• Learning about the DA’s Make it Right juvenile restorative justice model and the DA’s alternative sentencing programs for TAY adults
• Learning about the Interrupt, Predict and Organize plan from the Mayor’s Violence Prevention office

Staff shared updates about emerging issues, including domestic violence advocates informing the youth commission of new protocols concerning referrals to Child Protective Services/Family and Children Services FCS, when responding to police matters where children are present.

Staff also shared that the DA’s office would like to focus on the needs of justice system involved TAY through focus groups with TAY serving providers.

Staff and committee members reviewed the key city and community partners that the committee works with:

City partners: SFPD, Police Commission, Office of Citizen Complaints, JPD, Juvenile Probation Commission, the Juvenile Advisory Council, Juvenile Justice Commission, Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, Adult Probation, the Reentry Council, the DA, the Public Defender, SFUSD/SAC/BOE, the Sheriff, DCYF, the Mayor’s Office of Violence Prevention

Community partners: Juvenile Justice Providers Association, Project WHAT, SF Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership, Taking a Stand SF, Asian Law Caucus, Coleman Advocates, Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, CHALK, BLING, Spotlight on the Arts, Mission Peace Collaborative, the Zellerbach Foundation, Strategies for Youth, Dignity in Schools campaign, Community Justice Network for Youth

Committee members directed staff to make a handout detailing the partners. Members asked staff to schedule the following: presentations from Project WHAT; a meeting with the Juvenile Probation Department; with SFPD and SFUSD about MOU implementation; with the DA’s Alternative Sentencing Planner to discuss TAY needs assessment; and a visit to the Juvenile Advisory Council’s orientation.

Committee members expressed they would like to learn more about the following: SFPD MOU; Whether youth advocates can have monthly meetings with SFPD re: MOU and police training; What elements of the MOU have been implemented; The JPD arming and rec yard priorities; What is compelling the push to arm juvenile probation officers?; Will there be community input before arming protocols are undertaken; What access juvenile detainees currently have to the rec yard?; JJCC bylaws and if they will meet more often; TAY intervention needs as seen by the DA office; What policy recommendations SFCIP and Project WHAT have from the June 2014 CIP hearing.

There was no public comment.


B. Committee goals

Committee members affirmed they would like to continue the priorities from last year and affirmed their interest in working on the following:

• Follow up on the JPO arming protocols (Commissioner Wu and Community member, Juan Santamaria)
• The Juvenile Hall Rec Yard (Commissioners Edelhart and Wu)
• Recommendations to improve city services for CIP (Commissioners Cardenas and Edelhart)
• MOU implementation (Commissioners Cardenas, Wu, Edelhart)
• Implementing Police Youth-Training (Commissioners Edelhart and Cardenas and Community member, Juan Santamaria)
• Services for Justice System Involved TAY/Alternative Sentencing for TAY (Commissioners Wu, Edelhart)

There was no public comment.

C. Elect Committee Chair

This item was tabled until all committee members are present.

6. Staff Report

A. Review Meeting Schedule and YC Calendar

Commissioners reviewed the regularly scheduled committee meetings. There was no public comment.

B. Programmatic Updates

Staff updated commissioners about the opportunity to participate in the DOSW anti-trafficking poster contest. Staff shared a national news article about the DGO 7.04 parental arrest protocol. Staff shared news that City College was considering arming its campus police, and that advocates in Los Angeles were opposing the transfer of military weaponry and armor to school police departments in California.

7. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:03 pm.