Mayor's Task Force on Human Trafficking - April 25, 2018 - Supporting Documents

Meeting Date: 
April 25, 2018 - 1:30pm
Location: 
1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 305
San Francisco, CA 94102

San Francisco Mayor’s Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking Recommendations Dashboard

Number

Description

Responsible Entity

Accomplishments

1a

Ensuring that the Youth Advisory Board is as successful as it can be

Youth Committee

  • Establishment of Youth Advisory Board;

 

  • Participation of YAB members in February and April 2018 Youth Committee meeting;

 

  • Provided feedback to Housing and Placement recommendations.

 

 

1b

Increase input from adult trafficking survivor/trafficking affected individuals.

Adult Committee

  • Meeting on 4-2-18;
  • Schedule training for Task Force members for June meeting on creating a supportive space for survivors to participate

2a

Require San Francisco agencies to report their compliance with AB 1227

Youth Committee

  • SFUSD to report at 4-25-18 Task Force Meeting

2b

Expand trainings at San Francisco City departments and community-based organizations

  • Create a training strategy to create a “train the trainer” approach of information and education sharing;
  • Use report data to identify entities in need of training

 

 

3

Advocate for High Priority Housing Needs for Youth

Youth Committee

  • Draft of Housing priorities created

4

Advocate for a Human Trafficking Specialized Unit at the District Attorney’s Office

General Task Force

  • SFDA submitted a budget to the Mayor including the unit.

 

5

Examine infrastructure of the Task Force

General Task Force

 

6

Assess what labor trafficking looks like in massage establishments

Adult Committee

 

7a

Outreach Healthy Nail Salon Program

Adult Committee

  • Content on labor rights finalized and translated

7b

Continue Support for Good Food Purchasing Program

Adult Committee

  • Hearing at Board of Supervisors 1-24-18;
  • Planning workshop with Sheriff and DPH on 2-26-18 & 4-16-18;
  • Resolution introduced at Board of Supervisors 4-17-18

7c

Education and Outreach on Prioritizing Safety for Sex Worker Policy

Sex Work and Trafficking Policy Impact Committee

  • Policy finalized in 12-17 and press release issued in 1-18;
  • City on record as supporting AB 2243, which passed out of Assembly;
  • Outreach event for sex worker community planned for 6-13-18;
  • St. James has created flyer and is circulating;
  • Human Rights Commission presented on policy at event with El/La in March;
  • Exploring creation of video with SFPD

               

1.Increase Input from Persons Impacted by Trafficking

To ensure that the work being done within the Task Force is centered around needs of individuals most impacted by trafficking and their communities, the Task Force realizes the need to better incorporate these voices in the work.

o    Ensuring that the Youth Advisory Board is as successful as it can be, and how to best support young people, should be central to the work of the Task Force;

o    Increase input from adult trafficking survivor/trafficking affected individuals.

2.Human Trafficking Trainings

  • Require San Francisco agencies to report their compliance with AB 1227. which mandates that information regarding human trafficking (both sex and labor), be taught as part of health education classes in middle and high schools.
  • Expand trainings at San Francisco City departments and community-based organizations impacted by trafficking to ensure that all individuals are trained to identify and respond when faced with potential and confirmed cases of human trafficking;
    • Create a training strategy that builds off the expertise of the individuals within the Task Force, provide a network of speakers and trainers to create a “train the trainer” approach of information and education sharing;
    • Use report data to identify entities most in need of training.
  1. Identify, prioritize, and advocate for most needed housing and placement options for youth who are vulnerable to or impacted by trafficking.

Data from 2016 reveals that 29 % of requests for transitional or permanent Housing and 47 % of requests for out of home placement were unable to be fulfilled. Individuals 18-24 comprise 50 % of the total cases reported, representing a vulnerable population that has aged out of many youth services but often still need resources provided by these systems.

4.Create a Human Trafficking Specialized Unit at the District Attorney’s Office

5.Examine infrastructure of the Task Force

One of the challenges faced by the Task Force is the limited staffing, which often falls on the volunteer efforts of members or the Department on the Status of Women. The Task Force will assess what can be done to improve the support members have from the Task Force and vice versa.

6.Assess what labor trafficking looks like in massage establishments

By mapping out the impact that labor trafficking has on the massage industry in San Francisco, the Task Force hopes to get more information on prevention and intervention actions that can be addressed through policy.

7.Continue to work on implementation of existing initiatives

The Task Force remains committed to implementing the Healthy Nail Salon Program, the Good Food Purchasing Program, and the Prioritizing Safety for Sex Workers policies.