Mayor’s Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking Minutes

Wednesday April 29, 2015 1:30 – 3:30 pm

City Hall, Room 201  

1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102

Attendees:

Tara Anderson, DA; Katherine Berg, La Casa de las Madres; B. Patrick Buckalew, Huckleberry Youth Programs; Frances Byrne, Freedom House; Irene Casanova, Larkin Street; Cristy Dieterich, DPH Newcomers; Lt. Michael Dudoroff, SFPD-SVU; Johanna Gendelman, HSA; Pratima Gupta, St. James Infirmary; Allison Ipsen, DOSW; Minouche Kandel, DOSW; Hyun-Mi Kim, APILO; Dana Lang, SFPD; Antonia Lavine, SFCAHT-NCJW; Kevin Lee; DPH; Julie Lim, DOSW; Alix Lutnick, RTI; Beverly May, CA Massage Therapy Council; Emily Murase, DOSW; Diana Oliva-Aroche, Mayor’s Office; Jackie Ortiz, DA Victim Services; Toni Powell, JPD; Leah Chen Price, APILO; Dyanna Quizon, Board of Supervisors; Anne Pearson, City Attorney; Beverley Popek, OLSE; Sister Therese Randolph, Sisters of Mercy; Lt. Ed Santos, SFPD-SVU; Susanna Shin, Love Never Fails; Ana Villagran, JPD;

Minutes Approved

Update on FCS CSEC Protocol

Johanna Gendelman updated on the CSEC protocol being developed by Family & Children’s Services.  They plan to have a protocol drafted by July. FCS is hosting CSEC trainings for staff. FCS is piloting a CSEC screening form.

Super Bowl Committee Update

Emily Murase updated on the Super Bowl Committee.  The Super Bowl Host Committee has agreed to train its 7000 volunteers on human trafficking.  Stanford has agreed to host a free human trafficking training for hospitality workers on its on-line educational portal.  Staff from DOSW is collaborating with Made in A Free World to bring their tool for analyzing risk of trafficking in the supply chain to restaurants and hotels.

Presenting Clip from “Parlor Games” Episode and Discussion

Kevin Lee from DPH presented a clip from the “Parlor Games” episode of the MSNBC series “Sex Slaves.” The clip showed footage from some Massage Inspection Task Force inspections run by DPH and SFPD. There was extensive discussion about allowing media to film human trafficking investigations and possible human trafficking survivors in the context of these inspections.  Several people raised concerns with broadcasting images of women in these establishments without their consent and how the presence of cameras might interfere with the ability/trust of a possible trafficking survivor to disclose information.  Minouche agreed to follow up on how decisions were made to allow MSNBC to film these inspections and what kind of policy was in place to guide those decisions. 

Update on Local Massage Establishment Ordinance                                      

There was an update on Supervisor Tang’s ordinance to strengthen enforcement at massage establishments.

Possible Evaluation of Task Force

Dr. Alexandra Lutnick discussed a federal grant she would like to apply for that would provide funds for her and some colleagues to evaluate several human trafficking task forces in the U.S., including the Mayor’s task Force.  (Other Task Forces to be evaluated are in Baltimore and New Orleans .)  The evaluators would be a team of researchers and survivors.  The group approved Dr. Lutnick’s inclusion of our Task Force in her proposed evaluation. [Kandel/Buckalew]

Presentation on Love Never Fails New Housing Program            

Susannah Shin from Love Never Fails presented on their new safe house which opened in March in the East Bay. 

Next Meeting                                                                                                                  

Next meeting: June 24, 2015, 1:30 – 3:30 pm; City Hall room 305