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JUSTICE & COURAGE PROJECT

OVERSIGHT PANEL MEETING

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

City Hall, Room #408

San Francisco, CA  94102

 

AGENDA

 

Public comment will be heard before or after each item. Individuals have 2 minutes for comment per issue.

                       

I.          CALL TO ORDER/AGENDA CHANGES                                                      ACTION                                

 

II.       APPROVAL OF MINUTES                                                                  Commissioner Keehn

ACTION: To approve minutes from meeting of October 1, 2008.                  ACTION

 

Materials: Minutes from October 1, 2008 meeting of the Justice & Courage Oversight Panel.           

                                                                                        

III.    BUSINESS                                                                      DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION

 

 

A.  Governance Committee                                                                 Beverly Upton/Kathy Black

Beverly Upton and Kathy Black will report on its efforts to identify potential new panel members for January 2009.

 

B.  Audit Implementation Committee                                                     Ken Theisen/Kathy Black

Ken Theisen and Kathy Black will give a report on the Audit Implementation Committee.  The next meeting of the committee will be December 12, 2008.  The location is 50 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA  94102.

 

D.  Batterer Accountability Committee                                                  Mary Cavanaugh

Mary Cavanaugh will report on the work of the Batterer Accountability Committee.  The next meeting of the Committee is Thursday, December 4, 2008, at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 130.

                      

IV.     REPORTS                                                                      DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION

 

A.     JUS.T.I.S.                                                                                                      Staff/Upton

The status of the JUS.T.I.S Project will be updated.  The next meeting of the JUS.T.I.S. Steering Committee is Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 10:00am, at City Hall Room #305.

 

 

 

 

B.     Family Violence Council                                                                               Beverly Upton

Beverly Upton will update the Panel on the Family Violence Council.  The next meeting of the Council is Thursday, January 15, 2009 from 3-4:30 pm.  The location is 400 McAllister (at Polk), 5^th Floor Conference Room.

                                                                                   

C.     Stalking Task Force                                                                                     Jill Tregor

Jill Tregor will provide an update on the District Attorney’s Stalking Task Force.  The Stalking Task Force will discuss the recommendations of the Safety and Accountability Audit at its next meeting, on December 12, 2008 at 3pm. The meeting will be held at the Office of the District Attorney, in the Library.

 

D.     Current Domestic Violence Cases/Trials                                                    Beverly Upton

Beverly Upton will provide an update to the Oversight Panel about any current domestic violence cases that require attention or support.

 

V.        NEW BUSINESS                                                                                               DISCUSSION

 

VI.     PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                                        DISCUSSION

                                   

VII.  ADJOURNMENT                                                                                             ACTION        

 

 

 

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Explanatory documents: For copies of explanatory documents listed in this agenda, and other related materials received by COSW, please contact the Department on the Status of Women at 25 Van Ness Ave, Suite 130, San Francisco, CA  94102; phone: 415-252-2570, fax:  415-252-2575.   Also, to the extent possible, documents will be available on the COSW website at http://www.sfgov.org/cosw.

 

If any materials related to an item on this agenda have been distributed to the Oversight Panel after distribution of the agenda packet, those materials are available for public inspection at the Department on the Status of Women during normal office hours.

 

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