JUSTICE & COURAGE PROJECT
OVERSIGHT PANEL MEETING
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
City Hall, Room #408
San Francisco, CA 94102
Draft Minutes
Members Present: Kathy Black, La Casa de las Madres
Juana Flores, Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Dorka Keehn, Commission on the Status of Women
Emily Murase, PhD, Department on the Status of Women
Antonio Ramirez, POCOVI
Beverly Upton, Domestic Violence Consortium
Jill Tregor, Department on the Status of Women (staff)
Members Absent
(Excused) Mary Cavanaugh, U.C. Berkeley
Marily Mondejar, Filipina Women’s Network
Ken Theisen, Bay Area Legal Aid
Allyson Hauck
I. CALL TO ORDER/AGENDA CHANGES
The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Dorka Keehn, at 9:14 a.m. There were no agenda changes.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Keehn
ACTION: Minutes were approved from meetings of June 4, 2008 and Strategic Planning Retreat of July 16, 2008, with changes. (Upton/Ramirez/All)
III. BUSINESS DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION
A. Report on the Justice & Courage Annual Strategic Planning Retreat Keehn
Ms. Tregor explained the process for the creation of the draft Strategic Plan—it merges the last approved Strategic Plan with the issues raised at the Strategic Planning Retreat. The Oversight Panel discussed the draft submitted by Ms. Tregor and made comments/edits. Ms. Tregor will bring an updated version back to the Oversight Panel for approval at the next meeting.
B. Governance Committee Commissioner Keehn
The Governance Committee has been generating ideas for candidates for the upcoming open seats. We expect as many as 3 openings.
C. Media Committee
Based on discussion at the Strategic Planning Retreat, the Media Committee will not hold regular meetings, but will convene when necessary. No meeting is currently scheduled.
D. Audit Implementation Committee
Ms. Black reported that the Audit Implementation commission continues to review recommendations, with a focus on those that require more than one department to be involved in implementation. Departmental presentations have been suspended while these recommendations are reviewed and we gather input from each department.
E. Batterer Accountability Committee
The next meeting of the Batterer Accountability Committee is August 29, 2008.
IV. REPORTS DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION
A. JUS.T.I.S.
Staff reported that the Police Department continues to lag behind on JUSTIS implementation. They are currently reporting that they will not be online before sometime in late 2009.
B. Family Violence Council
Ms. Upton reported that the Family Violence Council is going really well, and that it is exciting to see such a broad range of folks meeting together who do not usually have the opportunity to do so. She reported that Animal Care & Control will return in the future for more discussion, and that the last meeting was focused on death reviews. The City’s Medical Examiner, Dr. Amy Hart, made a presentation to the Council as the person who serves on all death review teams. A report will be issued at the end of the year about the findings from each of the Death Review Teams. Ms. Upton stated that the support and staff from the Department on the Status of Women were much appreciated. The next meeting of the Council is October 16, 2008 from 3:00pm-4:30pm.
C. Stalking Task Force
Ms. Tregor reported that the Stalking Task Force will be discussing the recommendations of the Safety and Accountability Audit at its next meeting. However, no meeting is as yet scheduled.
V. NEW BUSINESS
Ms. Upton reported that the law on Body Attachments, sponsored by Senator Yee, passed and was signed by the Governor. This is tremendous news.
VI. PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:25am. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
