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Oversight_Panel

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JUSTICE & COURAGE PROJECT

OVERSIGHT PANEL COMITTEE

Monday, August 22, 2005

9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Hearing Room 416, City Hall

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.

San Francisco , CA 94102

 

DRAFT AGENDA

 

Public comment will be heard before and/or after each agenda item.  Individuals have a 2 minute maximum for public comment per issue.

 

Oversight Panel:

Commissioner Dorka Keehn, Co-Chair	COSW
Superintendent Fiona Ma, Co-Chair	Mayor’s Board of Supervisors
Marily Mondejar	Consultant
Dr. Emily Murase	DOSW
Ken Theisen	Bay Area Legal Aid
Jill Tregor	Greenbook
Beverly Upton	Domestic Violence Consortium

 

Staff:

Aparna Reddi	DOSW

 

I.          CALL TO ORDER/AGENDA CHANGES                                                                    1 min.  

 

II.       APPROVAL OF MINUTES                                                       ACTION                     3 min.

Explanatory documents – Draft meeting minutes for April 20, 2005 and June 29, 2005

 

III.    OLD BUSINESS                                                                         DISCUSSION

 

A.     San Francisco Police Department’s Domestic                             Aparna Reddi              5 min.

      Violence Response Unit (DVRU) – Letter to Chief Fong

Ms. Reddi will update the Panel on the letter to Chief Fong outlining basic space requirements for the DVRU.

 

Explanatory document – draft letter to Chief Fong

 

B.     Status of Media Subcommittee                                        Commissioner Dorka Keehn3 min.

Commissioner Keehn will update the Panel on the status of the Justice & Courage Project Media Subcommittee that is to be newly formed, and will also discuss the two recent articles published by two members of the Justice & Courage Oversight Panel.

 

Explanatory documents – Op-Ed by Beverly Upton, and Letter to the Editor from Ken Theisen.

 

C.     Filipina Advisory Group Update                                                  Ken Theisen               2 min.

Ken Theisen will discuss when the next Filipina Advisory Group meeting is, as well as what is on the agenda for the meeting.

 

D.     Meeting with Presiding Judge Robert Dondero                         Jill Tregor                   10 min.

Ms. Tregor will discuss the meeting that Oversight Panel members had with Presiding Judge Dondero.

 

E.     Potential Oversight Panel Member                                 Commissioner Dorka Keehn 5 min.

Commissioner Keehn will ask Panel members to decide on the nomination of Tulin Acikalin to the Oversight Panel.

 

Action: Approve Tulin Acikalin to the Justice & Courage Oversight Panel.

 

F.      Justice & Courage Project Retreat                                 Commissioner Dorka Keehn 5 min.

Commissioner Keehn will update the Panel on the upcoming retreat and possible agenda items.

 

Explanatory document – draft agenda for the retreat.

 

Action: Set time, date, and location for the retreat.

 

IV.     NEW BUSINESS                                                                         DISCUSSION

 

A.     Resolution                                                                                                Aparna Reddi              2 min.

Elizabeth Aguilar-Tarchi, Res. 2005-030: Resolution recognizing the contributions of Elizabeth-Aguilar-Tarchi to the lives of domestic violence victims and survivors in San Francisco .

 

B.     Claire Joyce Tempongko Memorial                                            Ken Theisen               5 min.

Mr. Theisen will discuss the possibility of coordinating an event in memory of Ms. Tempongko with the Filipina Advisory Group.

 

C.   Oversight Panel Meeting                                                                        Aparna Reddi              5 min.  

and Domestic Violence Month  

Ms. Reddi will discuss the possibility of holding the next Justice & Courage Project Oversight Panel meeting in a community meeting space during the month of October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

 

Action: Set time, date, and location for the meeting.

 

V.        REPORTS                                                                                   DISCUSSION

 

A.     Protocols Committee Update                                           Trish Erwin and Sally Pina      20 min.

 

1.    Felony Motions to Revoke                                                        

Ms. Erwin and Ms. Pina will update the Panel on a study conducted by Ashianna Esmail about the number of felony motions to revoke during each Friday of July 2005.

 

Explanatory documents – memo from Ms. Esmail to the Justice & Courage Protocols Committee and felony motion to revoke matrix

 

2.    Bench Warrant Statistics                                    

Ms. Erwin and Ms. Pina will update the Panel on a study conducted by Ashianna Esmail about the number of bench warrants issued in felony domestic violence cases over a 3-week period.

 

Explanatory documents – memo from Ashianna Esmail to Protocols Committee, bench warrants matrix, memo to Pat Jeong from Protocols Committee, memo to Aparna Reddi from Gordon Park-Li.

 

3.    Recommendations from Justice and Courage: A Blueprint for San Francisco ’s

  Response to Domestic Violence

Ms. Erwin and Ms. Pina will update the Panel on what is being done to obtain information about the status of implementing recommendations for the Blueprint.

 

B.     Resources Committee Update                                                     Beverly Upton                        10 min.

 

1.    Domestic Violence Cross Training Institute - Letter of Inquiry

Ms. Upton will discuss the Letter of Inquiry that is being drafted to the Blue Cross Foundation of California to fund a Domestic Violence Cross Training Institute.

 

C.     JUSTIS Portal Demonstration                                         Commissioner Dorka Keehn 5 min.

Commissioner Keehn will update the Panel on the JUSTIS portal demonstration.

 

V.        PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                DISCUSSION             5 min.

This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Committee’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for future consideration.

 

VI.     ADJOURNMENT                                                                       ACTION                     2 min.

 

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