San Francisco Youth Commission
Youth Justice Committee
Minutes
Thursday, April 4, 2013
5:00-7:00pm
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

Members: Angel Carrion, Ramon Gomez, Paul Monge-Rodriguez

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:12 pm

Commissioners Present: Carrion, Gomez, Shackelford Absent: Monge-Rodriguez

There was quorum.

Staff Present: Adele Carpenter

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Gomez, seconded by Commissioner Shackelford, moved to approve the agenda. This motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. March 21, 2013
(Document A)

Commissioner Shackelford, seconded by Commissioner Gomez, moved to approve the minutes from March 21, 2013. This motion was approved by acclamation.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There was no public comment.

5. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Staff report

Staff member, Allen Lu, invited commissioners to participate in planning a tour and workshop for youth from Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center on Friday, April 12th as well as an upcoming LGBT community forum on tasers.

B. Committee community engagement plan, Off-site event planning

Commissioner Carrion gave an update from the District 10 Peace Forum.

Commissioners brainstormed organizations to reach out to about the April 16th Youth Justice Committee-focused off-site full Youth Commission meeting at Bayview Opera House. They divided up names of organizations to call on Friday, April 5, 2013 and directed staff to look up numbers and contacts for program staff. Committee members agreed to gather and distribute fliers to organizations throughout district 10 and other areas on the following Monday. Staff agreed to prepare fliers.

Commissioners planned their presentation and suggested agenda for the April 16th meeting. This will include:

• A presentation of Youth Justice Committee priorities:
o An introduction to the Youth Commission and its charge (Mia Shackelford)
o Overview of SFPD Priorities (this section will be shorter than the JPD section)
---3 recommendations from 2012 (Paul Monge-Rodriguez)
---Work on Tasers (Ramon Gomez)
o Overview of JPD Priorities
---Work against arming juvenile PO’s, with a focus on turning people out to the May 2nd hearing. (Ramon Gomez)
---Work on the YGC Recreation Yard (Angel Carrion)
• Presentations or responses from city departments
• Presentations from invited community members’
• Public comment and discussion, using specific questions
o Examples of questions brainstormed: Why does this effect you? Why is this important? What do youth need to live safely? How do you think juvenile offenders should be treated? How should police be working with youth? What should be the role of police in schools? How should youth be treated by JPD? What do you want to see? What is already working? What could be improved? What changes would you like to see?
• First Reading of the Commission’s Budget and Policy Priorities

Committee members directed staff to:
• Gather press, photos, and quotes related to their priorities
• Begin to structure a power point around the outline discussed in the meeting

For the April 16th meeting, the committee and staff need to prepare:
• A powerpoint
• Fliers for youth to attend the May 2nd BOS Neighborhood Services Committee Hearing on the JPD Safety Plan
• A community program, in addition to agenda packets, that contains sections on “how to get involved” and specific questions for engaging public comment.
• Know Your Rights pamphlets

Committee members agreed to think about the values and vision guiding their work, in order to help keep the presentation grounded in their shared values with other youth, and elicit a meaningful response from youth in attendance.

C. Review other committee priorities:

• Update on meeting with Kevin Truitt regarding SFUSD and SFPD MOU

Adele Carpenter gave an updated from the meeting. She explained Mr. Truitt was very amenable to the committee’s concerns and suggestions. The most recent update is that the MOU is being framed as a SFPD general order and an SFUSD admin regulation, but the exact nature of the joint document is unclear. Mr. Truitt agreed to include the Know Your Rights pamphlet on the district website and in the upcoming year’s student handbook. He brought up an additional concern for the MOU, which included school site staff being permitted to be with students when they are being questioned by police. Mr. Truitt was also interested in learning more about trainings for SRO’s offered in other school districts. The committee discussed inviting Captain O’Leary, who is working on the MOU, to a future committee meeting, or otherwise reaching out to SFPD on this specific issue.

• Prepare for upcoming meeting with Chief Suhr

Staff agreed to compile previous briefing documents.

• Debrief March 25th Community Speak Out on Tasers and next steps on resolution urging against the issuance of taser devices

Commissioners felt that this event went well. They were interested to learn more about the financial interests behind tasers, and to have learned that the purchasing of tasers violates the city’s boycott against purchases from the state of Arizona.

• Next steps following meeting with Mayor’s Violence Prevention Unit; Following up on IPO plan

The powerpoint of the IPO plan was presented at the District 10 Peace Forum, but did not contain more information on the enforcement aspects of the plan. Diana Oliva-Aroche suggested joint meetings with Chief Sifferman and members of the Mayor’s Violence Prevention Unit. Staff are following up with the Chief. Commissioner Carrion reported that mayor’s office staff may be able to attend the off-site meeting April 16th but had not requested time on the agenda for a presentation.

• Next steps on resolution urging JPD to not equip SOP unit probation officers

No committee members are available to attend Chief Sifferman’s presentation to the JPD Commisson on April 10th. Committee members discussed the recent Examiner article on the JPD safety plan.

• Next steps on recreation yard at YGC

The committee decided to wait to discuss this item more.

There was no public comment.
 

6. Items to Report to Executive Committee (Discussion Only)

 

Commissioner Shackelford would give an overview of committee meeting. Staff would prepare a draft powerpoint and seek feedback from commissioners.

 

 

7. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)

 

There was none.

 

 

 

8. Adjournment

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 pm.

Any materials distributed to the members of the Youth Commission within 72 hours of the meeting or after the agenda packet has been delivered to the members are available for inspection—along with minutes of previous Youth Commission meetings and all supplementary information—at the Youth Commission office during regular office hours (9am to 6pm, Monday—Friday). The Youth Commission office is located at:
City Hall, Room 345
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 554-6446, Fax: (415) 554-6140
Email: youthcom@sfgov.org
www.sfgov.org/yc

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