San Francisco Youth Commission
Youth Justice Committee
Minutes
Tuesday, June 9 2015
5:00-7:00 PM
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Members: Joshua Cardenas, Jillian Wu, Alexandra Berliner, Sophie Edelhart

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:15 PM. Commissioners present:  Berliner, Cardenas, Wu and Edelhart.  Staff present:  Monica Guzman.  There was quorum.

There was no public comment.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Edelhart, seconded by Commissioner Jillian Wu, moved to approve the agenda.  There was no public comment.  The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. May 26, 2015
(Document A)

Commissioner Cardenas, seconded by Commissioner Berliner, moved to approve the minutes.  There was no public comment.  The motion was approved by acclamation.

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

There was none.

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

There were none.

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

A. Review SFPD priorities

Commissioner Berliner gave a report back and review on the training demonstration that her and Commissioner Cardenas attended.  Overall they stated that it was an informative event. San Francisco Police Commission president, Suzy Loftus, suggested that the YC do a GAP analysis of past trainings. Before doing this the YC wanted to brainstorm other methods of reaching out to SFPD, community members and SF Police Commission. Commissioner Loftus offered to schedule a briefing with current SFPD command staff.

B. Debrief press event on jail visiting age

Commissioner Berliner gave a debrief on how the lowering of the jail visiting age press release went yesterday. Overall it was a successful event with a good amount of press coverage.

C. Review highlights from JPD budget

YC is waiting on an update from Chief Nance regarding budgeting questions.

D. Review plan for crafting end of term committee briefing documents

Commissioner Berliner asked how committee wants to pass on knowledge to next year’s committee. Commissioner Cardenas said that last year they did some background research on committee priorities and suggested next steps. The Youth Justice committee had a brainstorm session.

E. Review committee summer meeting schedule

The committee decided to keep the same hours for the summer meetings. Same time and same place, next 3 meetings.

7. Staff Report (Discussion Only)

Invitation to Kinectic Konnection happening on Thursday June 11th.

8. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)

There was none.

9. Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 6:02 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 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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