San Francisco Youth Commission
Youth Justice Committee
Minutes - Special
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
4:30-7:00 PM
City Hall, Room 278
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 4:55 pm. Commissioners present: Berliner, Wu, Edelhart; Staff present: Allen Lu; There was quorum.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Edelhart, seconded by Commissioner Wu, moved to remove item 5A since the presentation was already received, and approve the agenda. There was no public comment. The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. April 28, 2015
(Document A)

Commissioner Edelhart, seconded by Commissioner Wu, 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 no public comment.

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

A. Presentation from the Beat Within
Presenter: David Inocencio, Director and Founder, The Beat Within

This item was removed.

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

A. Review Strategies for Youth Training Outline
Commissioner Edelhart provided a brief context for the priority around Police Youth Training: since 1012, the YC and community were able to push for and got funding for a youth training, but that somehow fell through in the Police Department. The police department has demonstrated more openness to work on this recently, and Youth Commissioners wanted to have a meeting with some community members on this training.

Members of the community (TAYSF, BMAGIC, Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, and Coleman Advocates) were present. We reviewed the curriculum agenda from Strategies for Youth. People shared what they liked, recommendations they had, and questions they’d like Strategies for Youth to answer. They also wondered if the training from the Center for Youth Wellness was updated based on the recommendations they provided when they visited.

The Youth Commission heard from the group that they are supportive of the committee’s recommendations to push for the Youth Training, and requesting local hire of youth for youth elements of the training when the time comes. Commissioner Edelhart shared that a demonstration with the Police Chief and Strategies for Youth will hopefully happen soon.

There was no additional public comments.

B. Review SFPD priorities

This item was tabled. There was no public comment.

C. Review other committee priorities

This item was continued. There was no public comment.

7. Staff Report (Discussion Only)

Staff reminded the committee that Youth Commissioners will be coming in to prepare their budget presentation to the Board of Supervisors early next week. Commissioners Edelhart and Cardenas will be presenting.

There was no public comment.

8. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)

There was none.

9. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 6:05pm.