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(a) The Committee shall hold its inaugural meeting not more than 30 days after the Board has appointed at least eight members to the Committee. There shall be at least ten days’ notice of the inaugural meeting. Following the inaugural meeting, the Committee shall hold a regular meeting not less than five times per year until the sunset date set forth in Section 5.38-8.
(b) The Committee shall elect a Chair and officers for such other positions, if any, it chooses to create. The Committee may establish bylaws and rules for its organization and procedures.
(Added by Ord. 260-18, File No. 180800, App. 11/2/2018, Eff. 12/3/2018)
Unless the Board by ordinance extends the term of the Committee, this Article XXXVIII shall expire by operation of law, and the Committee shall terminate, on January 1, 2027. In that event, after the sunset date, the City Attorney shall1
is authorized to cause this Article XXXVIII to be removed from the Administrative Code.
CODIFICATION NOTE
Close Juvenile Hall Working Group. | |
Definitions. | |
Purpose and Principles. | |
Membership. | |
Organization and Terms of Office. | |
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Sunset Date. |
The City hereby establishes the Close Juvenile Hall Working Group.
(Added by Ord. 117-19, File No. 190392, App. 6/28/2019, Eff. 7/29/2019)
“CARC” means the Huckleberry Community Assessment and Resource Center.
“City” means the City and County of San Francisco.
“Court” means the San Francisco Superior Court Juvenile Division.
“Director” means the Director of the Human Rights Commission.
“DCYF” means the Department of Children Youth and Families.
“Juvenile Hall” means the locked detention facility at 375 Woodside Avenue in the City.
“Working Group” means the Close Juvenile Hall Working Group.
(Added by Ord. 117-19, File No. 190392, App. 6/28/2019, Eff. 7/29/2019)
(a) The purpose of the Working Group is to create a plan to:
(1) close Juvenile Hall by no later than December 31, 2021;
(2) strengthen and expand community-based alternatives to detention;
(3) provide a rehabilitative, non-institutional place or places of detention, in a location approved by the Court, which is available for all wards of the Court and persons alleged to come within the jurisdiction of the Court;
(4) reinvest any monies saved by the closure of Juvenile Hall in high-quality, effective, community-based alternatives to detention; an alternative, rehabilitative, non-institutional center for youth who are detained; and mental health and educational support for detained youth; and
(5) preserve, protect and aim to expand the role of the public sector in the direct provision of juvenile rehabilitation services, both in community-based alternatives to detention and in any rehabilitative, non-institutional place or places of detention.
(b) In carrying out this purpose, the Working Group shall be guided by the following principles:
(1) A juvenile justice system should balance public safety, positive youth development, family and community health, and victim restoration.
(2) Detention has a devastating impact on youth, their families, and their neighborhoods, and undermines the safety and health of both detained youth and their communities.
(3) The rehabilitative goals of the juvenile justice system can best be accomplished in family-based settings in the communities where youth live.
(4) The vast majority of young people in detention should be diverted from that system and given access to developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed programs and services that address racial and ethnic disparities.
(5) Youth in the juvenile justice system and their families should have a role in identifying what kind of support would be most helpful to them.
(6) Resources invested in Juvenile Hall should instead be invested in youth, their families, and community-based programs, including mental health and educational support.
(7) Community-based programs that serve juvenile justice-involved young people should be supported, strengthened, and where appropriate, expanded.
(8) Youth in the juvenile justice system should be referred to programs and court-ordered placements in the City whenever possible.
(9) Juvenile Hall staff should be given the opportunity, consistent with civil service rules, to transfer to other jobs with the City or the San Francisco Unified School District once Juvenile Hall is closed.
(Added by Ord. 117-19, File No. 190392, App. 6/28/2019, Eff. 7/29/2019)
(a) Members. The Working Group shall consist of 15 members as set forth below.
(1) Seats 1 and 2 shall be held by representatives of community-based non-profits that serve juvenile justice-involved youth and are members of the Juvenile Justice Providers Association.
(2) Seats 3 and 4 shall be held by persons under the age of 29 who were previously detained or incarcerated.
(3) Seat 5 shall be held by a parent or guardian of a person who is or was detained as a youth in the juvenile justice system.
(4) Seat 6 shall be held by an expert in the design of small, rehabilitative, and education-focused centers that meet the needs of young people who, following their arrest or detention, cannot return to their home or community.
(5) Seat 7 shall be held by an expert in youth mental illness, with experience serving the juvenile justice population, and expertise in best practices for serving youth with mental illness.
(6) Seat 8 shall be held by an expert in juvenile justice reform with experience in data analysis and the development of alternatives to detention.
(7) Seat 9 shall be held by a member of the labor community.
(8) Seats 10 and 11 shall be held by non-management employees working in Juvenile Hall.
(9) Seat 12 shall be held by the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer or the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer’s designee.
(10) Seat 13 shall be held by the Public Defender or the Public Defender’s designee.
(11) Seat 14 shall be held by the District Attorney or the District Attorney’s designee.
(12) Seat 15 shall be held by a representative of the Court if the Court so chooses. While the Court is not required to provide a representative to hold this seat, it shall be invited to do so.
(b) Seats 1-11 shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The Board shall strive to appoint members to the Working Group from communities disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system and from the City’s most marginalized communities.
(Added by Ord. 117-19, File No. 190392, App. 6/28/2019, Eff. 7/29/2019)
(a) Members of the Working Group in Seats 1-11 shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors and may be removed by the Board at any time. Each member in Seats 1-11 may remain in the Working Group until the termination of the Working Group under Section 5.40-7, unless removed by the Board. Any vacancy in Seats 1-11 shall be filled by the Board.
(b) Service in the Working Group shall be voluntary. Members appointed to Seats 1 through 9 may receive a stipend in an amount determined by the Board. Members appointed to seats 10 and 11 may receive their regular salaries for time spent on the Working Group because they are serving in an official capacity as representatives of their departments.
(c) The Working Group shall strive to schedule meetings to accommodate the Working Group members so that all members may attend regularly. Any member in Seats 1-11 who, within a six-month period, misses three regular meetings of the Working Group without the express approval of the Working Group at or before the missed meeting shall be deemed to have resigned from the Working Group ten days after the third unapproved absence. The Working Group shall inform the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of any such resignation.
(d) Subject to the fiscal and budgetary provisions of the Charter, the Director shall designate staff to provide administrative support to the Working Group.
(e) Subject to the fiscal, budgetary, and civil service provisions of the Charter, the Director shall hire and make available to the Working Group an outside consultant with expertise in juvenile justice reform, program evaluation, data analysis, youth development, development of alternatives to detention, and juvenile justice systemic change. The outside consultant shall advise the Working Group, and, to the extent desired by the Working Group, may facilitate its meetings and compile required reports on behalf of the Working Group.
(f) Quorum. Eight members of the Working Group shall constitute a quorum.
(g) Officers. The Working Group shall elect a Chairperson from its members. The Chairperson shall designate a member to serve in the Chairperson’s absence.
(h) Subcommittees. The Working Group may establish subcommittees to be convened as directed by the Working Group. The Working Group shall establish a Needs Assessment subcommittee. The Working Group’s Chairperson or the Chairperson’s designee shall appoint members to the subcommittees, and shall appoint members to the Needs Assessment subcommittee consistent with subsection 5.40-6(a) of this Article. Subcommittees shall report findings and make recommendations to the full Working Group for its consideration.
(i) Meeting Frequency. The Working Group shall meet at least every two months until Juvenile Hall is closed and a substitute place or places of detention are available for youth placement.
(j) Roles of Members. In adopting this ordinance, the Board of Supervisors recognizes that each member in Seats 12-15 retains their authority and duties under State law and that where conflicts may arise out of members’ dual roles, State powers and duties shall supersede the duties that this Article XL
imposes on members.
(Added by Ord. 117-19, File No. 190392, App. 6/28/2019, Eff. 7/29/2019)
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