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AGENDA Tuesday, August 18, 2015 10:00 a.m. Milton Marks Auditorium California State Building 455 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA Note: Each member of the public will be allotted no more than 3 minutes to speak on each item. 1. Call to Order and Introductions. 2. Public Comment on Any Item Listed Below as for “Discussion Only.” 3. Review and Adoption of Meeting Minutes of June 23, 2015 (discussion & possible action). 4. Staff Report on Activities of the Reentry Council and its Subcommittees (discussion & possible action). a. Staff updates b. Subcommittee updates 5. Regular Update on Legislation and Funding Related to Reentry (discussion only). 6. Regular Update on Activities of the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, Sentencing Commission, Collaborative Courts, and Community Corrections Partnership (discussion only). 7. Follow-Up on Justice Reinvestment Initiative (discussion & possible action). a. Lore Joplin, Consultant to Crime and Justice Institute: San Francisco’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative Phase II close out process and next steps b. Martin Krizay, Chief Deputy Adult Probation Officer: Risk-Based Probation Sentencing c. Lt. Dave Hardy, Unit Commander, and Ali Riker, Director of Programs, San Francisco Sheriff’s Department; and Will Leong, Executive Director, PreTrial Diversion Project: Microstrategies Data Bridge d. James Bell, Executive Director, W. Haywood Burns Institute: Next Steps on Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Across the San Francisco Criminal Justice System 8. Council Members’ Comments, Questions, and Requests for Future Agenda Items (discussion only). 9. Public Comment on Any Item Listed Above, as well as Items not Listed on the Agenda. 10. Adjournment. Page 1 SUBMITTING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE REENTRY COUNCIL Persons who are unable to attend the public meeting may submit to the Reentry Council, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the subject of the meeting. These comments will be made a part of the official public record, and brought to the attention of the Reentry Council. Written comments should be submitted to: Karen Shain, Reentry Policy Planner, Adult Probation Department, 880 Bryant Street, Room 200, San Francisco, CA 94103, or via email: [email protected]. MEETING MATERIALS Copies of agendas, minutes, and explanatory documents are available through the Reentry Council’s website at http://sfreentry.com or by calling Karen Shain at (415) 553-1047 during normal business hours. The material can be FAXed or mailed to you upon request. ACCOMMODATIONS To obtain a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the meeting, please contact Karen Shain at [email protected] or (415) 553-1047 at least two business days before the meeting. TRANSLATION Interpreters for languages other than English are available on request. Sign language interpreters are also available on request. For either accommodation, please contact Karen Shain at [email protected] or (415) 553-1047 at least two business days before the meeting. CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES To assist the City in its efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library, and on the City's web site at: www.sfgov.org/sunshine. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE OR TO REPORT A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, CONTACT THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE: Administrator Sunshine Ordinance Task Force City Hall, Room 244 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683. Telephone: (415) 554-7724 E-Mail: [email protected] CELL PHONES The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Co-Chairs may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. LOBBYIST ORDINANCE Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (SF Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code sections 2.100-2.160) to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco CA 94102, telephone (415) 581-2300, FAX (415) 581-2317, and web site http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/ Page 2 DRAFT MINUTES Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:00 a.m. Milton Marks Auditorium California State Building 455 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA Members in Attendance: Public Defender Jeff Adachi (co-chair), Cristine Soto DeBerry (alternate for District Attorney George Gascón, co-chair), Chief Karen Fletcher (co-chair), Paul Henderson (alternate for Mayor Edwin Lee, co-chair), Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, (co-chair), Greg Asay (alternate for Michael Carr), Noel Belton (alternate for Chief Yador Harrell), Joseph Calderon, Kim Courtney, Joyce Crum (alternate for Trent Rhorer), Armel Farnsworth (alternate for Steve Lin), Omorede Rico Hamilton, Paula Hernandez (alternate for Chief Allen Nance), Ernest Kirkwood, Commander Robert Moser (alternate for Chief Gregory Suhr), Craig Murdock (alternate for Jo Robinson), Maria Su Members Absent: Dominique Leslie, Leslie Levitas, Keenia Williams 1. Call to Order and Introductions. At 10:06 am, Jeff Adachi called the meeting to order and welcomed the public and the Council. He acknowledged the co-chairs and asked other members to introduce themselves. 2. Public Comment on Any Item Listed Below as for “Discussion Only.” Mr. Adachi invited members of the public to review the agenda and speak on any agenda item. There were no comments. 3. Review and Adoption of Meeting Minutes of March 24, 2015 (discussion & possible action). Mr. Adachi asked members to review the minutes from the last meeting. He asked for any comments from council members and upon hearing none, asked for a motion to approve the minutes. Ross Mirkarimi motioned, Kim Courtney seconded. There was no public comment and the motion carried at 10:13. 4. Staff Report on Activities of the Reentry Council and its Subcommittees (discussion & possible action). Mr. Adachi asked Karen Shain of the Adult Probation Department to provide an update on the activities of the Council and its subcommittees. Karen introduced Lore Joplin, who is the technical assistant for the current Justice Reinvestment Initiative project. Lore took the Council through an overview of the three strategies and explained them as: (1) Elimination of racial and ethnic disparities, (2) Early termination of probation supervision terms, and (3) Expansion of pretrial strategies. Ms. Joplin introduced Jessie Warner who offered an update to the Council on probation terms. She explained that substantial progress has been made to use a risk-based probation sentencing protocol. Beginning May 4, 2015, the new protocol ties probation terms to risk assessment, using COMPAS. Currently, meetings are being held with the hope of extending early termination to current probationers. She acknowledged the interagency work group consisting of the courts, Adult Probation, district attorney, Page 3 public defender, and members of the defense panel, which have been working to develop and roll out the protocol. Beyond this, the group is looking at possible changes to misdemeanor sentencing. Nancy Campbell, from Justice System Partners spoke about pretrial and the pretrial safety assessment (PSA). She explained that they have been looking at developing tools which use risk to determine outcomes. The Arnold Foundation has agreed to look at San Francisco and answer the question: Is change needed? She explained that they found it is not only needed but would be extremely beneficial to the city. San Francisco is known to be complex, highly collaborative, and innovative. PSA is a non-interview, highly predictive tool and by using it in San Francisco, the city could potentially double number of defendants reviewed for OR. It would be a more efficient way to screen and allow access for more people to be released pretrial. Furthermore, PSA will tell judges the potential risk of failure to appear and commission of a new crime, and then combined with decision making framework will allow the courts to consider changes. Next steps: work group to help us proceed. Providing technical assistance for OR. Karen Shain then reiterated that there is a pending JRI application for Phase III and the current JRI comes to an end at the end of August. She stated that the Reentry Council has applied for a Phase III grant and further reminded the audience of the overall purpose of JRI – which is to identify the drivers of disproportionality and to