motion? >> to assert the attorney/client privilege. >> to assert. >> move to >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? and that motion carries and we'll now go into closed session. >> mr. president, a quick moment for the crews to come join harlan and i thank you for honoring the world series champions they have - invite commissioner caen. >> can i vote. >> yes. please. (laughter). >> did you emilio? >> since you don't have a hat to we're ar.

>> (laughter). with my we're back in open session. during closed session approved settlement on items 14 and 15 can i have a motion? >> whether to disclose during closed session. >> move not to disclose second and. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? that that motion carries and is there any other new business? okay i should annoyance that the next meeting on november 22nd is cancelled because of thanksgiving we've been setting up appropriate a meeting for that and recognize that is - a

birthday (laughter) >> happy birthday. >> any other business before this commission. >> well, how about happy new year ray for the cubs. >> okay we're now good morning my name is allen i'm the competitive for the probation

department honor and privilege to welcome you to the jungle hall that facility was opened in 2007 we moved from an 88 bed worn down delipidated facility to this one and 50 bed facility we occupy at a point the city and county struggled with overcrowding in the facility by april of 2008 the newly opted out facility exceeded the one and 50 bid capacity that same year the average daily population in juvenile hall was one and 23 we knew we could do better and the interventions were more effective than keeping kids it custody as a result the city embarked on a aggressive journey for the program see to serve as alternates to santa fe

tension at the same time our juvenile justice shareholders 1r69d in collaborative partnership and strategic focus on the needs of youth and the families we serve depiction programs and evening reporting centers and electronic referrals to community agencies all coupled with evidence based supervision resulted in the drama reduction in the number of youths referred to the juvenile system and those detained in juvenile hall last year our average daily population in juvenile halting hall was 56 now 45 youths in the facility and half of the units are unoccupied with the sequence reduce to all-time lows we want to repurpose the facility to address the root causes that

bring youth into the jewel just system among them the many adverse childhood experiences that shaped their values and dudes and beliefs and circumstances ultimately market-rateism in criminal conduct in the community the merit center the first of those initiative opportunity we're excited to showcase today if we provide our youth with the matter of fact and support to change their barf and teach them the skills to steady in school at home and in the workplace we won't see them reenter the center and recuse recidivism further this merit center within jewel hall provides the youth with recreational opportunities to which we earn access by their completion of school work, active participation in unit

programs and positive social conduct with peers and adults we like to thank the unified school district the department of health the public library our jewel probation commission the bus project sunset youth services city youth now and all the stakeholder persons for their generous support of the new center i also want to especially acknowledge director louis and the staff of the jewel hall for their hard work to open the center in addition to mayor lee's remarks this morning you'll hear from judge supervisor judge of the superficial and mr. joe president of the jewel probation and following the remarks of speakers we'll show one of the vacate unit before we procedure down the hall to the marries

center for a ribbon cutting ceremony i'm pleased and hoirnd to introduce the may mayor of that great city wholesale ununderstanding work shaped the program and encouraged our creative ideas to further expand our services without further delay the honorable mayor ed lee please. >> (clapping.) >> thank you allen for that introduction your hour and commissioner and thank you to the staff you know, i guess my first impression we come a long ways it used to be certainly when i came to the city it was all about confinement and

isolation over many years and now as allen counterfeited the part and parcel we've had to create we really understand how much of a vinyl we had to create you know that goes back to the saying takes a village it takes a village to change kind of the behavioral in the way we feel proud of each other and more so than any other period of time that is when investing in our kids rather than the old-fashioned punishment and hopefully, they'll learn punishment confinement, isolation, have never been great teachers of changing that barf it is the village of support the merit stwrm, the attempt to identify what motivates the

human barf in a different way to reimagine this center our juvenile justice center no longer do you are refer to as a jewel detention but the jewel center but more importantly to have the money for people that are concerned about the change of barf and what cased people to come here to suggest we can have the best minds and practices right here to help people and motivate them into a different direction that works it is not just that we have less youth although i think that is as an incredibly piece of data but also how we measure how people are changing less violation a greater collaboration, and i also will never forgot the father and

mother fact we have great partnerships leak hustling berry youth in the community to you make sure we are doing our best we can't just put it on folks he on detention facilities and put if on programs we have to intervene and understand the circumstances symptom their historic and sometimes years of abuse sometimes their reflection of what we can do to reinforce you are care for many of the youth that may come from very, very deft backgrounds i'm sure the commission understands going case by case sometimes pain staing to understand what families are going through and lack of a family is a truer circumstance we learn from each other not to be solely don't think but a holistic approach to

what we want to have happen and as a result and then hold ourselves accountable we need our young people belief they're in a society to be more successful and get them out of the danger and harming themselves and each other they get into a system where that barf can be reinforced for what we want to see happen that takes a lot of effort by a lot of people at different stages of people's lives judicial based obviously enforced by our jewel law enforcement that joins this i come not to only cut a ribbon but reflective on a better understanding of the city what

it takes to change people's lives for the better and reinforce is a structure that perhaps if we had properly invested in many of the parts of society we might be better off we didn't we allowed lots of families to get to poverty holes in the city i'm trying to do in other areas rebuilding public housing and commissioner norton we know is evidence of violation getting kids jobs and careers giving a path forward and helping families reunite and helping the kids off the streets and into a better situation are part of elements of a great city but today, we focus on what happens here when the kids are brought here and how we can not just use confinement and punishment and isolationism and think that will help but that we

actually use the best of your yadz and try to motivate people to a better direction and give life reinforcing skill sets to invest in themselves at the same time i want to applaud all the elements we put together into the staff at allen leads and i know a lot of you know we always give credit but allen you're the leader i appreciate the work with staff you kept me informed and any staff informed i want to say thank you to the commission that hears those cases appeal and otherwise and some of the horrible stories of the people and the judicial system more and more it is not about just dismissing citations

not but how we use the ability to capture someone's attention but not capture them physically but give them an opportunity to move forward we believe in san francisco and in the values that we uphold it gets tested here we have less but also upon release people getting back to their families and communities and places where we want to be and having that reinforced in our onion communicated society we have back up programs so that what has learned can't think unlearned that's positive replacement this is what happens at the juvenile justice center i'm happy it on up not merit based program that can work but that we're also not foolish

enough to think - i have to fund the people and keep them motivates because people that do this day to day a base have a reason tobacco depressed you see that over and over and over again, that's is life and in a great city of san francisco we motivate everyone to a higher level to make sure that the positive things we do truly want to believe this city is for and we can be a beacon to many other areas of our country perhaps that have not learned what that is to motivate people have is learn and until that we'll teach anothers this is what this merit system will allow us to learn from it and do better and the best example is kids and the

quality of life 31 they will lead and be part of a great society so all of i want to say thank you very much for your intervention, your participation, your leadership and reminding me as the mayor and the board that we have obligations well beyond the budget, well beyond the immediate things that come before us we have to be holistic to what happens 2509 skids and families congratulation and allen to the entire staff for creating and now we get to sustain a great example thank you. >> (clapping.) >> good morning. my name is joe joe the supervisor judge of the family court an honor to be here i'm not say much more mr. mayor you said it all i'll add it is

not just a village but comprised of people that care about the youth and community and future and i impasse the values of san francisco mr. mayor you've been supportive of program of the court. >> thank you for your kind remarks allen you've been a phenomenal leader in juvenile probation and all the commissioners that help and guide us thank you but to everyone as partners in the public defender's office jean from the district attorney's office, conflicts council all the jewel probation everyone that works in the program really cares about children you can't you can't sustain the caring and compassion i want to thank everyone and mayor for your support ♪

cleaver and keep any remarks under a minute there we go thank you >> (clapping.) >> thank you. i won't take long either i want to first time start off by threatening mayor ed lee and chief and the others folks we've its been a long time coming i was a member of the city family when we had you know over one hundred youths in the facility and thanks to the contribution over the years through the budget process by the mayor and the board of supervisors consistently funding the department making sure it has the resources here we go i want to put this in perspective a city of nine hundred thousand with 45 facilities is striking and as you know, representing the commission i want to say that we don't want to rest on

that laurels those 4 are here we need to address do root causes why they're herethorax he applaud the department for thinking outside the box thinking of ways to connect with the youth whether taking them sailing or camp mather bringing in folks for expression of poetry and things we're trying to do to correct connect the youth so they don't ends up here again and those thefdz of thinking outside the box are helpful as we you know move forward today with the ribbon cutting of merit center the commission strongly supports the efforts of the department and will doing everything we can to make sure that we continue to drive down that number and really help the youth