the movement toward restorative justice is something i have life-support. i would love to see explored in juvenile justice. i know it is often talked about in juvenile justice and the staff and judge their have talked about it but it would be great to see a specific program around that because it has been so successful in other places and in other states. new zealand is the country we often talk about with restorative justice, but they are able to close their detention centers except for one. being able to move for that is important. i wanted to ask a couple of questions about your neighborhood court program. you talk about your vision for it. you might have said this -- what neighborhoods are being considered for the neighborhood courts? >> the goal is to have the entire city covered within 18 months. currently, we have the bayview station and we are talking to supervisor chu about adding the corridor in central station which would be only for prosecution. we took it from our existing rotation. we hope to get -- we hope we will get another station and we wi

health care for everyone, youth center training, to receive the different types of training, restored of justice and not just sending to you to jail, where they come out worse than they come in. and also, organic food and access to food, clean energy sources, with more trees and more nature, with the department of recreation. we are talking about health inspectors and making certain -- people were talking about health the paint and building materials, to make certain everything is taken care of, and also, preparations for the americans and african-americans and other people who have been harmed. and there is the ideal community. >> the ideal community -- we want education, we also have youth programs at your school, so we can learn at school, with the activist groups, mr. also be transportation. we cannot support our own selves financially, so we hope that we have business partners to learn something, and we want fair housing, because in this area a lot of poor people are getting kicked out, and we also want -- community gardening, so that people can look into plant food and vegetables, and this

>> i also want to throw out because sister davis is here and working with restorative justice for youth, to invite her voice into that question as well. >> what we are doing in oakland is to try to break the school to prison pipeline by coming up with alternatives to incarceration. in this case, restorative alternatives. instead of saying a young person has a fight and hurting someone, instead of sending that young person ought to be incarcerated immediately, what we do is we put him or her and supporters, family members in a circle with the person who was harmed along with their family members and a facilitator, and that young person has the opportunity to sit face-to-face across from the person that was harmed and hear that person say, "you have devastated me. this is how. here are the human consequences of his or her actions, and the circle all together will come up with an action for the person to repair the harm. this is just an example -- say it is a case of a young person who has burned down a building, someone's home or business. instead of sending that person off to be incarcer

a healer, civil rights attorney, and she has been a member of the restorative justice for youth programoakland. linda. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the koret auditorium of the san francisco public library. i'm a member of the african- american interest committee here at the library. it is our hope that you will be profoundly moved and inspired by what you hear and see today. social justice is concerned with equal justice, not just in the court, but in all aspects of society. this concept demands that people have equal rights and opportunity. everyone, from the poorest person on the margins of society to the wealthiest, deserves an even playing field. every race, every color, every culture. what happened in 1955 is not unlike what is exploding out of the headlines today. it was a young person's death that started the uprising in tunisia. it is young people on the front lines in egypt. slowly but surely, the young people in sudan are following suit and rising up against an oppressive government. it was a young girl who stood still when she was ordered to give up

transitional services, restorative justice, and no tax cuts for the wealthy, so more funding for the less wealthy. >> also, one i have is just to be prioritizing, like someone else said earlier, like pulling out our troops from war and putting money that we would save from divesting in war into our education system to repair it. another is to change the definition of a corporation. right now, they are currently defined as people or individuals, which is pretty crazy, and that allows them to put their resources into campaigns, into props, into candidates and overpowers the voice of the real people. obviously, their voice is louder if they have millions of dollars to throw at a campaign or someone's publicity. another is to restructure the justice system. obviously, the united states sends our people to jail like crazy. in california, we are, like, the 48 in education and the first in terms of prison spending, which is just crazy. it does not set the example that i know we talk about here, and we all agree we want our students to be educated and be the future leaders, but we are not se

adding on to that, the juvenile justice system, i think there should be more of a focus on restorative justice. so you give kids an alternative route and a second chance instead of locking them out or expelling them or suspending them. >> [inaudible] looking at the way the system is structured right now. [inaudible] maybe the way the system is in place right now. ok, any others? >> [inaudible] sometimes we get knowledge from different people, but it cannot be correct, and we try to get resources from someone, and it is wrong. or we end up playing phone tag with someone. i guess making resources more accessible to us for giving us the type of knowledge we need. >> [inaudible] immigrant students, students who are not from america and what to come out here and be educated and do more with their life. they have so many barriers trying to get a job or trying to come to school in peace without somebody finding out knocking on their door, and it is not a safe environment for them to flourish in, especially if they want to come to school and get an education. they need to be more resources and opportu

they are restoring justice programs in the arts, as well as conflict resolution and out -- many other things that could be beneficial. as this will be an immediate issue in the community, not funded well within the state, services for people being sent back to county. we wanted to bring that to your attention as well, when you think about community arts programs. thank you for your attention. [applause] >> midafternoon. [unintelligible] jackson again. but i wanted to do, earlier i asked if any of you had or had seen the historical america for the southeast. a couple of hands went up. when those hands went up, i went and asked juliet ellis whether or not she had seen it and she said no. that is what i ask for mr. [unintelligible] moses to get copies. a lot of people talk, but they never get to walk when it comes to this area. so, here is at least 20. but i have got more. pass it back. you could be looking at it. it is very important that not only you, but the community knows how long it has been since we started with this. it was 1969. it was not the 1970's. it was the 1970's when we t

i remember one who worked with the catholic church and worked through the restorative justice program to meet with surviving family members. it was actually televised. that is how much that individual changed. then he went on to have a very successful career and retired on a golf course in florida, as a matter of fact. they were debating the death penalty at the country club one day, and he said in two weeks, he would bring its former death row inmate. two weeks later, he walked in the room. he said that he immediately changed the minds of those arguing for the death penalty. that is just one powerful case, but there are many stories like that. i know that was not my question, but -- [laughter] >> your question was how could you bear to preside over an execution. how did you handle it? >> i would tell myself that it was my role to lead, and leading that many things to me. that meant leaving my staff for the process. it meant leaving the inmates at the facility through the process. it meant reaching out to the family members of both the victim and the inmate. i just focused on what my

as part of that the district will have to join restorative justice programs, provide gang violence education and maintain better fencing around schools. in a statement, the district claims the so-called pleadial policies and -- remedial policies and programs reared to in the settlement are primarily a codification of a long- standing effort to address issues that pervade our society in a district that's been pro- active in these areas for many years. >> we hope this will change how the district responds to incidents of available violence or gang-related attacks against its african-american students and indeed against all students. >> reporter: now, the six families have a second lawsuit pending against union city police claiming that officers turned a blind eye as well against hate crimes -- to hate crimes against african-american students. there is still a $35,000 reward out there for any information leading to the arrest in evans' murder. live in union city, christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> barry bonds was back in san francisco federal court today. the judge gave prosecutors more time to decide

work affirmatively with the restorative justice programs that are available in alameda county. >>reporter: money paid in the settlement coming from the district insurance company. no district funds are involved. outside of the cash settlement the district says it still has to work on those remedies and that still may take some time. in union city abc 7 news. >>> headache. skin rash. bloody nose. those are the symptoms some people living in san francisco hunter point neighborhood are complaining about. they say it is from toxic dust blowing off the old naval shipyard. now there's an investigation into allegations that the city tried to cover up the danger. jonathan the bloom reports from an emotional hearing today at city hall. >> we know we have a conspiracy and conclusion. >>reporter: angry activist group say san francisco health department has gotten too cozy with the developer promising to turn the old hunter point naval shipyard into a vibrant neighborhood. shops. housing. maybe a football stadium would line the new streets but first they have to clean up decades of toxic w

into our neighborhood courts, but the other process is we will hold people accountable and restore the justice. but we are also moving other cases in our collaborative court. you're looking for an outcome that would take the offender and bullets -- and put something around them to reduce recidivism. we have lower recidivism rates, down to 20%, which is very significant when you consider that typically recidivism rates were 5% when you go through the normal criminal justice process. we're moving in a different direction. there is no question we will make mistakes. we will continue to push the envelope to make our communities safer. i am looking forward to any questions you may have. >> thank you. supervisor wiener: thank you. before we get into questions from the audience -- and we are ahead of schedule -- i want to knowledge some of the other folks that are here tonight and will be available to answer questions as well. we have the department of public health. steve richey from the public utilities commission, the assistant -- assistant or deputy -- deputy superintendent for any san francisco

as part of that the district will have to join restorative justice programs, provide gang violence education and maintain better fencing around schools. in a statement, the district claims the so-called pleadial policies and programs referred to in the settlement are primarily a condification of long-standing efforts to address issues that pervade our society in a district that's been pro-active in these areas for many years. >> we hope that this settlement will change how the district responds to incidents of racial violence or gang-related attacks against this african- american students and indeed against all students. >> reporter: now, there is still a $35,000 reward out for any information leading to an arrest in that murder. there is a second lawsuit pending against union city police. the families claim they did not protect the african-american students from that violence. live in union city, christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> tonight one of the fbi's most wanted is behind bars. agents arrested accused mob boss james "whitey" bulger in santa monica in an apartment late last night. he has been o