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HASA Meeting Minutes: 10/12

2005-10-25T13:32:00.000-07:00

HAIGHT ASHBURY SERVICE ASSOCIATION MEETING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12th 10am - 11:30
HAIGHT ASHBURY FREE CLINICS, INC.

Meeting Minutes

INTRODUCTIONS
1. Oli Goss- Lower Haight Merchant Association
2. Brian Cheu – Mayor’s Office of Community Development
3. Julian Davis – Rep. for Assemblymember Mark Leno
4. Hernan Luduena Segre – Huckleberry’s Cole Street Youth Clininc
5. Tim Foley – SFPD Community Policing Lieutenant
6. Mary Howe – HAYOT / SFNE
7. Jennifer Dominguez – Boys & Girls Club of SF
8. Dania Sacks March – Huckleberry’s Cole Street Youth Clininc
9. John Ehrlich – SFPD Captain Park Station
10. Ed Melendez – Larkin Street Youth Services
11. Tacing Parker – Ella Hill Hutch
12, Eason Ramson – Ella Hill Hutch
13. Marguez Gray – CHALK, Inc.
14. Kyle Pedersen – Safety Network
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*** SFPD PARK STATION CAPTAIN SEEKS REQUESTS FROM CBOs***
SFPD Park Station Captain John Ehrlich is seeking requests and suggestions from community-based organizations detailing how Park Station officers can best partner with community-based agencies. Captain Ehrlich is urging his officers to take time to participate in short and long-term projects with community-based agencies.

For example, the Boys & Girls Club of SF, Ernest Ingold Clubhouse will host a monthly rap session between officers and their teen after school program. The discussion will be a “no holds barred” dialogue that will enable the teens and officers to begin informing one another’s perceptions and increasing the humanity and understanding that we have for one another.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR REQUESTS BY OCTOBER 31st, 2005
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LOWER HAIGHT MERCHANT ASSOCIATION
The Lower Haight Merchant Association is a newly formed partnership between merchants in Lower Haight. On Saturday October 8th, LHMA organized a spectacular Clean Up Day. DPW and Supervisor Mirkarimi participated in power washing sidewalks, covering graffiti and increasing the number of trashcans on the streets.

LHMA was invited to the HASA meeting to open the discussion on ways that LHMA and HASA can partner in future projects. A merchant in the Lower Haight is organizng a mural project and community-based organizations should contact Kyle if they have youth who would be interested in participating. Community-based organizaitons should begin thinking of additional ways that HASA could partner with Lower Haight merchants.

COMMUNITY EVENTS & CONCERNS
Cole Street 15th Anniversary Party
Huckleberry’s Cole Street Clinic’s
15-Year Anniversary Party
Open House

October 29th, 2005
12pm-4pm
555 Cole Street (btwn. Haight & Page)
Bus Lines: N Judah, 43, 7, 71, 6, 37, 33

Bring Yourself, Your Friends & Your Family; We’re Having A Party!
Music, Food, Fun, Games, Tours & Much, Much More!

**Plus A Special Unveiling Of New Artwork In The Clinic**
For More Info Call: 415-386-9398

Haight Ashbury Youth Outreach Team
Community Preservation & Beautification Clean-Up Day

The Haight Ashbury Youth Outreach Team (HAYOT) is organizing four community Clean Up Days. The Clean Ups recruit youth who utlilyze HAYOT’s drop-in facilities. The youth are trained on how to pick up trash, recyclables, used hypodermic syringes, and other forms of waste. Once trained, the youth head into Golden Gate Park and begin a 2-hour intense clean up. The first clean up brought in over 6 biohazard containers of syringes and 30-contractor sized trashbags.

To celebrate the day’s activities, HAYOT hosts a community lunch. All community residents, community-based organizations and merchants are invited to attend the lunch.

COMMUNITY POLICING
*Haight Referral Card (Completed)*
The Haight Referral Card has been completed and sent to the printer. We should have enough cards to distribute to CBOs and the police of Park Station. The intention of the card is to increase the number of referrals that police make to CBOs. Kyle is currently working on a method to track the number of people referred by police and will also track the services provided by CBOs. Please contact Kyle if you are interested in assisting him in developing a tracking process.

*October Park District Community Forum*
The October 27th, Park District Community Forum, will be held at Park Station Community Room (1899 Waller St.) at 6pm. This month’s forum will focus on Operation Outreach. Each Police District has two Operation Outreach officers who directly serve the homeless community. All CBOs are encouraged to attend the Community Forum to learn more about the roles of the Operation Outreach officers.

*Park District Community Forum Advisory Committee*
The Park Police District (which is most of District-5) holds monthly community forums. In an attempt to increase participation and meaningful dialogue, Park District is organizing an Advisory Council for the Community Forums. The Advisory Council will represent merchants, residents & community-based organizations.

Please contact Kyle if you would like to represent your CBO or if you would like to recommend a resident or merchant. Please see flyer for additional information.

District-5 CBO Meeting Minutes: 10/17

2005-10-25T13:28:00.000-07:00

Ella Hill Hutch Community Center
District 5 CBO Meeting
October 17th, 2005

Meeting Minutes

Introductions
1. Dean Jones – Westside Community Mental Health
2. Brian Cheu – Mayor’s Office of Community Development
3. Julian Davis – Rep. for Assemblymember Mark Leno
4. Hernan Luduena Segre – Huckleberry’s Cole Street Youth Clininc
5. Richard Johnson – Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association / HV Playground
6. Regina Dick-Endrizzi – Office of District-5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
7. Greg Vaughn – Back On Track SF
8. Jessica Dobson -
9. Tacing Parker – Ella Hill Hutch Community Center
10. Angelita Lewis - LCDC
11. Kyle Pedersen – Safety Network (Park District)
12, Sandra Bolden – Safety Network (Northern District)
13. Marguez Gray – CHALK, Inc.
14. Dario Harper – Ella Hill Hutch Community Center
15. Jermaine Gardner – Ella Hill Hutch Community Center

District-5 CBO Co-Chair
Ella Hill Hutch Executive Director George Smith asked for a volunteer to partner with him as Co-Chair of the District-5 CBO collaborative. Mr. Greg Vaughn of Back On Track volunteered to to become Co-Chair with Mr. George Smith.

Announcements
– Due to the continued and increasing violence within Districts 5 & 10, meeting participants suggessted establishig a community driven crisis intervention model. The cirsis intervention model would be a community designed and implemented approach to providing support and counseling to community and family members. It was suggested that the crisis intervention model could work in partnership with San Francisco City crisis units. There was also a suggestion that the crisis intervention model would be an on-call service.

– Dario Harper initiated a discussion around District-Based Planning. This was a new concept to many of the meeting participants. Therefore, Mr. Harper offered to speak more in depth about the community planning concept at the November meeting.

Safety Guidelines
Sharon Alford has asked for all organizations to review the current list of Safety Guidelines (see below). The final draft of Safety Guidleines will be used by all District-5 CBO participating agencies. The primary purpose of the Safety Guidelines is to ensure that agencies can make confident referrals by knowing that the referring agency will abide by the Safety Guidelines.
Please review the guidelines and bring additons/subtractions/changes/suggestions to the November Dist.-5 CBO meeting.

1) Secure/Free From Violence
+ Adults Not Permitted, Or Must Be Escorted, While Youth Services Are Offered
+ Provide Violence Prevention Trainings For Agencies

2) Not Having Fear While Walking In The Street and When Working
+ Is Turf An Issue With/Around Your Agency
+ Transportation Is A Primary Concern Among Youth When Crossing Boundaries

3) Boundaries Not Be Violated

4) Who To Contact – Immediate Response – Where To Go

5) Having A Plan (Emergency Plan)
+ We Discovered That Very Few Agencies Have An Emergecny Response Plan

6) Free From Threat Environments

7) Free From Crime & Drugs

8) Respect
+ Lack of Respect Coming From Police Officers
+ Work TO Establish Respect Between Police & Community

9) Being Able To Trust Peace Officers
+ It Was Discussed That Dist.-5 CBO Collaborative Is Not Ready To Have Police Participate In Meetings
+ Meeting Particpants Felt That Police Have Not Followed Through On Agreements In The Past & Have Therefore Violated Trust Agreements
+ How Can CBOs Begin To Build Trust With Police?

10) Familiarity

11) Willingness To Work Through Differences

12) Action Plan

13) Community Neutral Territory / Support By Community
+ Similar To #2? Could They Be Consolidated?

14) Community Accountability By Community Members

15) Welcoming Environment With People I Can Relate To
16) Reputation For Quality Care

17) Trust Other Community Providers Including Police
+ Could This Be Consiladated With Number’s 8 & 9?

18) Know The Community
• Willing To Be Vulnerable
• Community Members Look Like Me
• Intimate Understanding & Experiences
• Model Behaviours That Preaching (?)
• Creative Response To Liability (?)
• CBO Accept Responsibility
• Ground Rules

19) Respect In Our Communications
+ Possibily Combine With Number 8?

Next Meeting Assignments
* Review MAGIC’s Memorandum of Understanding and Come Prepared With Changes and Suggestions For How We Can Craft A Similar Memorandum for the Dist. 5 CBO collaborative.

* Review Safety Guidelines & Make Additions/Changes/Subtractions

* Create Sub-Committee To Review Resource Manual

* Sandra Bolden – Organize A Presenter To Present On Emergency Plan

* Dario Harper – Discuss District-Based Planning

Next Meeting
* Due To Holiday The Next Meeting Will Be Held Nov. 14th , 12pm*
Location
Back On Track
1399 McAllister St. (Cross Street – Pierce)
Building Adjacent To 3rd Baptist Church
Parking Available

Minutes
Julian Davis

Lunch
Angelita Lewis

Lower Haight Merchant Assoc. Meeting Minutes: 10/10

2005-10-19T09:32:00.000-07:00

LOWER HAIGHT MERCHANT ASSOCIATION
OCTOBER 10th, 2005, 7pm - 8:30pm
MEETING MINUTES

CLEAN UP DAY
LHMA held its first community Clean Up Day on Saturday, October 8th. The Clean Up was held from 9am - 12pm and a barbecue brought the day to a close. There was an estimate of 30 - 50 volunteers. Included in the volunteers were the Director & Assistant Director of DPW, District -5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and his aide Regina Dick-Endrizzi.

LHMA has decided to organize the Clean Up days on a quarterly basis. The next Clean Up has yet to be scheduled. LHMA would like to thank all of the Lower Haight merchants that donated food to the barbecue and their energy to the Clean Up.

DEVELOPMENTS ON BECOMING A BLOCK ASSOCIATION
In order to ensure a strong infrastructure, LHMA has decided to establish a steering committee. The steering committee will be a diverse representation of business owners and establishments. The steering committee will work to establish examples organizational structure to present to merchants. Following presentations, merchants will then vote to decide which organizational structure best fits their needs. Please contact Oli if you are interested in participating on the LHMA steering committee. It is still being discussed, but the steering committee will rotate members on a 3-month or 6-month basis in order to prevent burnout.

One way to ensure a proper and effective creation of a merchant association is to understand the short and long term goals of the merchants. All merchants have been asked to bring their short and long term goals for the LHMA to the November meeting.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF BLOCK CAPTAINS
Block Captains are still needed for Steiner & Waller Streets. Please contact Anne P, if you are interested in participating as a Block Captain. Wyatt, of San Francisco SAFE will conduct a Block Captain training before the November LHMA meeting. The Block Captain training will review roles and responsibilities of Block Captains and discuss the support that San Francisco SAFE provides to Block Captains.

One of the most important roles of Block Captains is maintaining communication from merchants and transferring that information onto the other Block Captains and the LHMA steering committee. Wyatt, will review phone trees and other methods of communication during the Block Captain training.

KEEPING CLEAN AFTER CLEAN UP DAY
The San Francisco Graffiti Task Force will attend and present at the November LHMA meeting. The Graffiti Task Force will address neighborhood concerns around graffiti. Rick, of Cole Street Hardware, has offered to provide anti-graffiti paint. Anti-graffiti paint dissolves spray paint as soon as spray paint is applied to the painted surface.

Due to the success of the Clean Day, LHMA has decided, with the support of Supervisor Mirkarimi and DPW, to organize quarterly Clean Up days.

LHMA has secured additional trashcans that have been distributed throughout Lower Haight. This in addition to the tree cutting and the continued pressure washing. Merchants have offered to organize a mural project that will be displayed on the new trashcans. We will discuss this at the next meeting.

There are still concerns of "dumping" in the community. Merchants are encouraged to take note of continuous dumping locations so we adjust trashcan locations if needed.

MUST DOs FOR NEXT MEETING
-ALL merchants should bring short & long term goals for LHMA (what would you lke to see) this is very important as it will steer the committee in the starting direction.

- Steering Committee should meet once to identify members and to bring 3 examples of organizational structure

- Block Captains must meet with Wyatt and participate in Block Captain training

- Mark (Future Primitive) will report on trashcan mural project

- Jason (Alt Health serv) will report on CART program

NEXT MEETING
Monday, November 14th, 7pm Squat & Gobble

TOPICS
- Report Back From Block Captain Training

- Steering Committee To Report On Members & Organizational Structure

- Graffiti Task Force Presentation

MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED REGARDING AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING.

Haight Ashbury Food Program Honors 24th Graduating Class

2005-10-07T11:03:00.000-07:00

Haight Ashbury Food Program

The Board of Directors & Staff of the
Haight Ashbury Food Program invite you to join us
in the honoring of the 24th graduating class of the
Food Service Job Trainign Project.

Monday, Ocotber 17, 2005

Haight Ashbury Food Program
Community Kitchen
1525 Waller Street
San Francisco, CA

*Lunch 12pm*
**Awarding of Diplomas 1pm**

Please RSVP to Nyna Pais-Caputi
415.566.4158

LHMA Meeting - October 10th, 7pm

2005-10-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

LOWER HAIGHT MERCHANTS MEETING
OCTOBER 10, 2005
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Memphis Minnie’s
576 Haight Street

Contact: Oliver: 415.699.3292
email: oliver@recordpressing.com

CALLING ALL LOWER HAIGHT MERCHANTS
Lower Haight Merchants Are Organizing Ourselves In-Order To Increase Neighborhood City Services, City Government Accountability, Establish Regular Communication Between Merchants & Address Ongoing Merchant & Community Concerns.

The Lower Haight Merchants Association (LHMA) will be hosting our third meeting on October 10th, at 7pm. LHMA meetings are held at rotating merchant locations and the October meeting will be held at Memphis Minnie’s. The September LHMA meeting was hosted by Idlehand and welcomed Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and his aide Regina Dick-Endrizzi. LHMA is working in partnership with government officials and community organizations to increase neighborhood safety and city services, enhance merchant communication and partnerships and to address critical concerns of our community. All Lower Haight merchants are encouraged to attend the October LHMA meeting.

LHMA-October Meeting Topics:
* Developments On Becoming An Association
* Block Captain Role and Responsibilities
* How To Keep The Area Clean After LHMA Clean-Up Day
* Developments On Garbage Issues
* Follow-Up With Supervisor Mirkarimi on Increasing Trash Cans
* City Responsiveness (Foot Patrol, etc.)

* Phone / Fax Tree How To Use

HASA Meeting- October 12th, 10am

2005-10-05T08:58:00.000-07:00

HAIGHT ASHBURY SERVICE ASSOCIATION MEETING

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12th 10am - 11:30

HAIGHT ASHBURY FREE CLINICS, INC.

529 CLAYTON St., 3rd Fl.
(Enter Through Left Door)

Contact Info: Kyle 415-571-0338

I hope that all HASA-members will be able to attend the Wednesday, October 12th HASA meeting. Please encourage additional service providers to join us. I have attached the agenda for the meeting. Please contact me if you would like to add or change any of the agenda items.

I have included an agenda for the meeting for you to review. Please make additions and changes to the agenda. We would like for the meeting to be as relevant to your needs as possible. Please voice your concerns so that we can continue to strategize together on how we can collectively meet one another's needs, and therefore, more effectively meet the needs of the communities that we serve.

The Lower Haight Merchants' Association Clean-Up Day will be held this Saturday, October 8th at 9am. Supervisor Mirkarimi and Lower Haight merchants will be out in the streets and on the sidewalks picking up trash, power washing sidewalks and covering graffiti. Come out and help clean-up the neighborhood and meet merchants. Rumor has it that there will be a fantastic BBQ to conclude the cleaning!

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns. I look forward to seeing you all Wednesday, October 12th!

Meeting Agenda

10am-10:10 Introductions

10:10 - 10:45 Community Events & Concerns

*Cole Street Block Party

*HAYOT Community Clean-Up Day

*Haight Referral Card (Completed)
*October Park District Community Forum
*Park District Community Forum Advisory Committee

*Community Concerns & Issues

10:45 - 11am New HASA-Projects

*Suggestions For New HASA-Working Groups

11am - 11:30 Tour of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc.

HANC General Meeting - Election Spotlight Oct. 13th, 7pm

2005-10-05T08:54:00.000-07:00

HANC GENERAL MEETING

Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council

*Election Spotlight*

Assessor & Treasurer Races
and Props F, G & I
Everyone is invited to attend.

DATE: Thursday, October 13th, 2005
PLACE: Park Branch Library, 1833 Page Street
TIME: 7:00 - 9:00 PM

It's election time again on November 8th. Meet the candidates for Assessor: Phil Ting, Gerardo Sandoval and Ronald Chun and Treasurer:Jose Cisneros, Calvin Louie, Manuel Valleand Isaac Wong. All have been invited.

Prop F Neighborhood Firehouses-Should all firehouses be fully staffed?
Prop H Firearm Ban prohibiting pistols.
Prop I Military Recruiters in Public Schools

Speakers pro and con have been invited.

SF 5-Together Meeting - Oct. 5th, 6:45pm

2005-10-04T12:45:00.000-07:00

SF 5-Together Meeting

October 5th, 6:45pm
Northern Police Station Community Room

Fillmore at Turk
Muni line 22, parking on Turk

Tonight through the assistance of Supervisor Mirkarimi and Daniel Homsey, Director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services we have assembled representatives from SFFD, SFPD, Office of Emergency Services, Red Cross and local hospitals who have experience in disaster planning. As we've witnessed the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on the city of New Orleans, many of us have recognized the need for community preparedness when the infrastructure of a city is overwhelmed or even incapacitated. Together we will begin a dialogue that will result in a disaster plan for our neighborhoods.

6:45-7pm
* Gather and socialize.
* Feel free to bring food/beverages to share during meeting.

7pm
* Convene meeting Richard Shadoian, President
* Welcome
* Introductions
* Announcements
* Approval of minutes

7:15
* Discussion with Supervisor Mirkarimi

7:25
* Discussion with the Director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, Daniel Homsey

7:40
* Program: Creating a Community Plan for Disaster
* Program chaired by Richard Shadoian, Cole Valley Improvement Association and Cheryl Brodie of Stanyan Fell Neighborhood Association
* SF5Together is initiating a process to establish a District 5 Community Response Disaster Plan.

9:10
* Officer Reports
* Reports from Message Board Moderators
* Public Safety Emmett Gilman---emmettg1@yahoo.com
* Environment Paul Wermer--paulhwermer@att.net
* Business Michael O'Connor---divisadero628@earthlink.net
* Land Use Barbara Meskunas--- brmeskunas@cs.com

9:25
* Discuss program for Nov 2nd meeting
* Dinner planning for our December 7 meeting
* Announcements

9:30
* Adjournment

Lower Haight Clean Day - Oct. 8th, 9am

2005-10-03T13:38:00.000-07:00

CALLING ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS!!!

Merchants, Community Based Organizations & Residents
Are All Encouraged To Participate In Cleaning Their Community

IS THIS YOUR COMMUNITY?
HELP US KEEP IT CLEAN!

SF Police Commission Meeting & BBQ

2005-09-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

San Francisco Police Commission Meeting
Park District BBQ

Come meet your Police Commissioners! This is an opportunity for citizens of the Park District to address the Police Commission on matters of interest and concern. A public comment period will follow!

Hosted by:
Park Police Station

Where:
Grattan School 165 Grattan St.

When:
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
BBQ at 5:30 PM
Meeting Starts at 6 PM

Parking:
On The School Yard Disabled Parking In Front

Contact: Kyle Pedersen 415.225.8390

All In A Day's Work For Sup. Mirkarimi

2005-09-22T09:32:00.000-07:00

All In A Day's Work For Supervisor
Mirkarimi Thwarts Robberies, Administers CPR
By Justin Jouvenal
Staff Writer, San Francisco Examiner
Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:58 PM PDT

When politicians talk about serving the community, it usually means fixing a broken streetlight or getting money for a new community center, but how's this for constituent service: lifesaving CPR and foiling robberies.

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi can list both of those accomplishments on his résumé during his short term in office. On Sunday, the Supervisor and a friend performed CPR on a man, and then carried him down a hill to a waiting ambulance, police said Wednesday. "It doesn't leap to my mind when I've heard about another politician doing something like this," said San Francisco police Capt. John Ehrlich, with the Park Station. "I don't know if other [politicians] would have done this."

There's no word on whether the man was a voter in District 5, Mirkarimi's district.

The incident began when someone called 911 to report a man was calling for help in Buena Vista Park. Mirkarimi and the friend heard the man calling for help and headed down a hill to give him CPR, according to police. When police arrived on the scene, they guided Mirkarimi and the friend to the ambulance.

The incident comes after Mirkarimi helped stop a smash-and-grab robbery in June. Mirkarimi noticed a guy dragging a backpack away from a car in the Lower Haight that had a broken window. The man dropped the bag after Mirkarimi yelled at him and gave him a short chase.

The bag, which contained clothing, a wallet and a checkbook, belonged to a tourist from Texas, who was thrilled to get it back. Mirkarimi did not return a call for comment Wednesday, but told The Examiner in June not to make a big deal of his crimefighting.

"Please don't make me out to be the caped crusader, because I'm not. … Anybody would do such a thing."

Lower Haight Merchants' Assoc. Meeting: 9/19

2005-09-20T13:04:00.000-07:00

Lower Haight Merchants' Association Meeting

Unofficial Minutes

September 19th

Next Meeting:

October 10th, 7pm

Idle Hand Tattoo - 575 Haight St.

(btwn. Steiner & Fillmore)

The Lower Haight Merchants' Association held their second meeting on September 19th at Idle Hand Tattoo. The meeting was well attended with nearly 20-merchants and additional community members in attendance. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and his aide Regina Dick-Endrizzi, along with a representative from SF SAFE, attended the meeting and spoke on a variety of topics and initiatives.

In a short amount of time, the Lower Haight Merchants' Assoc. has generated a tremendous amount of excitement among merchants throughout the Lower Haight community. Many merchants who attended the initial meeting were unable to attend the 9/19 meeting. Therefore, the word has spread among merchants that the Lower Haight Merchants' Assoc. is a necessity and critical element to the blossoming Lower Haight Community.

"Official" minutes will be distributed by the Lower Haight Merchants in the near future. The "official" minutes will be posted as soon as they are released. In the meantime, these "unofficial" minutes will detail the meetings activities and decisions.

Regular Meeting Date / Time / Location:

The Lower Haight Merchants' Association has decided to hold monthly meetings on the second Monday of every month at 7pm. The meetings will be held at Idle Hand Tattoo (575 Haight St. btwn. Steiner & Fillmore).

Tracking Calls Made To Police Cell Phones:

Merchants are encouraged to keep track and make notes of ALL phone calls made to Park & Northern District cell phones (numbers listed below). Merchants will be unable to receive CAD numbers through calls made to officers' cell phones. However, you can keep track of date, time and incident for each phone call. The Lower Haight Merchants' Assoc. will collect this information at the end of each month and review the data for unacceptable responses and any other possible concerns.

Northern District Cell (for concerns east of Steiner) :
Local Patrol: 415-307-1910

Park District Cell (for concerns west of Steiner) :

Local Patrol: 415-640-4822

Arrange Neighborhood Walk-Throughs

Nicole and Regina will work together to arrange a neighborhood walk-through with SFPD Chief Heather Fong. The walk-through will address lighting and other safety concerns. Both Cpt. Dillon (Northern District) and Cpt. Ehrlich (Park District) will participate in the walk-through and discuss the role of beat officers and other collaborative efforts between the Districts that will address safety.

Trash Cans

Lower Haight needs more trash cans on the sidewalks. Nicole and Oliver passed out maps that highlight current positions of trash cans. Supervisor Mirkarimi urged the Merchants' Assoc. to advocate for more trash cans to be placed throughout the neighborhood. The trash cans could be distributed on a "test" basis and could either be removed (if it is decided that they are not needed) after 3 or 6-months. Merchants should identify locations for new trash cans. Once the number of trash cans has been decided, Supervisor Mirkarimi will advocate to bring trash cans into the neighborhood.

TJ brought up the idea of having Scavenger bring in trash bins that can be locked by the owner. A locked trash bin allows the owner to unlock the bin just before disposal and would prohibit people from opening the bins in search of recyclables. Talk with TJ (Idle Hand) if interested in working with Scavenger to bring in locked trash bins.

400-Block

Supervisor Mirkarimi has agreed to talk with each merchant on the 400-block of Haight with the intention of bringing them on-board with the Merchants' Assoc. It has been discussed that merchants on the 400-block feel uncomfortable attending merchants' meetings due to threats made against the merchants.

SF SAFE

SF SAFE presented on the methods and process of establishing a Business Watch. SF SAFE helps residents, police, and community groups work together to create neighborhood and business watches. For more information, refer to the link above.

Lower Haight Clean-Up Day

Lower Haight Merchants' Association, in partnership with Supervisor Mirkarimi's Office, will organize and host the Lower Haight Clean-Up Day on either Oct. 8th or Oct. 22nd. Nicole and Regina will work with DPW to secure supplies. Merchants are encouraged to invite residents and other community members to participate in the clean-up. An effective method of increasing participation is having food at the event. Local eateries may want to consider donating food for a community lunch.

The Clean-Up Day will organize groups to clean-up graffiti, sweep and powerwash sidewalks and will include other beautification projects.

Block Captains

SF SAFE and Sup. Mirkarimi encouraged the Merchants Association to identify Block Captains and Co-Captains for each block represented by the Lower Haight Merchants' Association. In addition to Block Captains, the Merchants' Association will also identify roles and responsibilities for officers. Currently, some Block Captains have been identified. However, no officers have been identified. It may be most efficient to create "job" descriptions and responsibilities for officers and Block Captains before recruiting additional merchants for the positions. Merchants will most likely want to know what responsibilities come with their new duty.

Current Block Captains

200 Block Fillmore: Alex - Metro Cafe

400 Block Haight: Oliver -

500 Block Haight: TJ - Idle Hand

600 Block Haight: Nicole - Vapor Room

700 Block Haight: Chuck - Costumes on Haight

District 5 CBO Meeting: 9/19

2005-09-20T10:42:00.000-07:00

District 5 CBO Meeting

Unofficial Minutes

September 19th

Ella Hill Hutch Community Center

Next Meeting: 10/17

On the third-Monday of every month at 12pm, Ella Hill Hutch Community Center hosts the District-5 Community Based Organization (CBO) meeting. Community Based organizations throughout District 5 are encouraged to participate in the monthly meetings. For more information, please contact Sharon Alford at Ella Hill Hutch.

Minutes are officially kept at the meetings and are distributed before the next scheduled meeting. The official minutes will be posted once I receive them. In the meantime, I will post my notes in order to keep people updated on the activities of the meeting.

Attendance: Representatives from Youthline, Ella Hill Hutch, Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association, Hayes Valley Playground, Westside Mental Health Clinic, SF Boys & Girls Club, Ernest Ingold Clubhouse, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Safety Network and several other organizations.

Safety Guidelines:

CBOs throughout District 5 are working to establish Safety Guidelines that all agencies will follow. The Safety Guidelines are intended to establish trust when agencies refer clients to outside agencies. It is critical that when making a referral, agencies feel confident that their client will be respected and safe while working with the referral agency. Currently, the Safety Guidelines are as follows:

-Secure/ Free From Violence

-Not Having Fear While Walking In The Street & When Working

-Boundaries Not Be Violated

-Who To Contact / Immediate Response / Where To Go

- Having a Plan (Emergency Plan)

- Free From Threat Environments

- Free From Crime & Drugs

- Respect

- Being Able To Trust Peace Officers

- Familiarity

- Willingness To Work Through Differences

- Access To Premises - Omitted

- Action Plan

- Community Neutral Territory / Support By Community

- Community Accountability By Community Members

- Welcoming Environment With People I Can Relate To

- Reputation For Quality Care

- Trust Other Community Providers Including Police

- Know The Community

- Respect In Our Communications

Agencies are encouraged to review the Safety Guidelines and make suggestions for changes and additions.

Youthline facilitates trainings that address neighborhood boundaries and are eager to work with CBOs to effectively address this very real safety concern.

District 5 Resource Guide / Plan:

Currently, we are attempting to collect detailed service provision information from CBOs throughout District 5. The information will be collected through a questionnaire that will be distribute to CBOs. Once the information is collected, a District 5 Resource Guide / Database will be constructed. Currently, Youthline hosts a database that lists agencies citywide that provide services to youth.

All District 5 CBOs are asked to bring descriptions of services that their agencies provide to the Oct. 17th meeting.

Next Steps:

All District 5 CBOs are asked to bring the following items to the next CBO meeting, which will be held on October 17th, 12pm, Ella Hill Hutch :

- Program & Service Descriptions

- CBO Contact Information for the Questionnaire mailing (a sample questionnaire will be presented at the Oct. meeting)

Announcing the 5th Annual Youth Recognition Day

2005-09-16T15:45:00.000-07:00

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the San Francisco Youth Commission are proud to be sponsoring the 5th Annual Youth Recognition Day to be held Tuesday, December 13, 2005.

In 2001, The San Francisco Youth Commission urged the citizens of San Francisco to start actively recognizing the positive contributions made each and every day by San Francisco’s young people. The Board of Supervisors responded with legislation creating Youth Recognition Day – a day for San Francisco to honor young people who have demonstrated the kind of leadership and courage that deserves our recognition.

Eleven young people, one from each Supervisorial District, will be selected and recognized at a ceremony and reception at City Hall on Tuesday, December 13th. In order to be considered for this honor, nominees must be between the ages of 12 and 23 years old. Nomination forms will be reviewed by the members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Those honorees selected will be contacted by October 31, 2005.

Throughout our city and the world, youth are making valuable contributions to improving schools, neighborhoods, and communities. Be a part of this important day by nominating a young person to be honored at Youth Recognition Day!

To nominate a young person, please download and fill out the nomination form and return to the San Francisco Youth Commission no later than 5:00pm on Thursday, September 29, 2005. For more information, please contact Ron McCan, Program & Policy Coordinator, at the San Francisco Youth Commission at (415) 554-6446.

Download the Youth Recognition Day Nomination form in pdf format

Read about former Youth Recognition Day Honorees

Read the Youth Commission's "Positive Recogniton of Youth" Resolution

JOIN V.I.P. GIRLS!!! (and get PAID!)

2005-09-16T08:30:00.000-07:00

Be part of the Violence is Preventable (VIP) Girls Project!

In our groups, young women ages 13-17
get paid a $150 stipend to hang out and do things like:

* Create Change through Community Projects
* Group discussions on topics like:
➢ Violence
➢ Relationships
➢ Injustice
➢ Health
➢ Being a Strong, Productive, Successful Female
* Field trips
* Creative arts

Starting on Tuesday, October 4th
We will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30pm-6:30pm for 10 weeks in the Upper Haight neighborhood. We can also hook you up with free services like: case management, health services, mentoring, and referrals.

•SPEAK YOUR MIND•

For more info on this group or the ongoing groups in Bayview and Downtown, call Karla at Huckleberry’s Cole Street Clinic: 415.386.9398 extension x327. Peace!

VIP Girls is a program of Huckleberry Youth Programs in collaboration with Bayview Hunters Point Foundation and Come Into the Sun Girls Mentorship Program aimed at providing resources and opportunities for young women, ages 11-18, in San Francisco. VIP Girls offers leadership groups, mentoring, case management, creative arts, special needs scholarships and community-wide outings. For more info call 386-9398 x327 or x304.

Lower Haight Merchant Assoc. Meeting: 9/19, 7pm

2005-09-15T11:05:00.000-07:00

Lower Haight Merchant Association
Second Meeting!!!

A big thanks to all who attended the last meeting to get our association started.

Monday Sept 19 @ 7pm
at
IDLE HAND Tattoo on Haight Street

IF YOU MISSED IT YOU WANT TO COME THIS TIME
and met your neighbors and get heard!!

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi will be in attendance.
A rep from Project Safe SF will be in attendance as well.

Agenda

1. Distributing phone and contact list of association members, and all the POLICE and services we discussed at the last meeting. Also discuss things that we want to do as an association.

2. PROJECT SAFE will speak about "Merchant Watch Program" and help us with setting up programs, and getting us organized to create safety in the neighborhood "what works, what stinks"

3. Setting up date and time for "Neighborhood Clean Day". These will include DPW coming out and to spray sidewalks, and add trash cans to the streets. Getting spray paint etc... for removing graffiti etc. for the whole neighborhood...and setting up an "Environment Assessment" bringing attention to problem areas of the neighborhood.

4. Picking block captains so we can get the word out block by block regarding all communications for the association (we will set up fax tree and email list to keep each other informed of problems quickly). "I tell you, you tell 2 others, etc..."

5. Getting to know each other better! (Think of all the things we can do as we organize!!)

-See YA THERE!!!

HASA Meeting Minutes: 9/14

2005-09-14T20:07:00.000-07:00

Haight Ashbury Service Association

Sept.14th: Meeting Minutes

Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco

Ernest Ingold Clubhouse

ATTENDANCE

1. George Smith, Ella Hill Hutch Community Center

2. John Pirkopf, Larkin Street

3. Ed Melendez, Larkin Street

4. Jennifer Dominguez, Boys & Girls Club SF

5. Hernan Luduena-Segre, Huckleberry's Cole St. Youth Clinic

6. Abbie Zimmerman, Huckleberry's Cole St. Youth Clinic

7. Cpt. John Ehrlich, SFPD-Park Station

8. Sgt. Mike Niland, SFPD-Park Station

9. Katie Wilkinson, Boys & Girls Club SF

10. Karen Fishkin, HANC, SAN, Resident

11. Marquez Gray, CHALK, Inc.

12. Nyna Pais-Caputi, Haight Ashbury Food Program

13. Kyle Pedersen, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. & Safety Network

COLE STREET BLOCK PARTY

Huckleberry's Cole Street Youth Clinic will be celebrating their 15th Anniversary of serving the Haight and surrounding communities on October 29th (Saturday) from 12pm-4pm. Originally the plan was to have a block party with outdoor booths and DJs. Due to logistical issues, the party is moving indoors and will be held at the Cole St. Youth Clinic. Cole St. will have a resource table for brouchures and program information for community social service agencies. For more information please contact: Abbie Zimmerman, azimmerman@huckleberyyouth.org

Cole Street Clinic is also in search for 10-12 to participate in their VIP-Girls Project. The age-range to participate is 13-17 yrs. old. This is a paid/stipend project and an application process is required. For more information contact Karla Robinson, 415.386.9398 x327, krobinson@huckleberryyouth.org.

PARK DISTRICT POLICE COMMISSION MEETING

The Police Commission holds meetings in each police district once a year. The Park District Police Commission meeting will be held on Sept. 28th at Grattan Elementary School (165 Grattan St., SF, CA 94117).

A BBQ will kick-off the meeting at 5:30pm. The actual meeting will begin at 6pm. Food will be provided throughout the evening. Community members are strongly encouraged to attend the meeting and discuss community concerns and to acknowledge the accomplishments that have been made within the park District.

HAIGHT REFERRAL CARD

HASA-members have been working on a Social Service Haight Referral Card for the past 2-months. We are in the finishing stages of the card and are asking for all HASA-members to review the information to ensure proper and current program information. The service information that will be listed on the Referral Card was distributed to attendees to review and email corrections to Kyle. We are not looking to add services to the Referral Card, but are simply looking for corrections to existing information.

The Referral Card will be distributed to Park Station Police Officers to use as an alternative to arrest or citation whenever possible. Rather than arresting or citing an individual, Park Station officers can make proper referrals to community based social service agencies. This is a community-driven attempt to decrease recidivism rates among non-violent offenders.

ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IN DIST. 5 BY STRENGTHENING CBOs

George Smith, Executive Director of Ella Hill Hutch, joined today's HASA meeting to discuss his efforts in organizing CBOs throughout District 5. As of 9/14, there have been 3 homicides in the Western Addition within the past two-weeks. Violence is once again spiking within the community and it is critical that community based organizations organize themselves to strengthen the relationship between one another in an attempt to create a sustainable approach to ending violence throughout our District.

George Smith and Ella Hill Hutch (1050 McAllister St.) are currently holding meetings on the third-Monday of each month at 12pm (wonderful lunches are provided). The meetings are intended to bring CBOs and government officials together to coordinate a true safety net among ourselves in order to provide superior services and confident referrals. District-5 CBOs are strongly encouraged to attend the monthly meetings.

UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS

Sat. Sept. 17th, 12pm: Ella Hill Hutch Backpack Giveaway

Mon. Sept. 19th, 12pm: Ella Hill Hutch CBO Meeting

Mon. Sept. 19th, 7pm: Lower-Haight Merchants Meeting, Location TBA

Wed. Sept. 21st, 7:30pm: Haight-Divisadero Neighborhood & Merchants Association Meeting Location, TBA

Mon. Sept. 26th, 11am: Hayes Valley / Western Addition Youth Programs Meeting, Location: Hayes Valley Playground (Hayes & Buchanan Streets)

Wed. Sept. 28th, 6pm (BBQ 5:30): Park District Police Commission Meeting, Location: Grattan Elem. School (165 Grattan St., SF, CA 94117)

NEXT HASA MEETING
Wedneday, Oct. 12th, 10am-11:30am
Location TBA

NEIGHBOR POWER, BUILDING COMMUNITY THE SEATTLE WAY

2005-09-14T13:32:00.000-07:00

JIM DIERS - NEIGHBOR POWER, BUILDING COMMUNITY THE SEATTLE WAY
Wed., Sep. 14 6 pm, Milton Marks Auditorium, 455 Golden Gate Ave.

The Neighborhood Parks Council and the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Service present Jim Diers, author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way, who will speak about the lessons learned over 20 years in organizing neighbors in the city of Seattle. Jim Diers set up and directed the Department of Neighborhoods in Seattle for 14 years. Numerous innovative programs were initiated under his watch such as little city halls, community-driven planning, neighborhood matching funds and P-Patch community gardens.

HASA Meeting: Sept. 14th, 10am-11:30

2005-09-09T13:22:00.000-07:00

HAIGHT ASHBURY SERVICE ASSOCIATION MEETING
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th 10am - 11:30
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
ERNEST INGOLD CLUBHOUSE
1950 PAGE St.
Contact Info: Kyle 415-571-0338

Meeting Agenda

10am-10:15 Introductions

10:15 - 10:35 Community Events & Concerns
- Cole Street Block Party
- 9/28 Police Commission Meeting
- Haight Referral Card (Draft)
- Community Concerns & Issues

10:35 - 11am Julian Davis, Representative for Assemblymember Mark Leno
George Smith, ED, Ella Hill Hutch Community Center
- Review District 5 Community Congress
- How Can CBOs Throughout District 5 Strengthen Relationships
- How Can Haight-Based CBOs Work To Reduce District Violence

11am - 11:30 Tour of the Ernest Ingold Clubhouse

Please Post Comments To List Items
That You Would Like Added To The Agenda

Park District Hosts National Night Out

2005-09-09T12:08:00.000-07:00

Park District Hosts National Night Out

National Night Out was celebrated on August 2nd at the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco, Ernest-Ingold Clubhouse on Page Street. National Night Out is an annual event that is held in cities and towns across the nation to raise awareness of community and strengthen relationships between police and community members. Each National Night Out event is unique to the community in which it is being held. Some communities will organize marches in order to reclaim their streets, while other communities will host barbecues.

Now This Is professionalnl BBQ!

In San Francisco, National Night Out events are organized in every police district throughout the City. The Park Police District, which includes the Haight-Ashbury community, hosted its third National Night Out at the local Boys & Girls Clubhouse on Page Street. Due to the unique weather climate of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, it was decided to hold the event indoors to prevent the cold weather and fog from limiting attendance. The Boys & Girls Club has hosted two youth forums that addressed relationships between youth and police and also have an ongoing program called, Cops Read To Kids. Therefore, the Boys & Girls Club seemed to be a natural host for the Park District National Night Out.

Who Is Ready To Take On The Boys & Girls Club Pool Sharks!

Many community residents visited the Boys & Girls Clubhouse and were welcomed to a barbecue and plenty of indoor games. Captain John Ehrlich, of the Park Police District, and six of his officers participated in the evenings events. Over 40-people visited the Boys & Girls Club and participated in the evenings events. The evenings festivities included youth from the Boys & Girls Club barbecuing food for community members, games of pool and ping-pong and the evening concluded with an exhilarating basketball game between the youth of the Boys & Girls Club and the Park Police station officers.

Captain Ehrlich Remained Undefeated On The Ping-Pong Table

National Night Out was a success this year due to the significant turnout of community residents, police officers and neighborhood youth.

The Police Asked For A Cops vs Youth Game
Need I Say More ;)

Good Sports and Great Attitudes Led To A Wonderful Game

D. Brown Keeps Score

Calling On Community Members To Support Community Organization

2005-09-09T11:45:00.000-07:00

Calling On Community Members To Support Community Organization

The Haight Ashbury Food Program (HAFP) has provided free meals to the Haight-community since 1983. Last year alone, the HAFP Community Kitchen served 61,195 hot nutritious lunchtime meals to anywhere from 169 to 654 people four days per week, serving an average of 281 people per day. During 2004, the HAFP Community Kitchen provided meals to an average of 672 seniors a month.

The success and the services of the HAFP Community Kitchen often overshadow the HAFP’s Food Service Job Training and Retention Project (FSJTRP). The FSJTRP provides in-depth assessment, training, job search, job placement and job retention services to 24 to 30 participants per year. The job training portion of the project consists of a 12-week intensive program (32 hours per week) including hands-on cooking, food service theory classes, life skills and individual and group counseling. Participants in the project receive the uniforms and tools that will be necessary for their future career in the food service industry, as well as a small weekly stipend.

82% of those enrolled (122/148) completed the training and earned a graduation certificate – often the first thing that they have completed since grade school. In 2003, the amount of participants who graduated was a record high of 93%, with only 2 drop-outs.

81% of those who have graduated (96 out of 118) have been employed, earning an overall average starting wage of $10.85 / hour. During 2003, the average placement wage was $11.52 / hour.

At least 66% (50 out of 76) of those graduates who have been employed have retained employment for one year or more.

The concrete results of the HAFP’s services showcase the superior services offered by HAFP-staff and volunteers. The incredible numbers of meals prepared and served daily highlights the ongoing struggle to end hunger within our community. For over the past 20-years, the HAFP has led the fight to end hunger within our community. The HAFP now needs the help of the Haight-Ashbury community to preserve this neighborhood institution.

The HAFP is struggling to recover from the cut in federal funding that went to directly fund the majority of the Job Training and Retention Project. The federal funding that HAFP received to maintain the Job Training and Retention Project has been cut from the federal budget. Therefore, come September 2005, the HAFP will no longer receive a significant portion of their annual funding. Due to the loss of funding, HAFP has already been forced to reduce the number of HAFP-staff and close the doors to the Job Training and Retention offices on Divasadero St. The Job Training and Retention Project and the Community Kitchen will now operate under the same roof at 1525 Waller Street.

The HAFP is addressing the current financial crunch by hiring an Interim Executive Director who will specialize in fundraising. Jenn Sramek is a long-time Haight-Ashbury community resident who has chosen to come on-board to assist a community organization that she values as a community resident. When asked what her immediate plans were to stabilize HAFP-funding, Jenn responded, “I am planning to research alternative funding sources for the job training program, look for ways in which we can make the HAFP a sustainable organization in terms of an endowment or other long-term funding options, and help the staff and recipients of the programs re-shape it into programs that are efficient, effective, engaging, and most of all that produce the kind of concrete result that a lot of funders look for in these kinds of programs. HAFP already does a great job of this, of course, but we need to spread the word a bit, and case a wider net in terms of funding.”

The hurdle that the HAFP is attempting to conquer would be much more manageable with the assistance of community members. How can the Haight-Ashbury community assist the HAFP? Jenn’s response is, “The community can assist HAFP by considering making a tax-deductible donation to the organization, or by contributing to an endowment for the Job Training and Retention Project, which will help us keep the programs going through the inevitable ups and downs of funding streams (both from private institutions and from government sources). These "gifts that keep on giving" are a great way to make a lasting impact, and to ensure that these programs continue on into the future for as long as they are needed. You can contact HAFP to do either of these.”

If you would like to assist the HAFP, please contact Jenn Sramek immediately. The contact information for the HAFP is listed below. In order to preserve community-organizations, it is critical that those organizations receive the support of community members (residents, merchants and other community-organizations). The HAFP continues to address the needs of our community. It is now time that community residents acknowledge the need to preserve community-community organizations within our neighborhood and act immediately to address this community-need.

The Haight Ashbury Food Program
Jenn Sramek, Interim ED
1525 Waller Street, 94117
Ph: 415-566-0366