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The board approved the minutes from the Aug. 1, 2025 meeting. In a roll-call vote the board recorded Afua Mangal, Member Allen, Member Carrion, Member Ortiz, Member Palmer and Member Sue as voting \"aye.\" The board announced, \"There are 6 ayes and no nays. The minutes from 08/01/2025 meetings are approved.\"

The board then conducted nominations and votes for officers. Member Carrion nominated William Palmer for president; a second was recorded. On the roll call for the presidential nomination the transcript records Afua Mangal voting aye, Member Allen recorded as nay, Member Carrion recorded as aye, Member Ortiz recorded as aye, Member Palmer recorded as aye, and Member Sue recorded as aye. The meeting chair announced, \"There are 4 ayes and 2 nays. Congratulations to President-elect Palmer.\" (Note: the roll-call lines and the announced tally appear inconsistent in the meeting transcript; the announcement is recorded in the transcript as 4 ayes and 2 nays.)

For vice president, Member Carrion nominated Afua Mangal (recorded as Afua Mango in some roll-call lines). The roll call recorded Afua Mangal, Member Allen, Member Carrion, Member Ortiz, Member Palmer and Member Sue as voting aye; the chair announced, \"There are 6 ayes and no nays. Congratulations to vice president-elect Afua Mangal.\"

Having completed the agenda, the board adjourned at 3:46 p.m. and recorded the meeting as adjourned.

All formal roll calls and the chair’s announced tallies are taken from the meeting transcript; where the transcript is internally inconsistent, this article reports both the recorded roll-call votes and the chair’s announced totals.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of San Francisco - Video Open Video Only in Windows Media Player","oneSentenceSummary","At its Sept. 5 meeting the San Francisco Sheriff's Department Oversight Board approved the minutes from Aug. 1, 2025; elected William Palmer as president and Afua Mangal as vice president; and adjourned at 3:46 p.m.","taxTitle","San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California","taxId",5751,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6455721,"Sister Circle describes day treatment, housing and reentry supports for women",689,2887000,3576000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778887-661e2bcf6f046a51388a292e6f432d7f&start=2887&end=3576","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5778887-661e2bcf6f046a51388a292e6f432d7f/thumbnail_2887000.jpg","/articles/6455721/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Sister-Circle-describes-day-treatment-housing-and-reentry-supports-for-women","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6455721-3739759729ecc1c8f88171d4fc85dccb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161828&Signature=CWxdZSyVGKLL~DPY22l013ZUKr5Xdcyc-TIi~zEI-C3TwPthZbHoXujsTei6uqQX~4FMgcs9rzJYwBhygbnpyWsrAaqkV8LXaoKDBC8LUh26ju0bcI9dqKmWBAhDg4PEseoOwP28jpIHXMseuL0W2a3syBy-qhZ5-Mn6XLnxXQDv7j0QYOfMsgIyCL9qKZms4HwZtYLDrprAxw71aYK-rifZl2xNg2fmbeitd7JdSiTNLc5~dmWJd1eaLqAuuWQXpVL1nUXHjEVMBhjawjhpsEmFsGsX4LfzgXdBz9XiBuWVg~Mzdc5Wj01vlbC61ReqLKnnpDK7hjzCzMMToN~JlQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Tracy Watson Akbar, founding director of Sister Circle Women's Support Network, told the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board on Sept. 5 that the San Francisco–based nonprofit provides day treatment, case management and transitional-housing support for women facing addiction, domestic violence and related barriers. \"We've served over 1,200 women in the past 10 years,\" Watson Akbar said.

Sister Circle operates a day-treatment program, Monday through Thursday, and maintains case managers, volunteer staff and an outreach presence inside local jails. Watson Akbar said the program includes on-site urine-analysis testing, parenting classes with a child zone for participants' young children, and connections to transitional housing and detox providers. \"We also have access to transitional housing, and when women move from transitional housing into permanent homes, we go through the Welcome Home project with SF Realtors,\" she said.

Sandra Sims, a case manager who identified herself as a former client, described group and life-skills classes the organization offers and said Sister Circle facilitates exit plans and referrals to treatment and mental-health services. \"We offer life skills, anger management, relapse prevention ... we have a clothing closet ... and we go into the jailhouse on Fridays where we bring the message of hope to the women inside,\" Sims said. Sims also noted she has been in recovery 13 years and credited the program with part of her progress.

Volunteer staff member Melanie Muasau‑Absher described Sister Circle’s Zoom groups for women who cannot attend in person. \"We have a Zoom platform on Tuesdays at 1 and Thursdays at 3 ... even if they just come in to do active listening, it is amazing,\" she said. Muasau‑Absher said she has 6½ years in recovery and that Sister Circle helped her connect with civic engagement opportunities in the city.

Board members praised the program and said they would pass contact information to local shelters, probation and child-welfare staff. Watson Akbar left business cards and materials for the board and asked the board to invite Sister Circle back for further discussion of partnership opportunities.","Tracy Watson Akbar told the board Sister Circle has provided day treatment, case management and housing referrals to more than 1,200 women over 10 years and operates in-person and Zoom programs plus transitional-housing referrals and a Welcome Home partnership with the San Francisco Realtors Foundation.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6455725,"Initiate Justice director urges civic engagement, highlights voting and prison-reform efforts",3145,399000,3544000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778887-661e2bcf6f046a51388a292e6f432d7f&start=399&end=3544","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5778887-661e2bcf6f046a51388a292e6f432d7f/thumbnail_399000.jpg","/articles/6455725/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Initiate-Justice-director-urges-civic-engagement-highlights-voting-and-prison-reform-efforts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6455725-a7895bd4d1fa1019f482e7111d798bfe/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161828&Signature=UR6u-I69KlatZjHdNpDDNGsdyjIyvBSCBZiXwEZrKUUUgf3Zp7KgjxSMgF499hlHXCGqvZG2JhqFJtgY4nHSTzCVGZ~3WRscAQMhrc531H9HJYo8eEwhyG~dP5lEv4s63ze~SeykBE6iseTQTX0Od5U4WesJxYaf21gWt0qdOhbHlYjJAS0vLRoj1quvwJXb7Ds3k7viIIbRC~BblXoNgHGkh6w5sYLktLKMQCP3VkLpgI0WOkGZBPaYOWoRngedqll1OBAMw3oKCOMcfTjFrL6Suycf5OEv4S176kAVxD~TPQxwN9kltRZicmIwl6TZn17PMthHf3eSTz7BKXpSEw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Adam Kane, program director at Initiate Justice, told the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board on Sept. 5 that the Los Angeles–based organization trains and mobilizes people impacted by incarceration to engage in legislation and civic life. \"We are a organization that's led around policy to influence policy, but using a method, an approach by educating the people not only on the legislation process,\" Kane said.

Kane described Initiate Justice’s \"inside-out\" strategy of running training programs both inside prisons and in the community. He said the group helped pass a series of laws benefiting people coming home from prison and highlighted Proposition 17 (2020) and Proposition 57 as examples of measures that changed voting and credit-for-programming rules. \"We did pass a bill, which is called proposition 17 back in 2020 that gave people the right to vote, if they was on parole or if they are on probation,\" Kane said.

Kane said Initiate Justice has organized cohorts that travel to the state capitol to learn lobbying and bill-making processes and that the group maintains a large membership. \"We do have over 45,000 members that are currently incarcerated. That is a part of the Initiate Justice community,\" he said. He also said the group has influenced or changed “over about 15 laws” and runs a 12-week cohort for outside organizers.

Board members asked about specific reforms. Member Palmer asked about efforts to remove instances of involuntary servitude from legal texts and about pay for incarcerated firefighters. Kane described a legislative push to require pay for incarcerated firefighters comparable to other frontline firefighters and recounted personal experience working in prison firefighting, saying he had been paid only “8¢” to go on calls and that his pay sometimes topped out at “15¢ an hour.” Kane said one legislative route is to target payment and working-conditions reforms for incarcerated firefighters as a way to combat exploitative labor practices.

Members also asked about career and licensing barriers after release. Kane said some licenses still require disclosure of convictions even after expungement, and he described coalition work aimed at shortening waits for sealing or expungement and connecting people to certifications and union opportunities where possible.

Kane recommended follow-up coordination with board staff and said Initiate Justice welcomes collaborations, training opportunities and speaking engagements. He provided a contact email at adam@initiatejustice.org and offered to meet with the board’s executive director and policy staff to discuss concrete next steps.

Kane’s presentation ran without public comment.","At the Sept. 5 meeting of the San Francisco Sheriff's Department Oversight Board, Adam Kane of Initiate Justice described the group's 'inside-out' organizing, work on voting rights for people with criminal records and legislative campaigns including Proposition 17 and firefighter pay for incarcerated firefighters.","actionData","errors"]

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