(a) Members. The Commission shall consist of 12 members, or 13 members if the Superior Court agrees to provide one member. The head or chair of each of the following agencies and bodies shall serve on or will assign one staff member to serve on the Commission as a voting member: District Attorney; Public Defender; Adult Probation; Juvenile Probation; Sheriff; Police; the Department of Public Health; and the Reentry Council. If the Superior Court, agrees to participate on the Commission, its head, chair, or assigned staff member may elect to participate as a voting member or non-voting member. In addition, the following additional voting public members will be appointed: a member of a nonprofit organization that works with victims, chosen by the Family Violence Council (Article XIX of this Chapter 5); a member of a nonprofit organization that works with ex-offenders, chosen by the Reentry Council (Article I of this Chapter 5); a sentencing expert chosen by the Board of Supervisors; and an academic researcher with expertise in data analysis appointed by the Mayor.
(b) Quorum. Ten voting members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, and the Commission shall have the authority to act on the vote of a majority of the quorum.
(c) Officers. The District Attorney or the staff member of the District Attorney serving on the Commission shall chair the Commission.
(d) Staff Support. The District Attorney’s Office shall provide staff support and administrative assistance to the Commission.
(e) Meeting Frequency. The Commission shall meet at least three times a year.
(f) The members of the Commission chosen by the Family Violence Council, the Reentry Council, the Board of Supervisors, and the Mayor (collectively the “public members” of the Commission) shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and can be removed at any time, with or without cause.
(g) Any public member who fails to attend at least half of the meetings in any fiscal year, without the express approval of the Commission at or before each missed meeting, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Commission 10 days after the next regular meeting following the last unapproved absence, and the Commission shall inform the appointing authority of the resignation.
(Added as Sec. 5.250-1 by Ord. , File No. 111050, App. 2/2/2012, Eff. 3/3/2012; amended by Ord. , File No. 150332, App. 6/18/2015, Eff. 7/18/2015; redesignated and amended by Ord. , File No. 171106, App. 1/19/2018, Eff. 2/19/2018, Retro. 12/31/2017)
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