Membership and Seat Qualifications
The below listed summary of seats, term expirations and membership information shall serve as notice of vacancies, upcoming term expirations, and information on currently held seats, appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Appointments by other bodies are listed, if available.
Seat numbers listed as “VACANT” are open for immediate appointment. However, you are able to submit applications for all seats and your application will be maintained for one year, in the event that an unexpected vacancy or opening occurs.
Seat: 1
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: Supervisor Shamann Walton
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Member of the Board of Supervisors
Seat: 2
Appointing Authority: Chief Probation Officer (“CPO”)
Seat Holder: Katherine Weinstein Miller
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Chief Probation Officer, as Chair
Seat: 3
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Monifa Willis
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One representative from the District Attorney’s Office
Seat: 4
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Patricia Lee
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One representative from the Public Defender’s Office
Seat: 5
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Sheriff Paul Miyamoto
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One representative from the Sheriff’s Department
Seat: 6
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Joan Miller
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One representative from the department of social services
Seat: 7
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Dr. Farahnaz Farahmand
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One representative from the department of mental health
Seat: 8
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Interim Chief Paul Yep
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One representative from the Police Department
Seat: 9
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Rachel Noto
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One representative from the county office of education or a school district
Seat: 10
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Appointment Pending
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One at-large community representative - Juvenile Advisory Council (JAC)
Seat: 11
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Ron Stueckle
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Representatives from nonprofit community-based organizations providing services to minors
Seat: 12
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
One representative from a community-based drug and alcohol program
Seat: 13
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Judge Roger C. Chan
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Superior Court, Unified Family Court
Seat: 14
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Margaret Brodkin
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Juvenile Probation Commission
Seat: 15
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Lark Thomas
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Juvenile Justice Commission
Seat: 16
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Sherrice Dorsey-Smith
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Department of Children, Youth and Their Families
Seat: 17
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Helen Hale
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Office of Housing
Seat: 18
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Denise Coleman
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
CARC – Huckleberry Youth Services
Seat: 19
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Leah Mordehai
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Youth Commission
Seat: 20
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Linda Barnard
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Department of Recreation & Parks
Seat: 21
Appointing Authority: CPO
Seat Holder: Chief Cristel Tullock
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
SF Adult Probation
Application Process
Description:
The California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) administers the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) Grant for the purpose of reducing juvenile crime and delinquency. In order to be eligible for this grant, each County is required to establish a multiagency Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (“Council”) that shall develop and implement a continuum of county-based responses to juvenile crime.
The Council shall include, at a minimum:
- Chief Probation Officer, as Chair
- One representative from the District Attorney’s Office
- One representative from the Public Defender’s Office
- One representative from the Sheriff’s Department
- One representative from the Board of Supervisors
- One representative from the department of social services
- One representative from the department of mental health
- One representative from a community-based drug and alcohol program
- One representative from the Police Department
- One representative from the county office of education or a school district
- One at-large community representative
- Representatives from nonprofit community-based organizations providing services to minors
Holdover Information:
Not Applicable
Report:
The Council shall develop a comprehensive, multiagency plan that identifies the resources and strategies for providing an effective continuum of responses for the prevention, intervention, suspension, treatment, and incarceration of male and female juvenile offenders, including strategies to develop and implement locally based or regionally based out-of-home placement options for youths.
Authority:
California Welfare and Institutions Code, Article 18.7, Section 749.22
Sunset Date:
None
Contact:
Cristina Simona
Juvenile Probation Department
375 Woodside Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127
(415) 753-7556
cristina.simona@sfgov.org
Updated: December 2, 2025