Board and probation department agree on follow‑up timeline for Log Cabin Ranch master plan

The Board of Supervisors heard a continuity report and responses concerning Log Cabin Ranch, the County's residential rehabilitation facility for adjudicated juvenile males.

Leslie Finlev, representing the civil grand jury committee that produced the continuity report, said the jury found the ranch "has for years been kept alive just barely," praised rehabilitative staff and programming but urged a comprehensive master plan, expanded vocational and educational training, enhanced staff training, improved post‑probation tracking and stronger community‑based partnerships.

Chief Probation Officer Alan Nance delivered the juvenile probation department's consolidated response. Nance described Log Cabin Ranch as "the only residential rehabilitation facility owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco designed exclusively for minors adjudicated for criminal matters." He said the department has implemented or advanced many recommendations: added clinical programs, expanded the juvenile collaborative reentry unit, placed a part‑time college prep instructor and an additional teacher through the Unified School District, launched a forklift certification program, and begun partnerships with community‑based organizations and the health department for substance‑abuse treatment on site. Nance said a needs assessment is underway and that funding for a master plan has been included in the FY2014–15 budget process.

Todd Lloyd, chair of the Juvenile Justice Commission, and other commissioners endorsed the grand jury's recommendations, urged increased funding for the ranch and juvenile probation overall, and praised Chief Nance's engagement with community stakeholders.

Supervisors said they share many of the report's priorities. For finding 3.2 (lack of a master plan), the board agreed to further analysis and set a six‑month revisit to align the work with budget review timetables. The board formally moved to adopt updated responses to the presiding judge that reflect these positions; the motion was made, seconded and recorded as passing.

The hearing established a near‑term schedule for the city to formalize the needs assessment results and for the board to consider master‑plan funding in the months before the next budget cycle.