GREAT INDIVIDUALS FIGHT ABUSES of authority. The truly strong do not lord it over the weak. People w
I have lost all my Human Rights on Oct 18th 2007 by a decision made
by an individual who I have never seen or spoken to. Losing the
Human Rights which I was born with cannot be expressed in words.
Since the Human Rights were taken away from me, I have a no
contact order for my daughter. I do not even have any legal rights
of my daughter.
I have never committed a crime. I worked as a Flight
Attendant for 5 years and served for our passengers, safety first.
After my daughter turned two I started working as a supervised
visitation monitor. I made sure the children were protected and
they had a pleasant visitation with their parent.
I live in San Jose, CA. An Organized Crime exists in this
city. There are more victims besides myself and my daughter.
International Court should jointly work with the United States in
this matter. There are already ten women who filed a complaint
against the USA through the State Inter Human Rights Commission.
Now is the time to stop these evil crimes where children and
mothers are victims of Organized Crimes in United States of
America.
I am confirming there is an Organized Crime existing in San
Jose, CA which must be delt with and put away.
Sincerely,
Michelle Gazave
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GREAT INDIVIDUALS FIGHT ABUSES of authority. The truly strong
do not lord it over the weak. People with genuine strength and
courage battle against the powerful, the arrogant, the
authoritarian, the evil, and corrupt-----------all who look down on
the people with contempt. Mother Originally from JAPAN.
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Important articles affecting The Ordinary People including
The Children - Our Future:
A few weeks ago opportunity to visit a Social Services
executive where the subject of the recent San
Jose Mercury series re Juvenile Dependency was brought up.
This was right
after Mr. Gary Proctor retired from his Dependency Services
business but before
his tragic suicide. There was a little consternation that the
sudden retirement
would leave the court system in a lurch, also not giving much
time to find
another firm to take on the representation of parents who
enter the foster
care system. That, at that time, those that had bid to take
it on submitted
higher bids than was already being expended was seen as an
unfortunate ironic
outcome of the Mercury series. We covered the history of CPS
and its
relationship to the District Attorney's Office (who represent
the children) and the
Legal Dependency Services (representing the parents) which
was both illuminating
and somewhat validating. I had started to see that the DA's
office actually
ran the whole show, with Social Workers and Dependency
Services following
their lead. This had been denied months ago when I brought it
up to another
person, but it was virtually confirmed with this higher-up
administrator. A former
District Attorney had priory been in Juvenile Dependency and
was the most
knowledgeable in dependency matters so 'everyone' deferred to
the DA office on
such matters. So, the playing field was greatly slanted to
the point that
Social Workers was in essence working for the District
Attorney Office. This,
reportedly, has been gradually being rectified but still has
some ways to go.
Of course, the District Attorney Office has their own Social
Workers on the
payroll which I never understood and neither does Social
Services! Especially
when the DA's Social Worker that I encountered were doing
'assessments' of a
grandmother and father without even interviewing them! They
must be damn good
to pull that off especially when a judge accepts their
'findings'. Funny
enough, it was commented on how the Reporter for the SJ
Mercury, Karen DaSa was
not trusted due to past experiences with the reporter not
accurately reporting
the data, slanting it, or reporting unverified data as fact
when not
verified. But the point here was that the Judges were not
ratted out on since they
were quite probably the source of information for the
reporter. I responded
agreeably, saying I know of one 'judge' that should have been
exposed. As it
turned out we were both talking about the same 'Judge' in
dependency services.
So not only are the parents complaining about this person but
also Social
Services! ************* Though Santa Clara County is known
nationally for its model dependency
court, the county provides children here with an unusual, and
controversial, group
of lawyers.
For more than 20 years, the district attorney's office has
represented local
youths in dependency court, a system used nowhere else except
Fresno.
That arrangement represents a large financial investment by
the county. The
district attorney's office offers significant resources,
including databases,
investigators and office social workers. Santa Clara County
prosecutors are
California's highest-paid children's lawyers, at more than
$180,000 a year
each.
But what the county adopted as a measure to protect children
has troubled
child welfare experts. The practice was condemned two decades
ago by a panel of
professionals advising the state's Judicial Council. "A clear
majority of us
on that committee felt it was inappropriate for district
attorneys to
represent children," said Marin County Public Defender Joe
Spaeth.
"We felt that their interests were not necessarily in the
best interest of
the children. Because the role of the prosecutor is first and
foremost public
safety and prosecuting crime, their allegiances were
divided."
The approach poses a potential conflict. In many cases, the
district
attorney's office is prosecuting a parent in one courtroom
for conduct - typically
drug offenses and in some cases child abuse - that caused the
child to land in
dependency proceedings
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Until last month, the same supervising attorney oversaw both
teams of
attorneys - those prosecuting child-abuse suspects, and those
representing their
children.
That alarms outside experts. "Prosecutors, by definition, are
prosecutorial," said Erik Pitchal, a Suffolk University law
professor, who said the
approach clashes with a system not designed to be punitive.
Top Santa Clara County prosecutors insist there is no
conflict in the
office's dual roles.
''There isn't a fundamental conflict, otherwise we wouldn't
be in those
cases," said District Attorney Dolores Carr. Lawyers in the
office are able to
"put on a different hat" in dependency court, she said,
adding the office
strikes "the appropriate balance between advocating for a
safe place for a child
to grow up," while recognizing "the best place for a child is
with the
parent."
Aaron West, supervising deputy district attorney, said her
office's
resources make it uniquely suited to represent children.
Prosecutors representing
children consult schools and community service providers.
Investigators hired by
the office interview children using age-appropriate language
skills and
relay the information to lawyers who appear for them.
And "if there is a committee supporting parents' services,
we're on that
committee and advocating for services," West said.
Prosecutors' role
'They should be out of
the dependency process'
No one tracks how often prosecutors argue against returning
children to
their parents, even when social workers favor reunification.
West defended the
district attorney's approach, identifying seven examples from
2000 to 2008 when
the office sought reunification despite social workers'
recommendations.
West said: "The whole point is to get these children back
home. But ultimately,
we have to protect the child."
Current and former judges and lawyers for parents and social
workers contend
that far too often, the district attorney's office argues
positions against
reunification.
"They beat up on parents," said longtime Juvenile Court
presiding Judge
Leonard Edwards, who retired in 2006. Prosecutors "think that
kids will do better
in out-of-home care. They should be out of the dependency
process
completely."
Judge Patrick Tondreau praised the district attorneys for
their passion and
dedication, but said they "resist return of any children and
tend to advocate
against parents."
In April, when a reporter observed the normally closed
proceedings,
Assistant District Attorney Laura Aizpuru-Sutton urged Judge
Tondreau to prevent a
mother from weekly visits with her 8-year-old girl.
Aizpuru-Sutton told the judge she had decided to oppose the
visits after she
learned the girl suffered nightmares following her mother's
visits.
No one in court that day raised the fact that the file
included a social
worker's report, reviewed by a reporter, that offered a
different cause of her
nightmares. The report said the nightmares occurred after the
girl told police
she was molested by her foster father.
At the hearing, Tondreau declined Aizpuru-Sutton's request,
saying he would
not prevent the weekly visits without hearing from the social
worker.
Aizpuru-Sutton referred questions to West, who said last week
that
Aizpuru-Sutton had based her statement on other information
the office had gathered.
Supervising judge
Former prosecutor worked
on child-abuse cases
Katherine Lucero, who succeeded Edwards as supervising judge
of Santa Clara
County Juvenile Dependency Court, knows well the district
attorney's office's
aggressive stance toward parents.
In 1997, before becoming a judge, Lucero worked as a deputy
district
attorney, assigned to prosecute child-abuse suspects,
including parents. She
replaced Christine Hudson, deputy district attorney, who had
moved from prosecuting
abuse suspects to the unit that represents children. Lucero
said she was
immediately struck by the office's aggressive posture in
building cases against
parents and other family members.
"I remember thinking, this is wrong," Lucero said. She
recalled the arrest
of a grandmother who smacked a child with a fly swatter; the
woman's
grandchildren were taken to a shelter. Lucero said she
immediately ordered the
grandmother released from jail and the children returned. "I
didn't find them
appropriate," Lucero said of cases she inherited.
Hudson, whose work is praised by judges including Edwards,
said that when
she first began representing children, her prior experience
prosecuting
child-abuse suspects left her mistrustful: "I came here with
an attitude of: These
parents have done horrible things."
But she said she has since gained perspective, recognizing
the importance of
reuniting families whenever possible. What changed her, she
said, was seeing
the impact of foster care on her young clients. "They have
this emptiness in
them," Hudson said. "You just see it in their eyes."
I belong to an organization called the SGI International. Our
Organization, contribute to peace, culture, and education within
society. Safeguard fundamental human rights and eliminate
discrimination. Respect and protect freedom of religion and
religious expression. Work together with other religions to resolve
issues affecting humanity. Respect cultural diversity and promote
cultural exchange. Encourage the protection of nature and the
environment. We strive for World Peace. World Peace is the sincere
desire that every single person in the world be happy.
The Recent exhibits sponsored by SGI-USA include:
Treasuring the Future--- Children's Rights and Realities: An
interactive look at the state of children's rights.
Oct the, 2008 the Silicon Valley Region had a World Peace
festival to commemorate the other Anniversary of Dr. Daisaku
Ikeda's first visit to Northern California. To celebrate this
special date , many dignitaries and local community leaders have
issued resolutions, proclamations and congratulatory letters to Dr.
Ikeda, the SGI and SGI-USA.
Commendation from Member of Congress, Mike Honda ( Santa
Clara County ).
Congratulatory letter from the Member of Congress, Zoe
Lofgren ( San Jose and Silicon Valley ).
Congratulatory letter from the President of San Jose State
University, Jon Whitmore.
Congratulatory letter from the Mayor of Sunnyvale, Anthony
Spitaleri.
Proclamation from the City of San Jose, Chuck Reed, Mayor:
David Cortese, Vice Mayor: Kansen Chu, Councilmember: Madison
Nguyen, Councilmember.
Proclamation from the city of Pal Alto, Larry Klein, Mayor
Proclamation from the City of Mountain View, Tom Means,
Mayor.
Proclamation from the City of Menlo Park, Andrew Cohen,
Mayor.
Proclamation from the City of Santa Cruz, Ryan Coonerty,
Mayor.
Proclamation from the City of East Palo Alto, Patricia
Foster, Mayor.
Proclamation from the City of Santa Clara, Patricia Mahan.
Proclamation from the City of Cupertino, Dolly Sandoval,
Mayor.
Proclamation from the City of Saratoga, Ann Waltonsmith,
Mayor.
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