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With the kind of investment its worth it so as we recognize the need thats one way we can educate people by transferring them to 311 i completely agree with what youre saying. Thank you. I appreciate it. The next speaker is from the department of children and youth. I dont see and then right afterwards we have 3 more folks. So thank you for the slides and. It would be easier for me okay. Thank you. Good morning supervisors from the department of youth and their families. Maria our director had a...

Rifs. Just to give you an idea of the scope of what we are doing. Approximately 1100 people come out of jail from our program. This time we are targeting somewhere around 1500 cases. Prior to the last 3 or 4 years, the data that is now coming in, recidivism is around 6 or 7 percent, failure to appear rate or people to appear in court is lower. They are walking people out of jail. Weve just come out of a difficult 45 years and that is budget years with a lot of social services being cut and reall...

And those confined to jail are the ones is that need to be there. When they come, they have to release inmates and thats not a systemic way. Some counties release first ones in and out. The criticism about the bail industry that it doesnt really address well, it affects individuals who are not able to post bail, are not afforded the same due process as other individuals that can affect their experiences through their trials. So, for example, individuals who are unable to post jail or are in cust...

Police Department Says okay, share the aggregate data, that is when we connect the two so the system can show the reports of the department of women. We dont own the data. The data resides with the department that originated it. Thank you. We appreciate your efforts putting that together so that groups can see trends and recognize issues that we able to deal with. Our next line item is a report of the San Francisco Police Department regarding Language Access. And some of the concerns that were e...

Clients that they know the language Liaison Officer for sfpd and he can help them to get where they need to be in a they have an issue they can bring it to the table. It is tremendous. The hour is late. This work could not be done without and the team from occ, and the leadership of sfpd to meet with us on almost monthly basis where many of these issues are spelled out every day. It is a pleasure and an honor and a vital goal for all of us. We have to do this. We are doing it. Thank you. We will...

Im carla johnson, the interim director of the Mayors Office on disability. The first announcement that i would like to make is that as we were listening to the reading of the agenda a little earlier and the discussion about the accessible meeting information here at city hall, i just wanted to provide a quick update for people who are using mobility devices to let you know that right now the lift at the Carlton Goodlett street entrance formerly known as the polk street entrance is not operationa...

Largely what will happen. The can time sheet processing facility is much more sensitive than our staff are in terms of things that it doesnt like. For example, you cant write in any other kind of pen besides black ink. And you cant stick a sticky note onto the time sheet. And you cant fold the time sheet. Various, little persnickety things that are bad design in my opinion. [ laughter ] a lot of those rejected time sheets will all come to us, but they come back to us quickly and electronically. ...

How the war on crime transformed american democracy and created fear. Welcome our panelist. [ applause ] im going to start with catherine mccrack in, the organization on juvenile and criminal justice has done extensive reach on the bail system and pretrial detention. Is the system currently working would you say and what reforms would you support . Thank you for having m e here today. The center for criminal justice has released a report last year that did examine the bail industry particularly ...

Percent. Im wondering if you are tell us what the percentage is in San Francisco jail and im wondering if you can tell us about the sheriffs power to control the pretrial population . First of all, thank you for public defender jeff in an allowing us to participate in your 10th justice summit and also in recognizing the important anniversary. Our statistics in the city of San Francisco are higher. 75 percent of our jail population is a pretrial felony population. I think you have to put some num...

Moments. Again well move on to item no. 7, which is a public hearing, services and programs for adults with disabilities and seniors in San Francisco. What is working . What isnt . What is missing . Department of aging and Adult Services, daas and the date of birtheding date of birtheding have invited public testimony on access to services that help people to live independently in the community, this includes transportation, housing, personal assistance services,cess to health care, hospital tra...