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Network of Service Providers in San Francisco, of course, elizabeth from aws, we hear these stories everyday in terms of there is a need for emergency shelter, but certainly the funds to supplement the legal issues, the legal support, that many of our clients face as an obstacle to leaving an abusive relationship are appreciated and at women, inc. We have a 24hour crisis line we can see in the comprehensive report that president chiu referenced, its increasing drastically. You want to know that ...

And again, this is based it does show that is going up and that those are possibly the numbers that were being used there. Through the chair, a clarification, i wasnt studenting that number, but i was disputeing 60 cases from the public defenders misdemeanor caseload versus the 30. I think that is comparing apples to oranges and the appropriate comparison would be 60 cases per criminal defense attorney in the misdemeanor unit on the public deferreders side versus a couple hundred on the District...

Takes exception with that and we did go back to the Police Department and clarify that those are the actual cases being referred to the District Attorneys office, if you look at table 11 on the bottom, that is information provided by the District Attorney. Which actually shows the same trend. Although not as large. They showed the actual number of cases being referred to the District Attorney going down. As well as the number of cases being charged by the District Attorney going down by the orde...

Taken care of during the criminal Justice System as we move through the criminal proceedings. I think its very important that that portion of the appropriations also be supported. Back to you, mr. Chair. Thank you, president chiu. Colleagues any other questions of staff . Seeing none, i will open it up to public comment. I have a number of speaker cards. If you want to fill out a speaker card, we have them available here. Otherwise you can line up after these folks are called. So if you will spe...

They showed the actual number of cases being referred to the District Attorney going down. As well as the number of cases being charged by the District Attorney going down by the order of 18 , over the last two years. Thank you, supervisor mar . Thank you. Miss newman i know miss dubury mentioned 2012 seemed to be an anomaly and if you could look at trend for five years, but looks like 2012 was a significant drop. I am wondering if you could address that . Certainly, through the chair, superviso...