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He doesnt know what it is to have a living room, neither him or the other children. And i am here now requesting your help. For all the races, for all the people. Thank you so much, supervisor mar. Thank you so much, supervisor avalos. You are also aware of our situation. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is [speaker not understood] collins and im here with the homeless coalition. I wear this black because its a black cloud over San Francisco. Im a pe...

Like, when people getting ready to get evicted with the attorneys and stuff, so, thats why im asking yall to help them, the program so they can be able to have attorneys. Like myself, when i was evicted, they had lawyers that were paid a lot of money. And when it came time for me to go to court, they had two lawyers that can help people like me to stay in their home. So, thats why im urging that yall support this. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Jennifer...

Be able to have attorneys. Like myself, when i was evicted, they had lawyers that were paid a lot of money. And when it came time for me to go to court, they had two lawyers that can help people like me to stay in their home. So, thats why im urging that yall support this. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Jennifer Friedenbach and im the director of the coalition on homelessness and it is time to wake up, San Francisco. We have a massive housing crises and...

Country in albany county, new york, in philadelphia, in atlanta, dallas, who are really beginning to break ranks with the broader d. A. s associations and call for various types of reforms for the drug laws and Drug Enforcement. I think that the one of the contexts thats so important here and people so often lose sight of is that this bill, 1506, is a small effort in the state of california and in the country of the United States to try to roll back the horrendous rates of incarceration that hav...

Youre obviously part of the california district attorneys association, as we were talking before the panel began, you shared with me that your organization has previously supported a measure that mark leno brought forward to lower the punishment for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor to an infraction. In this case your organization is essentially opposed to it. What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in ter...

Who are the first people we should stop putting behind bars . Who is the people who really dont belong there . Its people whose only offense is possession of a substance to put in their own body, right . Thats the first group that needs to be let out. [applause] marty, let me ask you, youre obviously part of the california district attorneys association, as we were talking before the panel began, you shared with me that your organization has previously supported a measure that mark leno brought ...

Of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor to an infraction. In this case your organization is essentially opposed to it. What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal man...

Charged with a crime. Do you agree with them [ i dont. I understand where marty is coming from. I think we have to make sure when were treating this as a misdemeanor we do have a tool to ensure that people who need treatment are going to be afforded the opportunity and are going to have treatment. I also agree with tal, not necessarily everybody that uses drugs is an addict, and not necessarily everybody who uses drugs needs to have treatment. But having said that, people that we often come in c...

Charged with a crime. Do you agree with them [ i dont. I understand where marty is coming from. I think we have to make sure when were treating this as a misdemeanor we do have a tool to ensure that people who need treatment are going to be afforded the opportunity and are going to have treatment. I also agree with tal, not necessarily everybody that uses drugs is an addict, and not necessarily everybody who uses drugs needs to have treatment. But having said that, people that we often come in c...

What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal mandate of 130,000. Weve already released some 50,000 individuals to serve their time locally, and these offenses that we were talking...