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Hopefully, we will be a part of their education and they will adopt what we do here today, and they will look forward and they will see, not only 44 months, but they will see 44 years of no Domestic Violence, how about that for our kids . [ applause ] i also want to give a shout out to everybody who worked on this justice and encourage panel that was started some 12 years ago. When we asked them to assemble to go through all of the work that we have not done and what we should do, and the private sector and the Public Sector with the city agencies and with the nonprofits and with advocacy and ...

Next, please help me to welcome, someone who represents the heart of this community, my dear friend, beverly upton. I am so honored to be with everybody today. This work goes on, and it is difficult but it goes on. What does it take to shine a light on Domestic Violence . What does the city have to have . Well, tonight we will see that it is going to have city hall lighting up purple. But what does it really have to have at its heart . It has to have leadership and it has to have justice and it has to have advocacy, leadership really starts at the top, and in San Francisco, it starts with mayo...

Level of migration, and sometimes by the time that the police and we get there, there is very little that can be done. And unfortunately that is not only bad for the family, it is bad for our community and it is bad. And you know, i have saw this before and you know, i have used it and i am stealing this work from everyone else and i heard once that a few, engaged in Domestic Violence in your home and you are almost guaranteeing that your sons, will grow up, to be abusive themselves and end up in jail. And we need to work together, to win this cycle of violence and we need to get to the day, f...

Domestic violence survivor and that means, working collaboratively with the Police Department and the department of Emergency Management and making sure that we are able to respond and identify those bi lingual officers, who can provide critical response, and we significantly increased investments in services to women and survivors of violence and their families. And the city did provide increased funding for Community Based Domestic Violence agencies with a particular focus on at risk populations. Such as the lgbt q and limited english, and immigrant survivors and we have expanded training on...

Other and each stands alone with great importance. And one, we have been able to achieve the greater accountability for Domestic Violence, offenders and working with the probation department, and and the others to achieve this end and we have exexpanded Language Access for Domestic Violence survivor and that means, working collaboratively with the Police Department and the department of Emergency Management and making sure that we are able to respond and identify those bi lingual officers, who can provide critical response, and we significantly increased investments in services to women and su...