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 the referral you gave them, that they are going to be able to help them. And so this funding, this supplemental funding can lend itself to that. They can make that a reality for my staff team that are knowing that yes, we make these referrals and they are able to find help. Were very supportive of any additional staffing. Thank you. Next speaker. Thank you supervisor for allowing us to speak today. My name is nancy rock and the vicechair of the San Francisco women in action. We serve women, fami
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 Attorneys side. That is what i was really getting it. This does not show anything for the public defender, nor talk about overall caseload for the department. Its just focusing on the Domestic Violence cases. I would also like to respond, supervisor mar, you were asking about the caseload, the reduction from the Police Department. And questioning the District Attorney about the difference. I would just comment that looking at table 10 and table 11 on page 19 of our report, table 10 reflects the
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 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, supervisor mar, we agree it does look like an anomaly and when i get to our recommendations its one of the reasons that we make a recommendation for all limited positions because if that trend
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 speak in this order [ reading speakers names ] good afternoon, supervisor, ads serves survivors of Domestic Violence and other forms of violence against women and both trafficking within our shelter, as well as for outside clients. Most of our [speaker not understood] we see women on the streets and living in cars and they need to be brought into shelters and greeted with appropriate services. And recently i watched a survivor and her children playing a game of tag in the backyard and i reflected o
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, supervisor mar, we agree it does look like an anomaly and when i get to our recommendations its one of the reasons that we make a recommendation for all limited positions because if that trend does continue, there is and i can explain it more there. But there is a oneyear difference quite significant going on and were concerned about making a big increase of permanent positions based on oneyear of quite significant data. So going back to just overall summary, i would note on page 8, or in table 8, that i