Criminal defenses. Whenever you are in the room you should see a lough red. You should see a little bit of blue and the little bit of blue you should see is around mitigation. In effective assistance of counsel mitigation, and soming aggravation. In general, its not working we again, remember its a subset of cases. It may be more effective in plea bargaining. In cases where theres good evidence of neurological or biological it may never get to trial. It may be a skewed sample. At least in the casing im looking at its not having a huge impact as of yet. Its causing people to ask a lot of questions. The amount of ink the people are spilling and trying to address these issues is increasing in volume. So its an issue that were going to have to address. So in conclusion, the use of this evidence is rapidly expanding, and were going have to figure out what it means for concept of responsibility and punishment. Its showing up in a lot of criminal cases. Primarily in sentencing but also in pre
Board of supervisors to share in what are the technologies and what theyre doing in San Francisco and what the latest discoveries are that we can possibly use to help improve our city. Finally, as someone you know, i celebrated my 60th birthday last week. [applause] and my staff gave me an ipad, and is looking at it i might have to go and join your classes to be able to appreciate all the applications that we have there. So do not be surprised if the guy next to you has a mustache. When i leave here this morning, i will be going to rosa parks Senior Center. We just spent 2 million of federal monies to redo that whole Senior Center and allow that to be one of the sites that will post the Technology Advances you are experimenting with today. Our own residents at every location of our Senior Centers are going to enjoy the Technology Advances that we have as a society. This is why we work in a great city like San Francisco. We want everybody connected. We want to make sure the San Francisc
Center for all the rest of the cities across the country. So we get to compare information and there. What these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d. C. , and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. Finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. Hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in San Francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use the virtual hiring practice called hiresf. Org and share the technology to hire online send franciscans. Were doing the right here in our great city. I have a chief innovation officer, jane, who is working in my office. He keeps a good connection for both me and them members of the board of supervisors to share in what are the technologies and what theyre doing in San Francisco and what the latest d
These Technology Companies, making sure that we can work with other cities. I am very lucky to be part of the u. S. Conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent San Francisco as the Innovative Center for all the rest of the cities across the country. So we get to compare information and there. What these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d. C. , and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. Finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. Hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in San Francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use the virtual hiring practice called hiresf. Org and share the technology to hire online send franciscans. Were doing the right here in our great city. I have a chief innovation officer, jane, who is wor
Senior centers that you live and work in and enjoy yourselves in. Youre going to be able even to read a book online or be able to just have a game and download a game and play with your friends as well. We are all lucky to live in San Francisco, because so many of our Technology Companies have located their headquarters here in San Francisco. [cheers and applause] and because theyre located here, we can always ask them for a favor here and there and make sure no one is left out, because that is what we do in government. David chiu and i come from backgrounds where we do not want to leave anybody behind. We want everybody to enjoy the riches of technology. We want them to enjoy the economy in San Francisco. That is why were working so hard to make sure our central marketplace is welcoming of all these Technology Companies, making sure that we can work with other cities. I am very lucky to be part of the u. S. Conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent San Francisco as the Inno