component. they know how to get community members and how do we educate and begin to help them be developed into the leaders we want them to be. lieutenant ernie. when was the last gun buy back we had? >> approximately 2 months ago. >> how many more will we have? >> again. it's all a matter of putting together the resource. we do get a lot of resolvers. it's a matter of getting all the people together. >> what people are you talking about? who do you need to make it

happen. it's a resource program. the police department needs officers to do the leg work and footwork. we need the community also. i always call san francisco a village not a city. people transverse so easy. east san jose and west jose. they are here. one shooting effects everybody in this room. i hate to talk statistic. one crime affects you. you. it doesn't matter who it is. >> why is it so hard to get people together? >> let's make it a priority >> can i say, i mentioned

earlier. i think that it's beginning to happen. i don't want to negate those efforts are being made from the mayors office and d.c. yf. i think john osaki mentioned it before. getting people to come together for the betterment of the community not for their department or organization >> one thing cheryl brings up. what i like to tell people. we have the very difficult task the balancing the public's expectation of today. they don't want to hear about the long-term strategies to make sure this isn't popping up next summer.

it allows us to front load. we have turf issues. they are not in the western edition. they are among cv o. check the egoes at the door. they are costing us the lives of the young people. it requires us to have the will to come together to say enough is enough. >> i am on is this gun buy back. anything, any sense in your organization of any plans for any future coordination efforts? >> there are discussions about the gun buy backs. we have to deal with the issue

of access to firearms. while i think that particular program is important, i think we need to go back to ernie's point. what are we doing about the overwhelming access to the guns. it's just one of the strategies. one of the challenges is attracting the communities. it's not the 15, 16, 17-year olds who are bringing the guns to us. the reason being. when we talk to the young people. why didn't you show up. even if i'm giving you a $250

voucher. we have to get a little more innovative approach. i know it's different as a state and nation to grapple with the manufacturing of automatic weapons. >> what i hear often. that's just one strategy. that's just one program. we have to do this. why don't we take what we're doing and expand what we're doing? my next question. what do you plan to do about the accessibility? what can we? >> ultimately. the more and more youth don't have the ability to either call themselves get a job. graduate high school. you got more insecurity with their personal selves. of course.

they have already grown up with issues in their family. the ultimate i think is. we have one part to play. we can't play all the parts. as long as we all come together. we can do the big work itself. the ultimate thing is that us coming together is really going to show the difference with the youth we're working. we are able to get the guns off the street. they will be back. not by the choice the youth. >> i would also like to say, mayor newsom has tried to take the approach to enact legislation to out law gun shows. minimize the availability of folks to purchase now firemans.

we are limited by state and federal law. when we look at what we can do as a city, we are bound by the state and federal law. we have taken creative approaches and eliminate the accessiblity of fireman it is. we have more work to do >> i think one of the most damaging lines. one youth told us. he is more scared of getting caught without a gun on the street than caught with a gun by the police. it's a direct and general order, we will accept any gun.

no questions asked. it's booked as found property. you know brothers and sisters and people who have guns. make the call. we have hot lines. we have to get them off the street. we talk about these injunctions. i often wonder what's going to happen. now that we have done all this enforcement. the next wave is the next wave the kids. are we protecting them? i have been doing gang work for 20 years. it's embarrassing that we are arresting grandsons and grand kids. we have to stop that trend. it's not like if plea and mr.

adachi get in a fight. here we go. you are gone. we better stop that trend. cheryl. >> i was just go to ask cheryl. her viewpoints on use with guns and whether the gun buy backs will work. do you have friends, thank you for bringing that up. >> i know people with guns. i wouldn't. i don't want to get involved with that. i just leave them alone with their guns. i don't get involved >> i say that to say, the idea if someone is carrying a gun,

we might consider them dangerous. if they got that one, they can get another one. >> we have to consider, this is going to be a long process. this is not a one stop drop, if am i rackateering. i am going to take a couple of guns i don't use and use others. the major thing we have to look at is prevention. we have so many different levels of things we have to use. we can't just say, okay. drop your gun off, you're cool. that's not a shot at the program. we need that problem. but we need these other programs and dealing with the parents and families.

we just first grader at cleveland. i worked at cleveland. he probably found the gun. stuffed it in his back and went to school. >> nobody knew >> all my friend that is have guns. it's because it's for protection. because they don't want to be caught without a gun. if you're without a gun, there's more of a chance you're going to get hurt yourself. >> i guess the question is how do we make people feel safe in our communities? the issue is how do we need to get people to feel like they don't need a gun. >> you got video games that allow them to placate the

attitudes. we have movies that make millions of dollars of that attitude created from our community. yes, we must do this, we must look at all the components. as reductions took place. man if i couldn't get that summer job. i knew i was going to be robbing folks. that was, not to date myself. that was a couple years back.

>> hey, hey. come on. anyways. but, you know, it is, things have gotten reductions and other cuts. it all impacts us. not getting the gun off the street. it's a longer term investment. are we prepared. >> i think what we are going to do now is engage our audience. we are going to ask you if you have questions of any of our panelists, staying focussed on making changes to deal with guns and violence. what's working? what's not?

>> hello. last summer. everything was okay in treasure island. we are lost in the island. what is happening through the city of intervention out their on the island. they do have traditional boys club. ymca. i am not hearing anything. what am i hearing today >> john torres. i want to talk to you later. >> i am piggybacks. d.c. y f has funded these and may are meeting with of the service

providers. they do have a community interveners. >> where do we find out. the d.c. yf. >> it's an interesting thing we're dealing with here. our young people. of course, we are living in a very, very, tense time globally, with our young people really needing to be prepared and in their preparation needing to make a contribution in the united states and abroad. the question as well as the

concerns that i have, have to do. i think the gentlemen in the orange and the other young lady and also this is for the mayor's aid. we are talking about mentor programs. i have been listening to this for the last 7 hours. i attend a lot of other events. the idleness of not having enough to do. are the basics keeping them in step. so, i'd like to know what other leadership programs are going

to be available to these young kids. we heard about the sport things. what about the things coming out of silicon valley, working with yahoo or google that gives mentor ships. i haven't heard anything with the media and i have heard of the arts doing something with the idleness. >> what partnerships with the private sector. >> at the bay view safe haven, we have a project with pixar.

that's going on through this summer as well. we also have another project with another participant in my program, will be taking a flight to the colorado film festival where he one a prize for a film he did about his brother in hunter's point. i will be running a right's of passage at joe lee. so our number, 4 one 5. 824-4098. i can give you a whole slew of

activities. >> i just wanted to say, we had been in a conversation with maya and we are planning with a pilot program to develop an 8-week program where mondays would be career explorations. they are going to visit art musicians and bank of america and the career paths they have chosen and then there are discussions about attitude and hygiene. how do you present yourself so people want to engage with you.

we are trying to work with the mayor's office and d.c. yn. >> there are a couple of youth empowerments. and the whole goal of that fund, which john may know about the details is to empower the people to be the victors of their destiny. it's a way to let youth identify their dreams and be the leaders in terms of allocations. they dole out grants. so the youth empowerment fund is an exciting way in come san francisco is engaging its young people. we have one of the few youth commissions. they work on the variety of

youth issues. the ymc has launched big brothers and big sisters. nick cannon has an entire campaign of stop hating. kind of embedded in citiess and communities around california. in terms of digital media, i think that's a very important part. we have a lot of digital lead companies. you have new america media. youth outlook. you've not bay cat and bay vac. each of those are engaged with

probationers. so i think that people recognize the value of digital media. we have to connect and explore those job opportunities directing our young people. we are doing that. we are around in digital media work. >> i meant to say bay cat. it's actually a digital media company. we work with the crn and currently trying to pull things together with bay cat. it's a good place in terms of getting our youth in that. >> i would like to engage the private sector to push the

limits on the use of technology to keep in touch with our kids. i would love to put a cell phone in the hands of everybody in the probation. and that we would have the kids on hand. they don't make a move without letting everybody know what they are doing. what they are. what they are thinking what's going to happen next. a lot of kids get involved for one beef. we should look for our partners in the telecommunications.

disposable phones. so, i'd like to explore to that >> will you commit to that? >> sure. i already have a conversation 2 years ago with someone, i won't mention the name of the carior. it was almost like i was talking from mars. i will continue to pursue this. >> next question. >>[inaudible]. >> they are talking to media. all of these things are connected to the finance of our society. so we need to really get into

the mentor and leadership dynamics with a bank. somebody needs to find out really what's working in our society. and i think this is where these kids are really left out. they feel they are not apart of the inner workings of our society and how it really connected our beliefs and how important they are not scheme of things. it's not just about basketball and football. they need to get with the finances of what goes on here in this society. >> thank you. next question >> yes. i had a quick comment. i wanted to follow up on communities that are outside of the regular realm of crn.

we need and crn over there. i wanted to say within the last couple of youths. we have all kinds of youth cultures and we have a huge latino population. most of those kids are young. we have been having our convenes meetings. all of us agree. none of us have the structure. we need to have someone get involved with job opportunity. we need that in the t l.

>> that's my comment. >> i don't know. people could respond to that. >> i have actually talked about kyle peterson to have a discussion. i agree. the need is out there. one of the things, with the crn structure. there has to be and agency that are going to have to step in. that was one the barriors. it wasn't mentioned before. with all of the other different crn's. there is an existing relationship that has transsended generations.

i think the tl hasn't been a specific culture or ethnicity. i don't think the community ties are as long. but the conversation had sparked up and by all means, i am on board to see what can be a development. additionally, that's what i wanted to say. >> john. can you commit to that? this is a very good of example of where we can stop the infection. right? we know it's there. so let's stop it before it becomes a disease. can you commit, you have worked with people. this is something that has been raised. >> i am committed to continuing the conversations >> you had another question.

>> we would love to hear commitment from other folks. just to put it out there. we are talks about immigrants. a lot of people we are working with are undocumented. people do not trust the police. especially our young folks. we had a person beat up by the police. we are hoping in the future. the police department can think of how the immigration rates. it's not proimmigrant. especially undocumented youth are afraid for their safety and aren't coming forward. >> i would like to address some of the issues on our