demographics of the population in county jail. they're out there on the street sometimes selling small amounts of drugs. until we address that problem and expand exponentially. jails will still be filled with poor people and people of color.

you're not ending the war on drugs. we need to think of at holistic play as a public-health problem. not as a rush also the people who are selling and people are selling a rock to a police officer pretending to be an addict. all those people need help. >> i think that have given my all for the cause. i will leave it to george to put the capper on it.

>> what is the sanction for opposing -- he is one of your embers. >> he is and he is a valued member of the association. as an elected official, he is entitled to his own opinion. >> thank you. i have to say that, i want to think marty for coming here. he knew he was coming into this. i want to repeat. i am in the minority in the association. i think concerning this item, it is important for me and all of us to recognize there are ballot

points of view. if we're serious about developing solutions that work for all of us, we have to entertain those points of view and tried to reach consensus. that is the only one that we will create a workable, sustainable solutions. all we're doing is spinning our wheels. my reason for being here is because i truly have come to the conclusion that it is not only based on years on the ground operationally but years of working on development of public policy, working with state governments and justice and lower in corp. -- incarceration and working with other people. a variety of settings. i do not believe that incarceration has taken us where we need to be.

i believe the war on drugs has been a failure. when we institutionalize people over extended periods of time, we take low-level offenders in the early stages and harden them and we send them to the university of crime. by the time they get out of prison, they become a bigger social problem. where i come from, whether it is the [unintelligible] i am on the side of saying we need to reform our system and reduce the number of people we send to jail or prison. we need to reserve that space for people that are truly dangerous and have no way of fixing themselves. we have to realize there will be some people that will go to prison because the rest of us need to have some people in prison in order for us to be safe but that is a small

minority. there are many other solutions out there whether it is someone who has engaged in drugs or has a drug addiction. or engaging in some other low- level crime. every move away from a cursory those people in the early stages and deal with different forms of behavior modification, we're not only going to be a safer society but we are a more just society and we will spend more money in parks and schools and many others. [applause] >> i will give you the final word. >> i thought a person who was most provoking was marty. but it was [inaudible] i wanted to finish with this. i wanted to bring it back to what i think are three key

ethical -- the first one is this. i do not think that there is any legitimate basis in science, medicine, or any ethical code that i know of or the bible, for that matter for our criminal law tdistinguishing between those wo have alcohol and tobacco and people who put other substances in their body. there is no legitimate basis for distinguishing between the alcoholic on the one hand under criminal law and between the drug addict on the other. that is first. the second ethical point is i hope most of you agree with this. i do not believe that anybody should be punished simply for what we put into our own bodies absent harm to others. nobody deserves to be punished

for what we put in our bodies absent harm to others. hurt somebody, yes and not tell me your addiction was the excuse. we need to be regarded as sovereign over our minds and bodies. the criminal law should not be treating anyone as a criminal for what we put in here. when one is trying to pursue a particular public health or public safety objective, reducing the harm of drugs or whatever it might be. and when you have powerful evidence that a non-course of system can accomplish that public safety health objective as well or better than a course of system, when the portugal- like object of can accomplish that for better or lower cost, it is a matter of good public policy and a matter of ethics and morality. those three key moral points are

fundamental in the state in this country. thank you. >> in closing the program, i want to thank all of you for coming to the 2012 justice summit. one thing that has distinguished our work in what we have done at these summits is action. if you look at over the past nine years, we have the evidence to prove that. out of our first summit came the call to have a community based collaboration that helped use and families work together on a community-based level. we have developed the programs

for growth in our communities. out of the second summit came a call for better coordination of services and from that sprung the re-entry council. the official policy body. what we're looking to achieve this year is to make strides going forward particularly in the area of violence reduction and gangs. we have heard about the strategies today. we have seen the promise of law enforcement being able to work together with community-based organizations dedicated to violence reduction. this is possible but only of you all get involved. so for those of you that are here and watching at home, get involved and pick up the phone. you can go to our website to keep up with developments, sfpublicdefenderorg. we are creating initiatives around gangs and violence

reduction. and applying brain science to the law, and advocating for reform. this is a banner year for criminal-justice. we have the three strikes initiative. we limit it to only serious offenses. also, the ballot measure, the state measure which will eliminate the penalty. thank you, all of you for coming and for all the volunteers that made this possible. i want to thank the san francisco public library, every year they have provided us with a venue to do this event and also for sfgovtv for putting us on the tube. we will see you again. keep in touch. thank you. [applause]

>> good morning, everyone. on behalf of the mayor, i want to welcome you and most particularly the mayor and his wonderful delegation >> also, we have a supervisor

he took a long vacation and part of the delegation. we're delighted to have celebrate this day barring lesson is our 18 city. and mayor we understand you like bicycling. and also know you're a golfer so we will put in the report for golfing. mayor lee when he became mayor and the protocol and i went in to talk to the mayor about his goals and our sister cities we the consulates were a part of the city we we are very proud of

them their represent the computescy of this great city. the mayor said he wants to support ourcy city and respect them and pay a great deal of attention. and the mayor has come through of what he's done. may i present mayor ed lee >> i know charlotte is incredibly overjoyed with this wherever we have to greet and visit our cities and others mayors we immediately within minutes can appreciate the change and there's so much going

on with this city. the commissioner looked at two relaxed during the invest. and barring also known as comments us. i want to thank you for your visit here. although he's been here before this is his first official visit. his commencemee emt our staff c together and challenge great information about technology. health care, transportation are changing industrial areas like

we've done in mission bay. literally we're looking at how we have progressed and at the same time paying great respect to our roles as environmental leaders in the world. i know san francisco and barring also known as are joining many other international cities as we deal with global warming across the world. barring also known as are a robust city they have high-speed rail coming into their city. we're looking at the this we're linked to an infrastructure. i want to thank the council general and being here and have

such great service i want to thank the deputy chief and the fire folks and i want to say they have some great deputy mayors. of course, i'm wanting my deputy mayor. you can hear the enthusiasm as they approach san francisco. you know, we are all been looking at europe as a whole continent. and i believe that the investments this barring also known as are doing now are so

cutting-edge. they know that 21st century - we can't rest on that being the only thing we do. similar to san francisco we're a beautiful city but we have got to deal and create a public relationship. i know they're working with any silicon valley and san francisco-based companies to evolve this city. i know that the colleague is a medical doctor. you you know what we're doing in mission bay people's approach sometimes and oftentimes reflect their professional out along on

things. i want to acknowledge that his push the ability to blend and create biotechnology campuss involve smart city approaches to know. we're going to sit down our staffs and talk about all those topics on zero waste. i'm so glad we have this opportunity that while the sister city agreement we've worked hard on needs to be extended and renewed and we do this on the mayors trip to san francisco so we can have the quality time for our communities to work together and make sure the city's represent the

leadership they need. so with that if i may bring to the podium the mayor from barring also known as (clapping) >> mr. mayor lee as a wholly want to thank you for your hospitality. it's true i'm a physician. i work many years to build a national health system. barring also known as we have our cultural i'm proud to be here in san francisco. i have to say i feel at home

here because san francisco share the same cultural innovation. we have cities with a great quality of life and lifestyles. i'm very proud to foster this new chapter in our friendship with this agreement. we march a step forward with our calculation efforts. it will help with the cultural development, technologies and transport mobility.

we are creating an establishment between san francisco and barring also known as that's very important to us (clapping) >> i have to say this is the most appropriate time to increase argue relationships. we have a position of the south mediterranean. we have a city with many assets and we have innovation we have an emphasis on people's well-being and quality of life. i'm promoting the technology, electric and medication.

we are many of you know the venue of the world congress and we're chosen as the world capital 2018. this is the promotion of the use of the international basis in our commitment. we're doing this with the sobriety. we're working together with the city's to plan the city of the future based on our experience and the challenge of knowledge and technology. this is the expo and where the congress helped barring also known as in 2011. i'm delighted to visit you to

participate in the congress next november. i'm sure there are many things we can learn from each other. and while as many other things we can create together. mayor lee you can be sure that b.a. also known as is looking forward to cooperate in those areas. i want to give you two things we we have very, very important football. the barring also known as football. (clapping) >> oh, my god. >> that's the best player. >> and i know one also important thing. we have in this moment the most

important in the world. this book to you. >> oh, my gosh thank you. thank you very much (clapping) >> give you something to do. thank you >> thank you we would like to present a print of a wood cut that reminds you thought - of the beautiful city. (clappin

(clapping). >> thank you, mayor. they're talking golf here. did that invitation protocol has to go first, i'm taking the council general with me. as he said earlier we're that proud that barring also known as is our new it one. and the sister cities are only as strong as the lisp so the mayor has set the tone. and there's one colleague who was helped a lot.

>> barring also known as excellent (speaking another languag language). historical mayors distinguished guests. 6 years ago this was a vision when we started the new york city. the memorandum was equivalent signed and we're here looking forward to a good relationship. i'm pleased to announce that we've been able to accomplish projects. in the area of projects in 2011

the best chef in the world was given a proclamation before more than 12 hundred guests. i'm hoping - the opera co- production has been performing here in san francisco this summer at the opera house. the san francisco students visited the area and they were received at the city hall. and they met would folks in the san francisco area. we have this as a yearly event. we have been forcing entreprene

entrepreneurship between the two cities on a yearly basis. they learn from barring also known as how to integrate biking. we have shared our best practices and have been learning more about barring also known as to have a taxi system and booking system. we both have exchanges on the mobile to see what integration works best and today, the mayor will be signing a memorandum. san francisco and barring also known as we support economical development in cultural toughe .

they will share information about the open data and transportation by sharing experience in the districts with coordinates. they'll share information electric vehicles, electric programs and both will share information an develop different programs. they'll actively support the airports innovations between the san francisco and other international airports. i would like to offer my sincere thanks to the board members

(calling names) without they're hard work and dedication none t of this would be possible. and thanks to those folks (calling names) and his team for their continued support. our team looks forward to constantly gaenl for many years to come. thank you (clapping) >> well, that committee has been busy so, please join us for the mayor signing the