trafficking nature of these youth in order to secure trafficking relief in immigration court, and we're also securing immigration status for these youth so that they can be placed into foster care and hopefully in the child welfare system, so i hope i've answered that question. >> is it accurate that it's, like, a growing number of victims. i believe the f.b.i. agent on the call said it's a growing number of cases? >> it is a growing number, and i'm only addressing the young people, and those would be youth 17 and younger. and for us, we've noticed -- for us, it's a huge increase, and they present many, many challenges in providing the defense for them, but more

importantly, the outcomes for them, and they do have -- they're going to stay in longer. the average length of stay for any youth that is detained is approximately two to three weeks, but for these youth, they can be in custody for months or longer. >> so just to i'm clear, it's -- so i'm clear, it's a growing number of people younger than 17 who are victimed and also a growing number of undocumented -- >> yes. my office in the yufl unit, we only represent youth -- juvenile unit, we only represent youth 17 and younger charged with criminal offense does. i do believe we have the same situation in our adult courts. >> so patty, you're actively seeking immigrant juvenile status for these youth,

correct? >> we [inaudible] that involved a lot of work in terms of outreach to family members in their native countries. primarily, we know it's in guatemala, some from el salvador, nicaragua. >> any further questions? >> and maybe just your number, miss lee, if we want to follow up? we can even put it in the chat? . >> i'll put it in the chat. >> thank you so much. >> and pass it off to the u.s. attorney. >> exactly. >> to marissa, maybe if there's any comments on what happened in the capitol? i don't know if you're able to comment on that. any comments? is marissa still on the call?

>> i believe it's mr. anderson, the u.s. attorney. >> oh, mr. anderson, are you still on the call? >> yes, i don't think he -- i think he left. >> how about miss harris? is miss harris on the call? >> miss harris is there? >> i am on the call. unfortunately, i cannot give any comment as to the ongoing nature of the federal investigations into the events that happened at the capitol. thank you. >> okay. are there any follow-up press questions? and i'm not hearing -- >> yeah, i have one question. greg >> and you're from what press? >> san francisco community news

bay area radio coalition. >> okay. great. >> my question is to the mayor's office, hearing about how the tenderloin's really being looked at closely by all agencies and departments in san francisco. is there any plans that the mayor's office, for instance, will set a curfew in that area to help keep people off of the streets? and number two, will the federal agencies collaborate more with sfpd and agencies to clean it up? number one reason is because funding from the city, a lot of times, are not able to prosecute, so will there be more federal charges instead of state? >> unfortunately, i don't think we have the representative any longer from the mayor's office,

and i don't know if, miss harris, you can address collaborations with local law enforcement or not regarding cleanup of the tenderloin or prosecutions in the tenderloin? >> i would direct the gentleman to the office's public statements regarding the fit initiative for the tenderloin. you can find those statements on the d.o.j.s website for the northern district of california. i know it's a -- a very important initiative to u.s. attorney anderson, and that initiative remains ongoing as to various types of street-level crime that's happening in that neighborhood and affecting quality of life. >> thank you so much, and i think at this point, i wanted to direct everyone to san francisco -- sfcahts website,

because there's a lot more information on the website and there's a lot morpublic events throughout january, and i just want to thank everyone, along with bonita and antonia, for say -- staying so long at this press conference and for being so valuable to this collaborative. we can't have a collaborative without all of you, and so that includes the press, and so thank you for being here. >> thank you so much to all. >> hey, judge brielle? >> yeah. >> hey, this is tatum. i can make one quick comment about the federal initiative to the tenderloin. >> okay. great. >> obviously, it's led by u.s. attorney anderson, but the h.s.i. is involved in that initiative. it's important to us for public safety, and many other federal agencies are on that task force, and we'll continue working with closely with the san francisco police department

and other federal and local agencies to -- to address that situation. >> and, once again, thank you, everyone, for your commitment and for saying on this call and at this press conference. >> we hope to see you at our team summit in february, and please check our website for all the details in that regard. >> when i look at an old neon sign that's working or not working, i feel the family business that was in there.

>> since 2009, citywide, sf shines, has supported businesses and sites like the ones that receive new neon signs. >> you know, sf shines is doing an amazing job to bring back the lighting and the neon glow of san francisco. >> sf shines is such an amazing program, and i can't think of another program in another city that gives matching gunned funds to store owners, mom and pop owners, and if they've got a neon sign, they've really got a great way to advertise their business. >> this is a continuation of the sf shines program. >> focusing other neon signs is

relatively new to us. of the seven neon signs, we've invested about $145,000. >> a good quality sign costs more, but it lasts infinitily longer. as opposed to lasting five years, a good neon sign will last 15 to 20 years. >> in san francisco, the majority of neon signs are for mom-and-pop businesses. in order to be able to restore these signs, i think it gives back to your community. >> part of the project has to do with prioritizing certain signs in the neighborhood based on their aesthetics, based on their current signs, and base on the history. in the time that we've been here, we've seen a number of signs restored just on eddy

street. >> there are a number of signs in the tenderloin and many more that are waiting or wanting to be restored. i have worked with randall and al, and we've mapped out every single one of them and rated them as to how much work they would need to get restored. that information is passed onto sf shines, and they are going to rank it. so if they have x budget for a year, they can say all right, we're going to pick these five, and they're putting together clusters, so they build on top of what's already there. >> a cluster of neon signs is sort of, i guess, like a cluster of grapes. when you see them on a corner or on a block, it lights up the neighborhood and creates an ambient glow. if you havy got two of three of them, you've created an atmosphere that's almost like a movie set. >> some of the hotel, we've already invested in to get those neon signs for people to

enjoy at night include the elk hotel, jefferson hotel, the verona, not to mention some we've done in chinatown, as well as the city's portal neighborhood. >> we got the fund to restore it. it took five months, and the biggest challenge was it was completely infested with pigeons. once we got it clean, it came out beautiful. >> neon signs are often equated with film noir, and the noir genre as seen through the hollywood lens basically depicted despair and concentration. >> you would go downtown and see the most recent humphrey bogart film filled with neon in

the background. and you'd see that on market street, and as market street got seedier and seedier and fewer people continued to go down, that was what happened to all the neon strips of light. >> the film nori might start with the light filled with neon signs, and end with a scene with a single neon sign blinking and missing a few letters. >> one of my favorite scenes, orson welles is chasing rita hayworth with neon signs

in the background. >> i think what the office of economic and workforce development is very excited with is that we'll be able to see more neon signs in a concentrated way lit up at night for visitors and most especially residents. the first coin laundry, the elm hotel, the western hotel are ones that we want to focus on in the year ahead. >> neon signs are so iconic to certain neighborhoods like the hara, like the nightcap. we want to save as many historic and legacy neon signs in san francisco, and so do they. we bring the expertise, and they bring the means to actually get the job done. >> people in tenderloin get really excited as they see the signs relit. as you're driving through the tenderloin or the city, it pretty much tells you something exciting is happening here. >> knee an was created to make the night more friendly and

advertise businesses. it's a great way of supporting and helping local businesses. >> there's so many ways to improve public safety. the standard way is having more eyes on the street, but there's other culturally significant ways to do that, and one those ways is lighting up the streets. but what better way and special way to do that is by having old, historic neon signs lighting up our streets at night and casting away our shadows. >> when i see things coming back to life, it's like remembering how things were. it's remembering the hotel or the market that went to work seven days a week to raise their money or to provide a service, and it just -- it just -- it just

shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a

corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service

stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so.

[gavel] >> chairman: good morning, everyone, this meeting will come to order. this is the january 13th, 2020, budget and finance committee meeting. i'm mat haney, your new chair of the budget and finance committee. and i'm joined by supervisor gordon mar. our clerk is ms. linda wong. and i would like to thank leo from sfgov tv. >> due to the covid-19 emergency, the board supervisors and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating