finance side of the house and have recently stepped in due to the departure of former director barbara garcia. so these are questions that are poignant and not to be taken as personal. i think the purpose of this entire hearing is to ask very difficult and straightforward questions. and the fact that this has been the department's priority, but they've been missing the mark, we can't sweep it under the rug. we have to address it. i just want to acknowledge that i know it's not you, but it is a larger systemic problem, and we're going to be working with the department of human resources to help correct all of this. >> thank you, madam president. i don't take nit -- take it in a personal perspective. i understand. >> we're going to talk to the director of human service agency. >> good afternoon, supervisors. trent brewer, director of the human services agency. we have just a couple of slides that will be up. since i didn't have an opportunity to present at the committee, i thought i would just start with the slide that shows the breakdown of the human services agency staff by ethnicity. i shoul

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project working group, especially the co-chairs, sheriff vickie hennessy and the former co-chair barbara garcia for their commitment in addressing one of the most challenging items facing this board. i know i'm stepping into a conversation that's been going on for a number of years. i'm also aware that three years ago, this body rejected money to build a new jail. >> 80 million. >> 80 million. 80 million. thank you. to embark instead on a path in pursuit of alternatives. in doing so, we, as a city, have said our money and time is better spent elsewhere, like on expanded mental health services, more residential treatment and acute psych beds, reforming the broken bail system. we agree it's not acceptable that people are stuck in our jails waiting on average for 120 days waiting placement in a residential treatment bed. african-americans make up 53% of the jail population, which is over 10 times san francisco's non-incarcerated african-american population. we rejected the status quo of recidivism that is clogging our jails of people who are sick and in need of intervention. as someone who spends