>> hello, my name is okay den peters and a teacher in san francisco. as an abolitionist and educator i'm calling for a halt on this jail system. we need more public education and after school program. i see day after day students coming to school with little to know sleep because they don't have a safe quiet place to get rest. i see students not able to stay after school because they need to make it in time for the shelters they live in. i see them terrified and traumatized because they have seen their mother, sibling, taken away because they are criminalized for being black or brown. i see students who are not able to complete their iep plans because of mental health issues. at least one in five people in the sf jail system suffer from mental illness. jails will not be a safe place to treat people with mental illness. this is pretrial. they have not been convicted or sentenced for any time but locked up because they can't afford bail. there are more viable, equitable and economical solutions that san francisco can use instead of building cages. if thi