. >> reporter: da george gaston has had enough.d the attorney general will hold a smart phone summit. they're expecting phone companies and microsoft to develop a way to stop the thefts. of the da says he knows the technology is there. >> what samsung has done now is once a phone is hooked up to a wireless system, they can immediately render the phone inoperable. >> reporter: the phones would be useless and presumably hurt the market for selling the stolen goods. lookout, a company that makes security programs for mobile devices, says a kill switch could also help the bad guys. >> you have to move cautiously toward any solution. something like a kill switch could open up an entire new box of security concerns. so we need to be very careful. >> reporter: makers generally do not embrace the idea. and users are mixed. >> i favor that. i heard that the carriers are the ones that are more against it than the general public. they sell more phone, then they got stolen. >> i don't think it's going to solve the problem. >> reporter: there's

next to him is -- [applause] and next to him is george gaston and elect to the district attorney of the city and county of san francisco in 2011 after winning more than 62% of the vote which in san francisco is very enviable and focused on reducing violent crime, protecting vulnerable victims and respecting with high school truancy and rel haven't to the conversation today. last is cheryl young and the chief executive director of gate path and oversees a large nonprofit in san mateo county and focus on turning disabilities into possibilities and she's a wonderful addition to the panel and it's an area that school districts have to deal with in terms of special needs and what we're talking about affects these children if not more than the other children so thank you cheryl. [applause] so we have a large panel and they can all tell you i sent them an email yesterday said you will have a brief time to say what you do, what your organization is doing, address the needs of the kids suffering or facing bullying and i told them they have two to three minutes, not 23 minutes and i'm going to ho