. >> reporter: like many others i this part of the city, gwendoly johnson has her own questions about the city hall field trip bringing the mayor's monthly question time to the heart of the drug crisis. >> when i go out there doing their talk, who are they talkin to? you know what i mean? >> a humanitarian crisis with two deaths per day and it is happening in the shadows of cit hall. just across this plaza. >> reporter: board of supervisors president aaron peskin proposed the on location hearing. he says it is about holding the americana ball. >> we say this is a crisis and an emergency but it is time to treat it as one. >> reporter: since 2021, a service center/safe you site ha opened and then closed and the city has rest harder on drug dealing. the problems, however, have been vexing for years and substantial progress has been elusive. >> honestly, regardless of wher they have the discussions at, i doesn't matter, because a discussion is just a discussion >> as far as logistics and security we are told it is goin to be pretty basic. a few table and chairs and gheqpmt tostrethe event