harriet sebastian. emilie harris. >>> hi, my name is jennifer friedenbach, executive director of the coalition on homelessness. i think we can all agree we want fewer people incarcerate and had we want to make sure that those who are incarcerated have humane conditions. i really pleav we can utilize this debate as an opportunity to correct the poor harms san franciscans face. step back and look at not only how many can be diverted from the criminal justice after arrest but prevent people from being arrested in the first place. in my work at the coalition on homelessness we see people who end up in the criminal justice system simply as a result of their status of being poor. as being poor people of color, as poor people who have nowhere to live who perhaps suffer from mental illness or addictive disorders, and people who are considered repeat offenders for being so offensive [speaker not understood] arrest in public. other people who are so desperate forest that they are forced to break into buildingses

i'm harriet sebastian. i'm 81 years old. my son was 10 years old and was arrested coming home from a birthday party with his 9 year old sister. we don't need another jail. there's new economic systems that are going around the country, privatize the jails. the sheriffs are responsible by a contract to keep them 90% full. so, what does that mean to the black man? >>> come on now. >>> you can figure it out. since the 1600s, black people made the products at the great cost of their lives. now they no longer make the products. they are the products. the young black males are an endangered species and should be treated as such. we have some of the most brilliant innovative minds in the world here in san francisco. let's use this economic problem without harming anyone. i would be happy to discuss with some economic ideas for you in case you don't know any or you don't care about any. but in case you still want to build more jails, at least hire the black males to help build their new homes where they will live by hook or crook un