. >> public defender jeff adachi. >> thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. >> good morning. >> i am here today to support the sheriff and his effort to reduce the cost of these collect calls. we provide the representation to 23,000 people a year and 83 percent of the people that are charged are below the federal poverty level in san francisco and the reality is, as the sheriff said, it is if the families that are getting gouged because the inmates for the most part have no money and no resources when they are in custody. and so it is the families who are getting these bills. and it is heart breaking to see. and i have seen this over the years, as the cost of these calls have suddenly increased. what happens is that the first weeks and months that an individual is in custody, there is a lot of phone contact, and the phone bills rise, and rise and rise and rise, and sometimes they are in the thousands of dollars. and i have seen, you know, families or since that we bankrupted by these bills. when you are in custody, the only way to keep in contact with your family other than a visit b

. >> reporter: jeff adachi says it shows that the supreme court understands how much data is held byrt phones. with the ruling deputy defender says he has two cases in which he's waiting to have the cases dropped. >> i wouldn't imagine that we're going to lose any cases because of this. i would certainly hope not. >> reporter: greg suhr told us information obtained from smart phones especially photos is critical in many investigations. the jury must show probable cause. >> it's one more hoop to jump through. but if that's best evidence that's as it should be. >> reporter: smart phone owners says the ruling gives them a bit of relief. >> there's a lot of private information. people live and die by their phone every day. >> reporter: the court did say officers can examine a phone to make sure its cannot physically be used as a weapon. but they made it clear that data in itself is not dangerous. live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police are looking for a man gunman who shot and killed a woman and left another one injured. the 49-year-old woman was found dea

jeff adachi wants the city to budget $1.3 million next year to hire as many as 13 more lawyers to represent tenants. a study of evictions in 2013 shows that 78% of tenants in san francisco did not defend themselves or were underrepresented during an eviction hearing. >> a tenant who has an attorney is five to ten times more likely to be able to stay in their house. and that's because often there are unjustified grounds for the eviction. but the tenant doesn't know. >> last year more than 3,600 tenants got eviction notices in san francisco. there were only 14 nonprofit lawyers to represent all of them. >>> remember when cal trans closed i 280 over memorial day weekend? they're doing it again, this time in the opposite direction on the northbound side from highway 101 to downtown san francisco over the fourth of july weekend. a hinge on one of the bridges has to be replaced to make it seismically safe. it will take about 100 hours or four days to repair. the freeway closes a week from tonight and should reopen by monday morning, july 7th. >>> time to get a look at our accuweather forecast. ju