jenny friedenbach from the coalition on homelessness stated that 27% of the people in the county jail are homeless. so, i think that if there was bail reform that would clear out about a third of the current population. finally, i agree with dorothy. one, it' frustrating here to be speaking against a jail that doesn't need to be built, where the other side is basically grasping for straws to justify a new jail ~. and i just wonder what's going on here. somebody has a financial interest in building a new jail and some politician who shall not be mentioned perhaps is backed by whatever party has an interest in building a new jail and, you know, that's all i can figure out. but i'm against it. (applause) >> i have a couple more speakers. thank you. rachel less and lori nierny. i apologize if i mispronounce the name. please go ahead. and any member of the public who has not spoken would like to speak, please line up. >>> hello. my name is marlene morgan and i'm speaking as a member of the community coalition around sutter cpmc. and there's a lot of similarities between what we're talking

jennie friedenbach from the commission on homelessness. [speaker not understood] prigeners with children. [speaker not understood] thomas from drug policy alliance. ~ prisoners with children please go ahead. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i want to thank you, supervisor campos ask your staff, for holding this hearing and the rest of the committee for hearing this important issue ~. my name is machaela davis. i'm an attorney at the aclu and we are committed to focusing on alternative to incarceration to address the socioeconomic issues faced by poor communities and communities of color both here and around the state. we are please today see the budget and legislative analyst report give a reasonable projection for the number of needed beds. however, we still think the city should look skeptically at any decision to spend hundreds of millions of dollars out of the general fund and ask whether that money could be used to reduce the demand for those jail bed in the first place. any numbers of studies show the money invested in alternative to