shelter were turned away during the pandemic due to capacity restrictions and heightened demand jenny perlman works with safe and sound a children's. is the organization when a family who's experiencing violence does not have shelter the family will most likely have to return to the house where the abuse is happening according to sfpd in the fourth quarter of last year. there were 131 arrests for felony domestic violence in san francisco. 86% of those cases were dismissed. only 9% were charged abc 7 reached out to thequtir sample e of that data. to see how many cases were charged throughout the entire year while we didn't get those specifics before our deadline. we did receive the following statement. the numbers dipped during the pandemic in particular during shelter-in-place periods, which affected domestic violence cases in particular as a result our office also devoted significant resources towards expanding support for domestic violence victims to secure housing and transportation during the pandemic the da's office added filing and charging rates for domestic violence. cases have increa