>> so let's start with patty lee. are you still on the platform? >> yes, i am, judge brielle. >> great. and you might want to talk about the minors that are trafficked into drug sales and whatever else you want to talk about in your answer. >> all right. since covid shelter in place, we have seen a drastic reduction in the number of youth being arrested. no surprise because they're staying at home, or unfortunately, however, with the traffic the youth, as i mentioned, these are the youth that are falling through the cracks, and so we have had fewer girls come in and, for a period of time, we actually had no girls in juvenile hall. i would say in the past -- since march, we've had approximately ten to -- ten to 15 girls coming in, and we do not represent all of the girls, but i address only the girls we represent. i cannot talk about specific facts because the information is confidential, but i would say specifically about ten. and i would mention, we have to have a wider lens on these girls because they are at great risk and virtually all of them h

i'm now going to turn to our next speaker, patty lee, from the public defender's office. she is the head public defender of the juvenile division and an expert on children who are exploited and trafficked and, really, a mentor to me. patty? hmm, she might have had trouble coming on. >> i am here. >> oh, there she is in hawaii. >> yes, i'm in hawaii. i bring the sunshine to you all. so i am deeply, deeply appreciative for all of the work of the san francisco coalition against human trafficking. thank you, thank you, judge brielle, antonio, and bonita, for always being there for us. during covid, it has become even more difficult in providing advocacy in this virtual world for trafficked youth. they're likely to fall through the cracks as they're hidden from view during shelter in place, and this was mentioned by our district attorney, and they're trafficked over the internet and over our borders. the juvenile justice focus for children who have been sexually exploited is generally one of girls that we deal with in our system, and they're trafficked locally county by county

i'm now going to turn to our next speaker, patty lee, from the public defender's office. she is the head public defender of the juvenile division and an expert on children who are exploited and trafficked and, really, a mentor to me. patty? hmm, she might have had trouble coming on. >> i am here. >> oh, there she is in hawaii. >> yes, i'm in hawaii. i bring the sunshine to you all. so i am deeply, deeply appreciative for all of the work of the san francisco coalition against human trafficking. thank you, thank you, judge brielle, antonio, and bonita, for always being there for us. during covid, it has become even more difficult in providing advocacy in this virtual world for trafficked youth. they're likely to fall through the cracks as they're hidden from view during shelter in place, and this was mentioned by our district attorney, and they're trafficked over the internet and over our borders. the juvenile justice focus for children who have been sexually exploited is generally one of girls that we deal with in our system, and they're trafficked locally county by county

i'm now going to turn to our next speaker, patty lee, from the public defender's office. ead public defender of the juvenile division and an expert on children who are exploited and trafficked and, really, a mentor to me. patty? hmm, she might have had trouble coming on. >> i am here. >> oh, there she is in hawaii. >> yes, i'm in hawaii. i bring the sunshine to you all. so i am deeply, deeply appreciative for all of the work of the san francisco coalition against human trafficking. thank you, thank you, judge brielle, antonio, and bonita, for always being there for us. during covid, it has become even more difficult in providing advocacy in this virtual world for trafficked youth. they're likely to fall through the cracks as they're hidden from view during shelter in place, and this was mentioned by our district attorney, and they're trafficked over the internet and over our borders. the juvenile justice focus for children who have been sexually exploited is generally one of girls that we deal with in our system, and they're trafficked locally county by county and even acr

i'm now going to turn to our next speaker, patty lee, from the public defender's office. the head public defender of the juvenile division and an expert on children who are exploited and trafficked and, really, a mentor to me. patty? hmm, she might have had trouble coming on. >> i am here. >> oh, there she is in hawaii. >> yes, i'm in hawaii. i bring the sunshine to you all. so i am deeply, deeply appreciative for all of the work of the san francisco coalition against human trafficking. thank you, thank you, judge brielle, antonio, and bonita, for always being there for us. during covid, it has become even more difficult in providing advocacy in this virtual world for trafficked youth. they're likely to fall through the cracks as they're hidden from view during shelter in place, and this was mentioned by our district attorney, and they're trafficked over the internet and over our borders. the juvenile justice focus for children who have been sexually exploited is generally one of girls that we deal with in our system, and they're trafficked locally county by county and ev

i'm now going to turn to our next speaker, patty lee, from the public defender's office. she is the head public defender of the juvenile division and an expert on children who are exploited and trafficked and, really, a mentor to me. patty? hmm, she might have had trouble coming on. >> i am here. >> oh, there she is in hawaii. >> yes, i'm in hawaii. i bring the sunshine to you all. so i am deeply, deeply appreciative for all of the work of the san francisco coalition against human trafficking. thank you, thank you, judge brielle, antonio, and bonita, for always being there for us. during covid, it has become even more difficult in providing advocacy in this virtual world for trafficked youth. they're likely to fall through the cracks as they're hidden from view during shelter in place, and this was mentioned by our district attorney, and they're trafficked over the internet and over our borders. the juvenile justice focus for children who have been sexually exploited is generally one of girls that we deal with in our system, and they're trafficked locally county by county

i'm now going to turn to our next speaker, patty lee, from the public defender's office. efender of the juvenile division and an expert on children who are exploited and trafficked and, really, a mentor to me. patty? hmm, she might have had trouble coming on. >> i am here. >> oh, there she is in hawaii. >> yes, i'm in hawaii. i bring the sunshine to you all. so i am deeply, deeply appreciative for all of the work of the san francisco coalition against human trafficking. thank you, thank you, judge brielle, antonio, and bonita, for always being there for us. during covid, it has become even more difficult in providing advocacy in this virtual world for trafficked youth. they're likely to fall through the cracks as they're hidden from view during shelter in place, and this was mentioned by our district attorney, and they're trafficked over the internet and over our borders. the juvenile justice focus for children who have been sexually exploited is generally one of girls that we deal with in our system, and they're trafficked locally county by county and even across state li