. >> as you see in this list here, and this was from an official at d.p.w., peter lau, there's no mention of public housing, department of homelessness, or housing and shelter plan for homeless. so we have this ideal, but in practice, this is not being carried out. this is a tweet that was put out by the sfpd with a, you know, police vehicle with all of these belongings and their messaging is tenderloin homeless officers worked with the t.l. in cleaning up sidewalks and making the community safer that we serve, which gives you some insight into their inception of services. so this is just getting you to understand how the shelter services work. commander lozar mentioned they offer a genuine offer of shelter to homeless individuals, and that is key to the ninth circuit decision, to give a homeless person a ticket or arrest them when there is not adequate shelter. what's being debated is what is adequate. before two weeks ago, the city was saying adequate is a one-night shelter bed, and i'm glad to hear they realize this is not working. now, my question is, is a seven-day bed adequate? i'm

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