. >> i'm ron perez. i am formerly with the sheriff's department and i left in approximately about eight years ago, 10 years ago. the sheriff's department made a bold move that originated in our san francisco county jail. they recognized we had a significant population of veterans. again i'm with plows shares and you've aware of the work we've done with the veterans population addressing swords plow shares and we identified veterans in the county jail and providing services but the social service created a special housing unit just for veterans and we had a unit that housed 48 veterans and we were able to show we warranted having a veterans court. three years later we were able to get a veterans court up and operating and because of the combination of works, plow shares and the veterans administration and the community, the program i run now in the county jail which once had 48 beds and a waiting list, i now average between 15 to 20 veterans on a daily basis. we currently have approximately 90 veterans th