are holding this hearing, which i called, along with my colleagues president yee, supervisors ronan browning, for a very simple reason: we have to close the jail at 850 bryant. it is far past the time for a time and plan to do so. the building has been marked for demolition since 1996, other than 20 years ago. the city administrator called for the jail to be closed by the end of this year, 2019. despite this, no active plan exists to close the jail. no one believes that this building is safe. i met with the key city officials on this issue, all of whom have spoken out publicly. the sheriff, the city administrator's office, superior court judges and now the mayor, and they all agree this building is siseismicly unfit. everyone who works there will be moved out of the building. the only group we don't have a plan for are the people incarcerated there, and the people who work directly with them. this is unacceptable, it is shameful, and it needs to change. everyone is in agreement that the jail should close and it will close as soon as possible. one city official actually told me that the build