and i'm just not getting a perception of some of the intersections of -- or the vulnerablity, i guess, of my community. and when i say my community, i shouldn't be so parochial, because all of us are here together. of my community, because it doesn't seem -- even after all this time, it doesn't seem to have permeated into the criminal justice system in a really valid w really meaningful way. >> i think those are valid comments. it does leave one feeling as if it's not a whole holistic approach to a community or an issue, even, and i think that's valid and warranted. we welcome the feedback on how to make improvements in that. it ourns out that all of -- many of our supervisors within victim -- it turns out that all of our -- many -- i do feel that it's an area that we need to improve upon, and i was preparing for this hearing, which i always appreciate that opportunity. it gives us a chance to pause on our work, is i do feel we need a dedicated victim advocate. we had a trans victim who was very dissatisfied with the way her case was handled, and she met with her attorney. i think we

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so with visiblity also comes vulnerablity, and so looking that there's programs, as hrc mentioned, that can track these trends, but also making sure that we're addressing them as a community. you know, as cheryl mentioned, violence occurs in the home, on the street, in the workplace, in public transit, within our schools, so we really do need to look at strong strategies and partnerships with victim services to make sure that communities feel supported and that services are tailored for their needs. you know, furthermore, in san francisco, we are a leading city. we're a beacon. people are flooding here from across the country as rights are being stripped away, and so people are looking at us to continue to push the needle on this issue, and i think it's important that we do more. i won't go into all the specific data, but i think in my work with the lgbt center prior to this role, i was the director of economic development, and we were able to partner with hrc and sney on the needs assessment, and there were some really great quotes. and i think sometimes bringing the voices of the comm