on this resolution comes based on my belief of the value of second chance and the example but eddy zhengs for youth in san francisco, by him korean a pathway for his own redemption, and he service for the young in san francisco, and it would be a loss -- by him setting a pathway for his own redemption. so i am just lend my support for this resolution and hope that it is advance. thank you. president chiu: thank you, and 84 being here. supervisor -- and thank you for being here. supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor alioto-pier: this would be a full pardon, nonetheless, and i wanted to do due diligence, and i would be happy to support this. president chiu: supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: i have participated and watched eddy, as well as many others, part of the city family in non-profit family, etc. his contribution is invaluable, and i am really pleased to see the way we are rallying around. i think it is an important message for governor schwarzenegger in the state to understand just how important this case is. -- and the state. president chiu: i think all of the co-sponsors for

zheng's house. commissioner hwang: you are 10 feet short of what the neighbor wants. >> after my last meeting with him, he was on his way to his attorney to draw up some kind of a deed restriction, because he was worried that my clients, because they are elderly, they are going to pass away soon, and he was worried that some of the heirs or someone would cut down the tree again. our clients want the trees. they are not interested in looking down into his house. if you look at the site study, they are not going to be able to see in the first two floors. on the top floor, there are only two bedrooms. it is not a place where people congregate. commissioner hwang: is this tree issue not another area of potential compromise? >> we are planting the trees. commissioner hwang: so the answer is no? >> we never stopped compromising. commissioner fung: 20 say that it was that these trees were 15 feet, -- let me say that. your documentation is that these trees will eventually grow to 25 feet. commissioner hwang

zheng, thank you very much. next we will hear from mr. wang, he received a medical degree from shanghai's school of public health. upon graduation, he worked at china's national health education institute from 1988 to 1994. he then served on the staff of beijing management college from 1994 to 2002. in 1994, wan created -- i worked at for the beijing institute which works towards prevention of aids transmission throughout community education and outreach. mr. wan has been with us previously. we very much appreciate the work he has done and appreciate him coming today for his presentation. wan? >> we work mostly with population like sex workers, ethnic minorities, migrant workers, people living with aids. we are not working specifically on trafficking, but we had a chance issues in different population. so today he will give you some cases. first, i will talk about drug user communities. so we are now working with drug user. so for drug users, women drug users tend to become sex workers. so they are illegal and become -- and because both d

zheng, a professor of anthropology at the state university of new york. she received her ph.d. in anthropology at yale university in 2003. she has offered four books on sex, gender, migration, hiv/aids. in her books include -- her books include and ethnography -- an ethnography study. she looks at a steady/aids through an anthropological lends. -- hiv/aids through an anthropological lands. -- lens. she has done a prodigious and impressive amount of work in this area. thank you for being with us. one cannot deny the fact that if some individuals are first -- forced to work as sex workers against their will. it also has their -- its own share of hazards. empirical research shows that there is a broad spectrum of work experience. a vast majority engage in sex work as a result of poverty and a lack of viable alternatives to trafficking. in my own ethnographic research of migrants sex workers in china these women actively seeks sex work not only in the city as undocumented migrants sex workers, but also outside of china, as a means of earning money. >> our organization is an aids or