r. mandelman: thank you. madam president, today i have three items. first i'm introducing legislation to make it easier to open new residential care facilities for seniors and people with disabilities, also known as board and care homes. over the last five years we have lost 19 such board and care facilities and with them hundreds of beds. as our population ages and redouble our efforts to move the most vulnerable folks off the streets and into care the loss of these beds presents a challenge. i want to thank norman yee and the mayor for identifying an additional $1 million to commit to stabilizing our remaining board and care facilities in this year's budget. next year we anticipate the long-term care coordinating council residential care task force will be presenting recommendations for the city to address the need going forward. but meanwhile, i'm offering this ordinance to clear one hurdle to the establishment of more residential care facilities in san francisco. specifically, the legislation will elimina