i want to introduce our director of operations for san francisco, mr. arwhowill come and talk to us on behalf of the practitioners that you see around you. [applause] >> thank you kp. i want to share two stories. the first story i want to share is about when we received our first office on 72 6th street and when we received our office over there, i was walking down stevenson alley and a guy approached mehow he had got off drugs and stopped drinking and asked me withed it be possible for him to become a employee r urban alchemy. i said of course. he plied and begain a employee 3, 4 that. a week after that, or two years after that he became a supervisor for urban alchemy. two years after that he became a director for urban alchemy, he is currently a director for one of our bigs program, the bar sfmta program. the second story i have to share is about 54th mcallister street. if anyone know about 54 mcallister street there fsh a lot of negative brhavior. a lot of people selling drugs, using drugs, sleeping in tent, blocking the doorway where the senior citizens c