if a more now enjoyed by ben ellen, he's the california state senator. he represents the 24th, the senate district, and that includes hollywood and the santa monica mountains. areas of los angeles county. you joins me tonight from santa monica. it's good to have you with us on the program. unfortunately, under these circumstances, can you tell me, mr. allen, what's the situation in your district right now? a devastating we've been following this very closely. that the whole community, the policies has, it's like a bomb, went off in that area, a massive, massive destruction. the hollywood fire that was mentioned. thankfully, they were able to get a really good handle on it and still burning. but there's been incredible progress made and very little damage to structures in hollywood. but in the policy it's, it's a different story. and just it's devastating as a number of my very good friends and lost their homes where, you know, there's massive evacuation zone. there's a whole logistical challenge associated with evacuating. tens of thousands of people fro

ben vereen were dance inspirations for me. that was great. on december 11, we held our holiday celebration and employee recognition where we honored the following for reaching employee work arn anniversary mile stones. ellen schumer. 25 plus years of service. victoria tran with accounting for 15 plus years of service. and tara peterson with public art team 5 plus years of service. gave out our spotlight awards. and recognize awards that we came up with this year to recognize employees. and thank jill mantlon former director of public art trust and initiatives for 40 plus years of service. jill retire in the 5 years ago or 4-5 years ago retired and but we had her retained her since i have been on board. so jill could do some work for us part time during not guilty last 4 years. jill is now leaving all service with the city and suzanne said the same at the end of her service to after her retirement. we wish her the best in honor of the conclusion with the art's commission and the city of san francisco presented her with a proclamation on behalf. jill mantlon day. >> and so congratulations and i said we wish jill the best in her future endeavours. upcoming eventses and reminders. we are excited announce that