. >> we'll hear from courtney mcdonald and then amanda fried for the tax collector. courtney? >> thank you and good morning. my name is courtney mcdonald and supervisor hainey apologize for him not being here but we thank you for providing critical relief for the employees impacted by the critical shutdowns. when we forward these before you with the mayor's office and treasurer's office, we had come out of the longest government shutdown in united states history and we're bracing for another shutdown on february 15. although that shutdown was averted, there's a possibility this will happen again, unfortunately, later this year and federal workers will be in limbo once again. during the shutdown in december and january, thousands in san francisco was affected and forced to go without two paychecks which as we know can be devastating to anyone dealing with that. people were forced to take on second jobs, and many continued working those jobs even when the government reopened. they were not able to pay for transportation or childcare, many of the basic needs. we saw dozens of cit