i am beverly upton, the executive director of the domestic violence consortium. i am also a chair on the mayor's family violence council. we're so proud of the work that has been done over the years, stemming from the tragic homicide in 2000. as i talked to my colleagues across the state, we are one of the few cities that have kept our commitment to keep domestic violence a priority. i was speaking with someone in the belly the other day. they said they have short initiatives after murder but and it goes away. i have been thinking about our mayor and supervisors. most of them have not gone through the years where we used to have the average of 10 domestic violence homicides a year. we're down to two and it could happen any day. we never know if we will stay at around two. but we've seen significant reductions. when we see that in so many cities, we are not seeing the kind of priority that san francisco has kept with keeping domestic violence on the radar screen. it is the reason we should stay vigilant in making sure we get this mou in place. there will be a lot