. >> i'm brad chafin i'm on the board of the milk club and we haven't taken a position but i'm speaking for myself. it's difficult to be vulnerable when talking about these things but i think it's important. my mother was a foster child and had me in high school and worked to get an associate's degree in childcare partially to afford to have childcare for me. my mom, who had no support at all would never be able to support childcare in the city like this. >> you have to think of how different it may be had i not had the support i had growing up. the most critical time in the brain development is from birth to 3 and the brain's capacity is 90% developed before a child reaches age 5. san francisco has more than 2400 children on a wait list for quality care and more than 1600 of these children are under age 3. those early years play such a critical role and when we think about who's most vulnerable, middle-income folks getting housing is much less urgent than children who desperately need to be supported and to be successful in life. the rest of their lives depend on this. i don't think th