and brian chiu. where is brian? not here yet. brian chiu, both of them will be discussing about -- discussing with us about our ladder. we have severin, who is representing the bla report and recommendation. that's an important function, because the analyst is an independent entity that helps us analyze the budget. so rising above politics. that's why her job is incredibly important. and of course, we're going to close out and hear from the on the ground, nonprofit workers that are tirelessly rolling up their sleeves and providing services, specifically the hesspa coalition and within that coalition, ma lia, colleen, rebecca and joe.lia, colleen, rebecca and joe. >> supervisor cohen: please call item one. cloix hearing on homelessness and housing in the city budget. >> supervisor cohen: i want to highlight the purpose of why we're approaching our budget process this way, it's an effort to bring more transparency, clarity and fairness into this budgetary process, so what we're doing, we're calling policy hearings, as i said in the