and thank you, carol svoboda, next speaker. hi, supervisors. rich whipple with osseo, speaking on my own behalf, wanted to add some important clarifications to what's been shared today. both what we do as an ambassador program and who we are. our ambassadors are, to be clear, a safety program. this is evidenced in the thousands of safety escorts, hundreds of 901 calls, and dozens of narcan and overdose reversals that are done on a regular basis. the other thing i wanted to flag is who this team is, to be clear, these are city workers. there are over 60 ambassadors, i think, previously was shared 30. but if you add the participants who are in jobs now, we're looking at a loss of 60 plus city employees who are all city residents, 100, 85% bipoc, 60% multilingual. and another language other than english and overwhelmingly directly impacted public benefits recipients experiencing homelessness and other issues. so i hope you've been listening closely to the words of the folks who do this every day. they love this city so deeply, and i'm really grate

and thank you, carol svoboda, next speaker. hi, supervisors. rich whipple with osseo, speaking on my own behalf, wanted to add some important clarifications to what's been shared today. both what we do as an ambassador program and who we are. our ambassadors are, to be clear, a safety program. this is evidenced in the thousands of safety escorts, hundreds of 901 calls, and dozens of narcan and overdose reversals that are done on a regular basis. the other thing i wanted to flag is who this team is, to be clear, these are city workers. there are over 60 ambassadors, i think, previously was shared 30. but if you add the participants who are in jobs now, we're looking at a loss of 60 plus city employees who are all city residents, 100, 85% bipoc, 60% multilingual. and another language other than english and overwhelmingly directly impacted public benefits recipients experiencing homelessness and other issues. so i hope you've been listening closely to the words of the folks who do this every day. they love this city so deeply, and i'm really grate