place, of course, and to thank all of you for the work you continue to do and to especially commend cathy black and your team for just -- cathy is standing over here to the side. come up here. today i want to do something special because of the work that you all do and you do it, you know, in such an amazing way every day without a desire to be recognized but you want the results, and i want the results. it makes for a better city for each and every one of us. it is casa d cass de la madres n san francisco. >> i want to thank the folks at the office of economic and work force development. thank you so much for your work in organizing and helping with the loan documents. we know how challenging it is to get the city to move quickly and the people that we have in this offers really care about this work and they worked hand and hand to make this happen as quickly as we could. i am grateful to be here. ladies and gentlemen, the executive director of la casa, cathy black. >> next up we have our district attorney here to speak with us. she is a leading authority on crime prevention, experienced execu