the next speaker that i want to call up is charlie vaughan. mr. vaughan is a sunset resident and also a general contractor, who has had numerous experiences of burglaries targeting the homes. >> hello, board of supervisors. my crew and i behind me here, and catherine over there, and then a couple of guys that are still struggling to come in, we live and operate a construction company in the outer sunset here in san francisco. fortunately, for the past 12 months, us and builders have been victims of repeated burglaries. burglars target our job sites, cars, houses, where they've stolen over 80k in tools, and personal items. despite increasing security measures now totalling over $1,000 a month, it persists. the cost of this on the low end is 50k a year and a general sense of low morale and insecurity. i can't state enough how much of a hit this is, not only to us, but arguably, and more importantly our sense of helplessness in the situation. other responding officers have been empathetic to our hardships, yet we have had no follow-up despite repeate