is christopher todd mcdonald present? >> good morning. how is everybody doing? it is a great honor to stand before this board in hopes representing all veterans of the san francisco communities. i come from a long family line of military combat veterans. my name is christopher mcdonald. i'mal 20-year retired disabled military veteran. you'll know that my dd214, i was equal opportunity representative trained settlemen six years in y and affirmative action.

is christopher todd mcdonald present? >> good morning. how is everybody doing? it is a great honor to stand before this board in hopes representing all veterans of the san francisco communities. i come from a long family line of military combat veterans. my name is christopher mcdonald. i'mal 20-year retired disabled military veteran. you'll know that my dd214, i was equal opportunity representative trained settlemen six years in y and affirmative action. my background goes into logistics. due to disabilities and layoffs, i got caught up in layoff with about 600 other people. i became homeless and wound up in san francisco where my family was living. this is a story i wish to share with all of you. i wish to share with you that i met the commissioner two years ago. he was instrumental helping me get out of a bad housing situation as well as helping multitude other veterans during this housing crisis. it was like 14 families that was getting displaced. with his guidance, we were able to join with other veterans to represent the veterans who also having to relocat