>> hello, my name is howard bloomberg and i'm applying for seat 1 of csac. i've been on the committee one year. i took -- i was approved for unexpired seat last year. so, i've been about one year now in the position. my background is in science and engineering and most of my working career has been spent in the washington, d.c. area working mainly on defense issues. i came to the bay area in 2001 and spent over eight years at lockheed martin in space systems company there. i've been living in san francisco since 2007, so, almost 7 years now. i worked with walk s.f., pedestrian safety organization since i've been here, and have been involved in many of their activities. most recently i've worked with walk s.f. in meetings that they've attended with the board of supervisors, a committee on neighborhood services and safety, in conjunction with the police commission. they have very, very he interesting meetings we've attended. and i supported walk s.f. in some of the issues that they're interested in. and in addition to that, in 2011 the end of the year i was pa