. >> supervisors, my name is curtis bradford and i'm the co-chair of the tenderloin's people's congress and i came today because i really just wanted to thank jane kim. i'm really here for jane today. you know, jane, you've been such a great partner to the community and the neighborhood. it's really empowering when we actually feel like we have a partner at city hall that really gets us and understands us and is willing to get right down there and work with us on issues that really matter to the neighborhood, to the community, and affect people's daily lives. and you've been that partner, and i really appreciate that. some really amazing things have happened. you've been such a great, forwards-thinking visionary leader, and things like free city college, which hopefully will spread nationwide, we want to see the great ideas built on and expanded on, and so you've also just -- you know, you've just been there every time we've come with a problem. you've been right there and willing to listen and try and help and help us find solutions, and i'm really grateful for all of that. you've been

i'm curtis bradford and i'm the chair of the tender loin people's congress, coalition of 14 resident organizations, representing hundreds of tender loin residents. first of all, i'd like to say congratulationss to all the folks who were sworn in today. it's really awesome to see you. but matt, it is really greet see you sitting behind the desk seated at the board. that is fantastic. i'm really excited. i'm here today to talk about hillary ronan. she is the right choice. i think she is the right choice for the right time. folks have turned out from all over the city, all the districts are represented in this group that you are hearing from today and they all came to tell you one thing. this is what the city's choice, the people's choice for president of the board of supervisors is being made abundantly clear to you today. nobody reached out to me from hillary's office. i haven't talked to anybody from the campaign. nobody advocated for me to speak on her behalf. i'm here because this is what we wanted as residents. we talked about what we thought would be the best choice and this was