donna k. hilkayhill, gretchen a. >> i am the chair and director of the san francisco child care providers association. i want to thank supervisor avalos for all of your leadership on this issue. these discussions about creating office have been happening for nearly three years now. during in which time the family child care association, san francisco child cares association and voices have come out in support of the office. there has been a lengthy commute of the process -- community process. obviously having an office will create efficiencies in the system. if this will enable us as a city to better leverage funding for the system, which is particularly important given the enormity the deficit we're facing. this will best serve the families in france for it -- but in san francisco. we need now more than ever to create -- unite around the creation of this office. these false economies hurt the field come and give it to create unnecessary division. the office will include all of these aspects of early chi