so my direct right is eric shaw and eric is the director of the san francisco mayor's office of housing and community development. he oversees the development of affordable house and ensures local communities have access to essential resources. he has a broad range of experience in government leading planning, community and economic development and worked in emergency services which seems to be very appropriate for the current times. and worked in many jurisdictions as well including salt lake city, utah, washington, d.c. and here in san francisco san francisco and for the state of california. next, we have lauren. she's the sustainable officer for the city of los angeles where she's driving the implementation of la's green new deal which is a policy for local action to confront the climate crisis and build an inclue sifsh green economy that prioritizes equity. and lauren works on environmental issues from the defense fund which is the major ngo and working as a senior policy advisor at the british embassy and secretary for climate change programs at the california environment protectio