i amgener if esteen, a -- i am jennifer esteen and i have worked a z a nurse serving those with psychiatric illness and the last four years have been in placement and helping people who are currently conserved get permanent housing after they have been treated in emergency and crisis services. i also because of my job work with people in treatment programs and make sure they are eligible for the services they receive and that the programs are providing with the city contracts their services to do. and because of that, i feel uniquely qualified to serve as a labor representative for the seat with the housing conservatorship working group. >> superviser ronen: thank you. >> you're welcome. >> superviser ronen: thank you. ms. short. >> good morning. i am sara short and really excited to be considered for this position, and here's why. i need to read this. i have a deep passion and commitment to the dignity and rights and respect of those living with severe mental health conditions. and those who are self-medicating the impacts of trauma by using substances. i also have a wealth of experience w

> item 29 is a motion to appoint and waive the residency requirement for jessica lehman, jennifer esteen and to appoint sarah short to the housing conservative ship working group. >> i'm sorry, residential wafers fowaivers for two of the three? >> 29, yes, i called 29. >> and did you mention -- >> yes, mr. president, i did mention the residency requirement to be waived. >> for who. >> jessica lehman and jennifer esteen. >> is there a reason why we're getting waivers for two of the fly appointees on this? and i ask this question consistently when i see so many people get waivers for residency purposes. there's a lot of people in san francisco that live here and why can't we find anybody? and i'm not saying tease people aren't qualified. so i don't know if you want to -- >> sure. as the chair of the rule's committee, i'm happy to respond. if i remember and remind me, there were five applicants for these three seats. so we didn't get an overwhelming response to the request for applicants. that's number one and number two, the sad reality in san francisco these days is that the people often

i also really wanted to thank jennifer esteen who led this and helped this happen. really grateful to dph to hearing the front line workers, hearing the clients, hearing the people with feet on the ground. it is very, very powerful. this just offerings a lot of hope that both sides are able to come to this agreement. it gives us a lot of hope. allowing these beds to reopen allows people, for people to maintain their homes, allows people to not just get homes then need but to receive care throughout the city and flow throughout the city. this is beyond be the arf. thank you very much for all of your work on this. >> thank you. >> good morning. i am connie. i work at the behavioral health center for 20 years. i also come down to the arf to help when n