from this form, the fppc the form for 60 local committees, groups that raise and spend money for an electionhave to file this form with our office, it lists how much money committees raise. who is giving it to them, where they're spending it, how they're spending it, while they're active. all committees have to file this form semiannually twice a year. and during an election year, there are a couple extra pre-election deadlines, the semiannual deadline always falls on july 31st and january 31st, and covers activity during the period before the next semiannual filing, semiannual deadline will be on july 31st this year, which will cover january 1st to june 30th and then the january 31st. deadline covers the second half of the prior year, july 1st through december 31st. pre-election deadlines are for committees that are primarily formed for a candidate or a ballot measure. in an election, they cover the time period between the last semiannual filing and an election here in san francisco, we have three pre-election filings, in september, october and november. this slide is just another way to vi