what is the feedback from mayor office of house anding communication through helen hale? >> not that good. i don't understand this, and i tell this to her face i'm not talking about her behind her back, she is happy with dysfunction, she told me to slow down and wants to manage the dysfunction, i said what benefit can you have to have want them dysfunctional and i'm not getting an answer to that. >> all right, thank you very much. >> thank you, so use your power. >> thank you. >> we can open for public comment for item number 6. >> speaker: again, thank you commissioners, basically, what we are trying to accomplish is, a better safe, clean and mental health is a very key component to this. in order to really get things moving, there has to be support from your organization. also, it wouldn't work without the mayor support, it just won't work. i'll give you a specific example from the merchants association that worked. but the leafeder ship has to come from the top down and the bottom up and then you meet in the middle. so in order to make this a more safe place, i want to

whom i thank for calendaring this and giving us the time to have this hearing, i want to welcome helen hale, director of residential and community services at the mayor's office of housing and community development, to give a presentation on the right to counsel program. and then my understanding is we also have ora polkovnik, for the director of litigation and policy at the eviction defense collaborative, who is here for questions. welcome. thank you. supervisor. you covered a number of things i had was going to make sure i recognize dugo and a bunch of other things. and to thank all of you also, i appreciate you taking care of that. and i do really want to thank the supervisors, not just here, but on the entire board for the support that you've given to tenant right to counsel. it is an incredible program, and i do want to be very clear, as the director of housing services, i have inherited this program. and so i certainly am not taking any credit for the wonderful work of our cbos and the work of folks for the last five years. but without further ado, i'll get through our presentation. s