neighborhood process that began in 2017 when members of the community expressed to former supervisor jeff sheehyintent that one of the country's most important lgbtq community. the castro is a living, breathing geographic and cultural area with rich political, social, economic, and historical significance to the lgbtq community. the neighborhood has been recognized worldwide for half a century as a symbol of lgbtq libberation and an enclave for lgbtq to find safety. it became a point of political culture. history inspires our efforts to keep the neighborhood's heritage alive and keep the district the center of the lgbtq community. this wou throughout this process, what was initially a very large map was honed in a bit after extensive conversations with neighborhood organizations and groups who did and did not want to be a part of the cultural district boundaries. the proposed district boundaries have the support of the eureka community and other community cultural districts. we feel that the timing of this ordinance and the creation of the castro lgbtq cultural district could not be better as it

the funding was initiated by a former member of this board, jeff sheehy as i am sure you know h he is a hiv survivor. he needs through his career of work h.i.v. positive how significant and often ignored the mental health needs for long-term survivors are. the $500,000 he allocated have allowed the h.i.v. nonprofits to expand group therapy, isolation reduction, group outings to other appropriate mental health providers. they home bound or face severe isolation and who often times are overlooked. lastly, i think the significances also lies in some of the unique aspects of the demographic. long term hiv survivors lost families to aids and who were told themselves they would be dying soon and they never expected to be here. for many of these folks this will be the first time they are untreated and undiagnosed ptsd will fully be addressed and not letting the services continue would be a real step back for the city. >> thank you. i am not going to call any more cards. come up if you would like to give public comment. next speaker please. >> jessica layman. good afternoon. thank you so much