jordan kline with the office of economic workforce and development. so, this legislation would authorize owed to accept grand from the federal small business administration awarded through their northern california intermediary humboldt state university. this grant will enable the city to become the local host of the san francisco small business development center. spdc is a national program that provides specialized technical assistance to small businesses that are seeking to launch or grow or stabilize or transition their small business. sbc has long been an important partner of the city as we seek to effectively serve the city's small businesses. formerly the program was hosted here in san francisco by city college of san francisco. when city college was at risk of losing their accreditation, they dropped out of the program and humboldt state issued an rfp seeking a new local host. oewd with the support of small business commission decided to apply and was successful. so, we've been awarded $150,000 grant for a nine-month period. we expect this gra