believe and i mentioned earlier was appointed by the mayor to one of her seats, but i see that joseph baba is there. do i have that correct the, mr. baba? so we will move on to matthew bell. is matthew bell available? i don't see him either unless he's one of the members that we don't see. how about nicholas rusanoff. >> i'll have a prepared speech and i'll be able to answer questions afterward. my name is nicholas rusanoff and i joined the army immediately after 9/11. i served in iraq in 2004. after the war, i lost everything. i met my wife in san francisco as a -- she was a san francisco native. she opened my eyes to see this city as our home. we married at city hall. i obtained an accounting degree at sfsu. the best school in our city. i received the best care from the san francisco v a.m.. i was helped by source to cloud shares to connect with services and housing. i connected with the community and i am a very grateful veteran. currently, i give back by volunteering with a team of veterans suffered by our veterans and rethese are our forgotten comrades and we have a duty of care for t