my name is keith deniz, i'm the vice-chair of the shelter monitoring committee and i'm here to review the materials sent to you on monday, 9 september. the shelter monitor committee is an independent vehicle charged with monitoring the shelters and resource centers in the city and we are made up of 13 members consisting of homeless or formerly homeless individuals and who also are employed or nominated by service providers. our seats are filled by the mayor's office with three seats, the board of supervisors with six seats, the local homeless coordinating board with four seats. the officers, the chairs and vice-chairs and staff meet regularly with [speaker not understood] dph to have an open line of communication and improve effectiveness. [speaker not understood] due to only having one staff member and made up entirely of committee members, we did 34 of the 38 assigned visits. during these visits we found 89 violations most of which sites corrected within 7 days. i would also like to note that st. joseph's family shelter was inspected twice during this period and no violations were f