my name is kelly pretzer. i am deputy director of the legislative affairs in the mayor's office and i'm primarily responsible for handling state and federal legislative affairs on behalf of the city. and if you'll indulge me for a moment, quoting section of the san francisco charter, section 3.1, which among many other things is clear that the mayor has responsibility for coordination of all inter and governmental activities of the city and county. it was under that authority that i operate. and then stepping a little more into the administrative code, article 3 section 5.5 specifically delineates how the city weighs in on state legislative issues. article 3 creates what's called the state legislation committee or slc, a fun lick factoid article was put in place in 1939. so, the state legislation committee is not a new thing. with the legislation committee is chaired by the mayor, comprised by two members of the board of supervisors, appointed by the president of the board of supervisors. the controller, the a

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