i am going to ask larry stringer to come up from the department of public works. so many different departments involved. >> morning, supervisor. >> morning. >> larry stringer, department of public works and deputy of operations and chair of the graffiti board. i want to thank you supervisor breed for bringing this ordinance forward, it was definitely needed and overdue. the department of public works currently processes 50,000 issues regarding private and public graffiti, and spends close to $3 million in efforts to deal with that. the thing i would say, it's not fair, the public and the city are victims. the private property owners are victim, and there is no means to rectify that. this legislation will help not only deter but hopefully reduce the overall graffiti within the city. and i would like to say, i think it's fitting because the graffiti advisory board sponsored its first international graffiti conference in your district last year. and you were there, that's right. and i think it's both fitting and right that you bring this legislation forward. hopefull

. >> larry stringer, public works, deputy director of operations but more importantly the setting chair of the graffiti advisory board. i'm here to say a few brief words. i'm supporting both nominations. the graffiti advisory board needs the diversity of committee members in order to come up with creative solutions to solve the big problem that the city has. both for rebecca and john i am here supporting them, i do have eat meeting to run to and i apologize for cutting in. >> i hope you make it to your next meeting. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i am rudy assertion, i run a nonprofit here in san francisco. i'm here because i want to offer my congratulations to rebecca rottman. the philipino community, she is one of our distinguished citizens in the community and also i am here to invite you to a luncheon on june 28. i think supervisor tang was our key note speaker last year. now you know why we are honoring her. she is a dynamic person and i think it would be a tragedy for the city of san francisco if you don't renominate her. thank you very much. >> merilee? >> good afternoon, superv