sam peoples and larry stringer from the department of public works. laura marshall from the controller's office, and emily: from the mayor's office. our first presenter will be from carrie abbott from the department of homeless supported housing. >> thank you. >> carrie is on her way in, but i would jump in and her place until can you please identify yourself? >> i am emily cohen, with the mayor's office. thank you for having us here today to discuss hsoc. i want to start with an overview of the challenges that we are facing, in our communities. this is not a secret to anyone. i think we all understand we face a crisis of homelessness. our most recent.in time identified over 8,000 people in our community expensing homelessness, about 5,000 of whom who living unsheltered. about 3,000 staying in shelters or other residential programs. what folks don't always see every night is the successes that we have. last year we exited over 2,000 people from homelessness, and to housing. a very successful year. 2018 was the year we had the most exits out of homeles

. >> larry stringer, public works. the last count for the year that i remember seeing was 73 total. i think that was actually presented to the board -- [gavel]. >> president hirsch: come on. >> i think that was presented to the board for six months. i can get you that data, but that's the number that we presented to the board when we presented earlier this year. >> commissioner hamasaki: so let me ask you this question. this is to both the d.p.w. and the department. do each of you track each time you see somebody's tent? >> yes. >> commissioner hamasaki: department? >> yes, we have a -- [inaudible] >> -- hsoc d.p.m. >> commissioner hamasaki: so you can give us a report when you come back. and again, i think that's not consistent with, i think what the concerns i've heard and i think our next presenters will probably address, but -- >> commissioner, i'm going to say -- >> commissioner hamasaki: go ahead. >> you asked for tents that were seized. >> commissioner hamasaki: okay. i should be clear. seized and tags. >> president hirsch: come on. >> we have bag and tags, and then tents tha