my name is jose luis mujila and i work with transitional youth and we advocate on behalf of 16-24-years-old in the city. i was born and raised here. i went it all public schools and graduated from balboa high school. but unfortunately, i graduated with very few people that i started out in 9th grade with, as i think a lot of our young folks do. i actually just barely graduated and believe i was not ready for college at the time. i think it's the case for a lot of young people. so i just would like to speak to first of all how excited i am and how i just want it to be known that we do action research and street interviews and focus groups with the young people. young people actually want high standards, which is kind of surprising. while some people may not always think that, but they want to be pushed and challenged. so it's exciting to know that we're raising the bar so that young people can graduate with those requirements to go to a uc or four-year school. but to the points that have been made before, i want to just echo the fact that we really, really cannot just raise the bar without a