want to wrap-up with an image from the project design workshop late last spring and you can see maria x martinez and to her right, and maria x martinez's vision and commitment to the vulnerable population and on our project the department approach to serving vulnerable populations and our team is so proud to be here today and thankful for everyone's support bringing this important work to fruition. thank you. next slide, please. >> before we move forward, do we have any public comments. >> i don't see any hands raised. i'll give it a second. do you want to make public comment on this item, press star 3. all right, no comments, commissioners. >> welcome to your new and very important role. thank you dr. hammer and dr. zevin and ms. reed for this presentation. before we go to commissioner comments or questions, i'd like to recognize director colfax. >> thank you, commissioner bernal and i just wanted to thank dr. hammer and the commission for dr. hammer for her introduction of the resolution honoring maria x martinez and just to reinforce that maria was a beloved colleague in the department and a

want to wrap-up with an image from the project design workshop late last spring and you can see maria x martineznd to her right, and maria x martinez's vision and commitment to the vulnerable population and on our project the department approach to serving vulnerable populations and our team is so proud to be here today and thankful for everyone's support bringing this important work to fruition. thank you. next slide, please. >> before we move forward, do we have any public comments. >> i don't see any hands raised. i'll give it a second. do you want to make public comment on this item, press star 3. all right, no comments, commissioners. >> welcome to your new and very important role. thank you dr. hammer and dr. zevin and ms. reed for this presentation. before we go to commissioner comments or questions, i'd like to recognize director colfax. >> thank you, commissioner bernal and i just wanted to thank dr. hammer and the commission for dr. hammer for her introduction of the resolution honoring maria x martinez and just to reinforce that maria was a beloved colleague in the department and a me

that tribute video for maria x. martinezy incredible, and i know that her legacy and the work that she did for not only the latino community but for the arts and so many other people throughout this city will live on through her work. tonight we are here to honor a community that has faced significant hardships and difficulties this year, but who has also stepped up to the challenge and showed the world what it is made of. this community has worked to minimize the impacts of covid-19 in our latino community, but despite our early focus on equity and collaboration with the community, disparities have persisted. we know the numbers. nearly half of all covid-19 cases in san francisco are in the latino community despite only being 15% of our city's population. these numbers are proof that what we are doing was not enough. this community organized and advocated for more funding and more resources, and i am proud to work with them and our city department to deliver. and this is just the beginning. we need to continue working toget