i'm introducing to you from good samaritan, mario potts. >> thank you. thank you, mayor, and supervisor campos and supervisor wiener for this opportunity. this organization has been around for a long time, more than 100 years. we have been serving district 9. we have certainly seen the changes over the years. i was also born and raised in district 9. i went to both public and private schools. i launched my career here. this is the community that has been in my heart for a very long time. i'm very honored to be able to continue to serve it. i often get asked what the mission district is like now. many of my friends, we grew up here together. i like to describe it as sort of a tale of two cities. depending on who you ask, if you the best of times or the worst of times. if you are a family with young children, i think it's the worst of times. struggling to find affordable housing, increasing rent, and trying to find affordable child care, and making sure that the streets are safe for your children and so forth. it's not the best of times for them. it's not