i am honored to be here with mayorl lee, phil ting, and i alo want to recognize our former mayor gavin newsom, who played a big role in making the pitch for this initiative, demonstrating unity in the community. mayor lee knows about it from what he did before. he has already been to washington to appeal for funds for other projects that are worthy, in terms of meeting the needs of people, but also in terms of the importance of their national significance. listening to mark and tanya, we know they speak for the construction workers who are here about building this facility. but there also building a community because this will have an impact in the community, and they are also building lives. i think they see that in what they do. not only their own lives, but as was described, a continuum of care that is important. it is not only housing, which is significant. it is housing which respects the dignity of every person. if you look at the renderings of what is to come, in its historic significance, it says to people twho come here, you will be treated with respect. when you look at the c