is mr. stron back? okay. let's go back to item 2. >> sorry. bill stron, d.b.i.his item for expediting the electric vehicle charging stations is codification due to some recent state law that has passed. d.b.i. in practice actually already does expedite these types of permits, but with this codification, we'll be on board with all the other jurisdictions in the state, and we're very appreciative of supervisor tang moving this forward. >> supervisor tang: thank you, mr. stron. so i'm glad to hear that the d.b.i.'s already doing this in practice. i did see that it was ab-1236 which went into effect in january 2016 that mandated that every jurisdiction actually adopt such an ordinance, so i'm just wondering why it took us so long, and it's 2018 now. again, it's my name that's on this. >> there was a round of discussion that went back and forth with the department of the environment and with some other departments, so i think it kind of fell between the cracks in terms of moving it forward as expeditiously as we'd like. we have a similar situation with expediting sol