ms. chung. >> thank you very much. i have a budget meeting that is starting in the mayor's office in a few minutes. i definitely want to comment my support for the language access ordinance and programs. i'm annie chung. over the last like two, three months, you have seen many of us escorting and bringing a lot of our monolynn quill seniors to town hall budget meetings and to different special needs meeting. on monday, we brought out about 60 of our seniors and realized that they didn't provide translation when they were talking to supervisors elsbernd, supervisors chiu and supervisors olague about the concerns of seniors and aging. the other times, it was easy for us to invite our seniors to come to the town hall meetings because everyone of them were provided translation. it made our work of engaging our seniors so much more easier and meaningful. because i always feel that on one hand, we want our seniors to be fully engaged with our city services, but whenever we have to act as interpreter and translator ourselves,

ms. cecilia chung and i think she is going to be a valuable to the health services commission. it is good to have someone who has been a quiet and a patient in the public health system, someone who has been through many of our clinics and shelter system, and on top of that, been an advocate an expert on a variety of health issues. we're really excited to work with her on a variety of issues in our district and our city. i want to congratulate the mayor on this appointment. president chiu: can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this motion is approved. >> item 27 is from the rules committee without recommendation. a motion reaffirming the appointment of suzy loftus to the police commission. president chiu: before folks speak i want to abolish all the folks that i know are here in support of the various -- i want to acknowledge all of the folks that i know are here in support of the various appointees. i would like to recognize, of paris. good to have you here. [applause] supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you. i would like to say, susie, if you co