with that said, i would like to call up nona, russell, who is the chair for this report. >> chairman mar, members of the board of supervisors. my name is nona russell and i'm here to present the 2018-2019 san francisco civil grand jury continuity report on improving review for increased public accountability. now as you know, california state law requires that all 58 counties impanel a civil grand jury to serve during each fiscal year. the civil grand jury investigates and reports on one or mores -- aspects of the citys departments -- where a group of citizen volunteers, most of whom have no prior grand jury experience. fortunately for us, trainee sessions are arranged for us under a the auspices of the superior court and the assistance of the california and san francisco grand -- grand ju' association. among the concepts that are presented to us, during our training, is the importance of a continuity committee in verifying verifying that the recommendations of prior grand juries receive appropriate responses. by the way, responses to the first presentation here i thought were rather