. >> good morning, members, my name is patrick foson, the assistant director of the environmental health branch. we spent a lot of time working with supervisor peskin's office, and organizations like the golden gate restaurant associations, to craft some changes, as was mentioned, primarily to the way food establishments are scored here in san francisco. we presented before the small business commission, and they applauded the amendments and acknowledged the health department's responsiveness to community feedbacks. we believe the proposed changes represent a win/win scenario for both restaurant owners and the health of the people here in san francisco. with that, i'd like to introduce to you terrence hong, who is one of our food district managers, he will give you a brief overview of the changes that we're proposing. >> good morning, committee members. ni nammy name is terrence hong, and i'm weren' one of the food program managers in san francisco. current history: in 2004, the current system was adopted. this system, for the better part of two decades, had served its purpose. iit has r