i am with the department of public health, patrick goodall and terrence hong to present to you and seekr support for this revision to the current food establishment scoring system. the current system that san francisco is using is misleading and convoluted for the consumer and the operators of restaurants. under local law, they are authorized to award a score to a food establishment at the end of each inspection. it is a number from 0-100. one restaurant can have a score of 95, another could have an 85, both can still be operational but the score is really misleading for a lot of folks. personally, my parents, 95, an 85, 85 would be a disapproval when it comes to my grades. under public health, and the goals of ensuring the public safety, that score is confusing for a lot of folks. the proposed color-coded system would address the confusion by using a red, green and yellow system. to identified by u.s. cdc. the system had already been adopted and proven by a number of counties around the bay area. including alameda county, santa clara, solano, contra costa, san mateo and marin county's.