my name is pedro florez. i've worked with the national council on alcoholism and i've led our prevention and diverse programs while working there, so working closely with many families in the tenderloin, which are immigrants and are forced to live there under the circumstances that we're trying to remedy with the task force. what i would like to do is offer my service, both my insights professionally and my experience in public health and my listed experience as a resident to help support this work. now i realize that this is coming from -- it's not coming from one of your districts, but i hope that this can be an invitation for partnership, because although the tenderloin is burdened with this problem, it is not just in the tenderloin, it is a problem for all of san francisco. thank you. >> hi. my name is jessie james johnson. i'm a poet and a 20-year resident of the tenderloin. i believe i qualify for seats 1, 2, and 3 and/or 7 and 8. i have letters of support from several community-based organizations, a b