rhonda simmons, director of work-force development. i am going to kick the presentation off and then defer to my colleague, guilliermo, to get into more detail about what first source is and is not. i will start with the high-level view of what we have been doing around first source. then we can get into questions and answers. just to talk a little bit about the history of first source, because it is actually an interesting history of how we got started with first source -- if you can remember back that far, in 98, we were in a very different economy, a very different climate. we were, at the federal level, in half -- in some historic changes around welfare reform. a lot of cities and counties across the country were looking at ways to integrate the segment of the population that had not really been engaged in our economic dynamics. 98 was very different in terms of economics and what was happening in the workforce. first source was enacted in that kind of a climate. it was enacted initially around in the use or permanent jobs -- end u

the last item, as rhonda simmons mentioned, we have fresh and easy coming to san francisco with two stores. one is opening in the bay view, and one out in the richmond district. because of the size of the square footage, they are subject to first source. working with that employer, we're trying to alleviate their concerns. we will not ask them to hire unqualified individuals. whatever their qualifications are, our network of community- based organizations match residents with an employer. if you look at our successes to date, employers are truly understanding it is a great service that san francisco offers them. we want to continue the partnership with employers to increase the number of san francisco residents on non- public work projects. with that, i would be happy to answer any questions. >> i would like to ask a couple of questions. what is the difference between first source and the public works construction ordnance? they are different creatures. there may be some overlap. i do not think a lot of people understand how these different strategies are supposed to approach different aud