his name is roberto ariel vargas. come on down, roberto. and applause] roberto, are you here? [laughter] wow. okay. we'll come back to you, roberto. supervisor stefani, we'll go to you. oh, roberto. he's here. [cheers and applause] what a way to make an entrance. >> i wondered if you were going to let me in. >> president cohen: we will. i want it say a couple of things about thinks gentleman before he gets on the microphone. it's with great pleasure that i honor roberto vargas today for our first but not last latinx heritage month. now roberto is currently a navigator for the center for community engagement and community engagement and health policy programs to the university of california-san francisco clinical and translational science institute. in this role, he leads many multistake holder health initiatives that provide leverage paying particular attention and focus on equity. i cannot think of a better champion than this man here. roberto helps to disseminate practices nationally, promoting equitable practices and health policy and im

telling you, there is no limit to this gentleman, that's why i'm enthusiastic to support you, roberto ariel vargas. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, president cohen, board of supervisors and san francisco. my work is in collective impact what i do is about partnership. so it's about teaming up with many great people to get these things done. and so i have to acknowledge folks at ucsf, like laura schmidt, who first proposed this idea of a soda tax and help to spread this and other policies for improved health worldwide, wiley, lou, for supporting this work and my time to do this work, kevin grumback and his leadership and the entire team at cce. the shapeup coalition and christina gota for helping us to understand how we can leverage the research to do work citywide around sugary drinks. the soda tax committee, including my co-chair, joy, jackson morgan, who collectively we made recommendations for $21 million in chronic disease prevention money to support good health in san francisco and focusing those resources on under-resourced communities, the communities that are paying the b