i'm here representing supervisor ros ronen. we've worked to incorporate information from city departments, community leaders and supervisors on the board. this legislation creates an official recognition of cultural districts of san francisco in a clear, formalized process. it provides a framework for departments to invest resources into protecting culturally relevant businesses, arts, festivals, and affordable housing through the creation of the districts accompanying funds. this legislation shapes cultural districts as community tools within neighborhoods. we think of cultural districts as areas that certain committees have established themselves historically in san francisco, areas where communities have brought a rich diversity of cultural, artistic and aesthetic traditions and life to the neighborhoods they inhabit. for example, we have the latino culture district 24th street, district 9, south of market, and the tenderloin. these are areas where communities that have been marginalized and oppressed have gone to seek refug