san francisco. we're also owners of san francisco florists, a premier floral boutique located in financial district, but i think what our biggest joy is that we are parents to our single child who's 18 years old, sophia, who was born in the heart of this city. so as you can imagine, we're very invested in the city that we love. we chose to support angela alioto because we believe that she loves the city as much as we do, but that is not the reason i am here. the reason that i am here is that a few months ago, i made a small contribution. i wrote a check, i filled out the donor form as i was supposed to, and i made this contribution to angela alioto's campaign. on april 16, i was notified -- on i believe it was either a friday or a saturday -- from the campaign committee that my donation was rejected as a nonresident. i didn't make a fuss about it. i decided to take a copy of my california driver's license which happens to have the same address as on my check. i took a picture of it, i looked at it, and given that i am impaired in my vision as you can see, i made sure that i could read all the digits