i'm a retiree from the city and county of san francisco snefz and it's heartbreaking to hear the information that's been published that this is a regressive tax effectively significantly our counties of color latino and african-american. as a mother and grandmother the opponents have failed to accept the fact our latinos have seen an increase because of the consumption of sugary drinks. what's more there's no concern or empathy by our opponents from the health and well-being of our contingence. as co-chair from an association for the programs in the healthy eating and activities we know that the consumption of sugary drinks this initiative will increase the funding for this effort as a mexican and immigrant i'm proud to say we're ahead in this leadership by passing a soda tax i know that san francisco, california do the same. i strongly support this initiative as a like patient i hope to lead a healthy city and seen the diabetes and obesity are completely eradicated by the preventive methods of this established by this initiative. thank you very much. supervisors all of you with your proud o