at somcan, we see clients daily who have lived in their homes decades who are now being pressured or priced out. securing this funding will be critical in helping us materialize the action steps outlined in the soma filipino progress report presented to the board back in october 2016. we cannot have cultural districts without the people who have cultivated the culture in these districts, so please support. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you so much for this hearing, and i want to thank supervisor ronen and her staff, carolina, and the whole team, actually for all their work on this legislation, also want to acknowledge cosponsors, supervisor yee and also stefani for your support of this legislation. i also want to thank the departments that's been part of crafting this, oewd, mohcd and decide planning. last but not least this journey of crafting this legislation has been with all the different cultural districts and it's been a great process for really building solidarity with all the different cultural directs. i want to recognize everyone who's come out here to su