so i'm susan egmon.olitician by accident, like most of us are, i think. but there comes a time when you work with people for years on the streets in recovery in different parts of their lives. unless we have policy in place that actually allow people to rise to their full potential then we're not doing our full job. i'd like to specifically thank one of my staff members, logan hess, who was a champion of this bill all the way through x it probably wouldn't have been possible -- through, and it probably wouldn't have been possible without him. shortly after i got out of the military, i worked in substance abuse. i saw the epidemic go from heroin to crack cocaine to methamphetamine back to opioids. during that time what i learneds and as becoming a professor of social work is this issue around relationship. i could teach my students all i wanted about different theories about what works, what doesn't, but the most basic thing what we can do is to connect with someone on a human level and treat them with di

i want to thank senator scott wiener and susan egmon for their leadership on 186. i want to thank glide for continuing to be a leader for pushing efforts that are controversial -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed >> the hon. london breed: -- but need to be done because it can save and change lives, a place of hope and a place of inspiration. thanks to janice and reverend katani for being here, and the work that you do in this effort, but also, the work every single day that you do for folks here in the tenderloin. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i also want to thank the senior program director of programs for the glide foundation as well as reverend fong, who is here from chinatown community development. thank you so much. i want to thank the safer inside community who helped to sponsor this project and spent countless hours of putting it together in a way for people to see m.o.how it actually works. thank you to the tenderloin health improvement partnership and to capital one design pro bono for their support. thank you to laura thomas, and she has been in