our work isn't possible without the work of people like susie loftus. >> thank you. that was very kind. thank you, mayor breed for being here. what i want to offer to you is a story from my time as a courtroom prosecutor when i was prosecuting domestic violence because i think when we talk about what la casa means. i want to ground it in what this looks like. to law enforcement i can speak to today, it occurred to me when i got my first domestic violence cases they were not like other crimes i had prosecuted. what i was asking someone to do was picking up the phone and i was asking them to come in and testify against someone who they either loved at that moment or at one point loved or thought they loved, and my job was to encourage them to come and testify against that person, to encourage them to come in and be cross-examined. we know what that looks like, right? what i needed most was to have someone who could addvo indicate for that survivor through -- advocate for the survivor. that is cathy black. that is all of you. it is not always the answer to domestic viol