my name is tessa brown. i'm a founding member of the mission neighbours. thank you for your time. i'm here with some of my other neighbours and members of the st. james infirmary asking for your support for a budget proposal that we have worked on with supervisor ronen's office for increased funding to do outreach, and also data collection with sex workers in the mission, there have been calls for increased policing to deal with street-based sex workers, but we know that policing doesn't make sex work go away, or would be gone already. sex workers are working out of poverty and policing arresting -- police arresting them makes it more dangerous for them and their families. a lot of sex workers have children, and are supporting their family members. we are asking for your consideration for the budget proposal that was created with lots of different neighborhood groups in the mission that all were able to agree on the need for increased outreach, increased van outreach services, a coordinator that can help manage all of that, and also -- there was something else, but it is in a prop