the speaker is tyrone jue. >> v.p. stephenson: commissioner s, as we go into this item, as acted director jue gets his presentation, if you have any questions or discussion that you like to take after any of the sections of his presentation, let's take them as they come up instead of waiting to the end. i'm not going to ask for questions off each section. if you have questions, please feel free the motion that you like to speak. those who are dialing in remotely, please make sure kyle can see you. acting director jue? >> thank you commissioner stephenson. i want to acknowledge some of the public comment that we heard. this commission does play the role by setting the directions for the department. i did want to mention that your leadership here and convening this special hearing is really important that we're willing to have this open dialogue and conversation in a public setting regarding the issues that were raised in the report. i want to say a few words just to introduce myself. i truly am honored to be here in this

and during that time, i'll grateful for act being director tyron jue's leadership and bringing us through a critical phase for the department as we continue to figure out our expanding budget in the next two months as well as our climate action plan as well, which of course, director jue will take about in his director's report but until then, stay tuned and we hope to have a robust discussion today on the future selection process for our new permanent director as well. so, with that, is there any discussion, commissioners on this item? seeing none, kyle, let's open it up for public comment on the item, then. >> we will begin with public comment in the room. once in-person comment has conclude, we'll go to virtual public comment and anyone in the room who wish to speak, come forward and speak into the microphone. seeing none, we'll proceed to remote public comment. members of the public who wish to make a public comment on this item should press star three to be added to the queue. for those already on hold in the queue, wait until it's your turn to speak. we do have one caller in the que