. >> commissioners and director and president, my name is victor marquez and i will be speaking on behalf of the project sponsor. by way of introduction, since i have not been here in some time, i used to come regularly, several commissions ago. i wanted to briefly give you a bit of my background. i am the former president, national president of the hispanic national bar association, the first openly gay president, and i've worked across the country as the former white house liaison for that organization. i was the executive director of san francisco la raza for five years and i am the general counsel for the mexican museum here in san francisco as well as for the la raza lawyers association where i had to terms of the president. i also served on the board of the lgbt center and was the first latino on the board. i'm working to develop a community center that will house a child care program as well as a foster homes program for young girls in the mission district on 24th street coupled with senior housing, with mission neighborhood centers and mercy charities as the developing sponsors. i