Chair Sanchez thanks staff and returns to Chair Lee

And before I close, I want to just thank my team, Ben, Kim, Gerard, Dylan, Maria, Maria Jose, Soraya, and Oriana from our district, and the Housing and Buildings Committee staff,

Senior Legislative Counsel Austin Malone, Legislative Counsel Billy Eck, Senior Policy Analyst Jose Conde, Policy Analyst Dirk Spencer, and Finance Analyst Carla Naranjo.

And Spencer Kuhn.

With that, back to Chair Lee.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair Sanchez.

So before we get started, I'd like to take a quick minute to thank the entire council, finance division, housing and buildings, and land use staff for their efforts in preparing today's hearing.

I know that you guys did a lot behind the scenes, so I really appreciate that.

And I'll now turn it over to committee counsel to swear on the witnesses for their testimony.

Sorry, really quickly.

We've also been joined by Councilmember Mealy as well as Councilmember Hudson and Councilmember Riley and Councilmember Ressler.

Good afternoon.

Do you swear to tell the truth, not but the truth before this council and the committee members?

You may begin.