to learn more, i decided to attend the city council meeting where they gathered to talk about how the city is doing. good evening. welcome to the stockton city council meeting. we are happy you could join us. i would like to welcome community leader, dave from realty church to give the invocation tonight. thank you. thank you. bow your heads with me, please. heavenly father, i thank you for this privilege, lord. i pray you would restore this city, a broken city that needs you especially in light of the state of our finances. we ask you would bring about a miracle of god to make this city, which has in the past been so prosperous and prominent in the state. once again, be a safe and a prosperous place. sometimes we have to focus on something that inspires us to keep hope alive.