our former president and member of the board, carolyn wiseinger.e stated, these people work for you year round for free and i used to do it for free and i appreciate you. you can't have my job. [laughter] now i like to recognize the grand marsal for 2024sf pride and if you are here, please stand up and wave. rebecca roth, executive director of lgbtq center. [applause] my friend-[indiscernible] [applause] leslie from children afterschool arts program is here. [applause] thank you casa. and are nicole adler. [applause] oh, and finally, my sister, the incomparable, tory teasley. [applause] staff members from san francisco pride. i know you think there must be hundreds of us. there are only five of us. chris roberts, robin adams, alina chavez and london, [indiscernible] please give them a warm welcome. [applause] okay. alright. the housekeeping is out of the way. now, the remarks start i have to tell you that, i have torn up the speech many many times. this is a difficult time. there are many things san francisco must do. mayor breed, first of all, i w