the harrison family made it to city hall and they're not paying a parking ticket. once again congratulations to anacita, gwen, shirley, and karen. can we have all the other recipients of this pres tangibleious award -- please stand if you're able. okay. don't be shy gosh. again how about a big round of applause for all these standing. [applause] one of the greatest awards is to be honored by your community, by your own people, so again my hats off to all the recipients

for this year. we give thanks to the native american aids proyektd, the mayor's office office of services, each bay health center, aqmd, the health center of santa clara valley and once again we applaud you and we thank you. [applause] going back over to our singers. smoky bay, two starts and a song -- one of your favorites and napsters two starts as well. dancers, do you want to come in? all right. here we go. make them dance. (drums).

>> good singing. good dancing.

here we go. rocking san francisco city hall. good dancing. all right. (drums). napsters take it away. two starts. all right. we would

like to get the honorees. if

the honorees could come up here by the first step. napsters if you could take care of this honoring song. here we go. (drums and chanting).

all right. how about a big round of applause for all our honorees. thank you dancers. thank you singers. that

concludes our program.

>> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the national anthem. ♪

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[ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome steve hengineg executive director metropolitan transportation commission. >> good afternoon, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the toll bridge program oversight committee and my committee colleagues, and the director of cal transand the executive director of the california transportation commission, it is my great pleasure to welcome you at long last, to the opening ceremonies for the new east band of the san francisco oakland bay bridge.

that is an applause line. [ applause ] >> i know that you joined me in thanking the oakland institute color guard and the choir, and their wonderful presentation and our ceremonies. [ applause ] >> and i guess that i will not ask you if it is hot enough. and it certainly is, so do please, keep cool and gentleman take off your jackets if you need to and keep the water going and keep an eye on your neighbor. and i'm going to ask you to rise again and that might create more air to hear our invocation from the reverend jay junior, from the oakland baptist church.

>> let us pray. oh, lord our god thou who art the architect, engineer and creator of the universe, we have gathered on this historic occasion in a spirit of joy and celebration. oh, god we give thanks for the generosity of your divine grace and for the supply of the needed material resources and for the provision of human expertise to accomplish this magnificent project. we lift up thanks for the commitment, cooperation, and hard work by so many people in so many roles and at so many

levels of responsibility to bring this beautiful bridge from creative conception to concrete completion. we pray your blessings upon this illustrious bridge and for the safety and well-being of all who shall traverse it. blessed oh, god, this triumphant celebration that we share. may this awe inspiring bridge inspire us all to reach our human potential as human bridges that will seek to bridge the gulfs that separate our diverse communities. may we too