>> can you hear me okay? good. good morning, everyone. good morning everyone. good morning everyone. thank you. thank you very much. isn't this an inset -- an exciting time?

, it is exciting. when i look around this room, we are always talking about young people, the millennium his, here they are, here they are in their glory. we help bring them here. here they are in their glory. [applause] >> this is the day. this is the day you have been working for, and that we have all been working for, and that we are excited to see. this is the day that you will represent your district, and you will serve the people of san francisco. [applause] >> it is important to remember, take it from me, i know, that you are a public servant, and whenever you get a little confused, and whenever things

happen that you wonder about, you are a public servant. that keeps you grounded. unless you know who you are here for, and that is why we know that our safety city will be in good hands. our city will be in good hands. [applause] our city will be in good hands for people who care, for people who have a heart, for people who understand. the people who have a balance, that will not allow themselves to be put in one bag or another, because they know that it does not fit them or us well? thank you again for running. and think all of you for being there for support. without you, your dreams don't come true. without you, and we can't stop, you have to be there. you have to support. you have to give money where it

is necessary. you have to volunteer and make sure that office and the phones are manned. we need to for those sakes. and we are also so lucky in the city to have a bright, bold, beautiful understanding, carrying, loving person as our mayor. can you imagine that? [applause] nothing ordinary. nothing ordinary. only extraordinary. only extraordinary. --dash so they show that you deserve the leadership that you get. let's make sure that you deserve the leadership that you get and that we have. air breed. [applause] >> let's give the supervisor another hand.

she talked about public service and she has been a public servant to our city for so many years, starting with her mom's legacy, in order to make sure that the lives of not only the residents of district ten are better, but the lives of so many people in san francisco are better. thank you so much for your service, and your commitment to the next generation of leaders. well, well, well. i am so excited today. we are going to be recognizing a leader who has really paid his dues, and done so much incredible work for so many communities that were left

behind. starting with his work at the resource centre, to his work at the department of children and youth and families, to his work at the young community developers, and, it was only natural that he was elected to the board of education and became the president of the board of education in the city and county of san francisco. shamann walton's path was not necessarily directed towards elected office. it was directed towards community service, towards giving back to those who really need a voice. someone who needs a strong leader. people who needed someone to believe in them and their

possibilities to succeed, i am so honored and excited. i mean i have known shamann walton for so many years, and i'm so grateful for him to for his work that during the time that i served as executive director in the western edition, when i reached out to shamann walton to help me and to work with young boys in the community , he didn't even have it does hesitate. he didn't even say, you know, this is what i need to, he says what can i do? what can i do to help you, because i am here to help these young men become successful. i am here to change the lives of so many young people in our community. we did this work because we were tired of going to the funerals, tired of losing so many of our young people to gun violence in the criminal justice system. and because, because of the work that i know shamann walton has done, and will continue to do, last year in san francisco, we

celebrated a significant drop in violent crimes, citywide. citywide. [applause] >> and we have more work to do, and we need strong, bold, fearless, incredible leaders like shamann walton on the board of supervisors. people who will focus on the people of san francisco, and not on the politics that sadly have torn our city apart for far too long. [applause] >> it is a new day in san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> it is a new day of hope and excitement for the bayview's hunter's point community. [applause] and before i swear in your courageous leader, i just want to make sure that you know he will not be doing this job alone he will need each and every one

of you, as supervisor maxwell has said, to be there for him, to support him, to advocate for the work he is pushing for the community. to show up at the board of supervisors meeting to make sure that your voices are heard and that you have his back when he is fighting for your community. and you can have no fears of an advocate, for all things related to changing our city for the better and making sure that those folks that continue to get left behind are at the forefront of the conversations that take place at the board of supervisors, and with that, ladies and gentlemen, lets swear in the next supervisor for district ten. [cheers and applause]

>> okay. raise your right hand and repeat after me. and state your name. [pledging oath in to office]

[cheers and applause]

>> ladies and gentlemen, the new supervisor for district ten, shamann walton. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> that's a little better. first, i want to thank these two amazing leaders for coming in and speaking this morning. i want to apologize to some folks. i know the city assessor has an amazing band coming come in this morning, and i know that this morning, there was an amazing song that was sung, and my colleague on the board of education caxton to be colleague on the board of supervisors, supervisor matt haney, had about six songs sun -- sun, and young people speaking yesterday. i'm a little bit less about the fanfare, and the real reason that i did do this, and the reason i did this is i know we

needed to do a celebration like this before and with community, and with the neighborhoods here. thank you for being here today. [cheers and applause] >> supervisor haney and i were joking the other day because he was talking about how i have not beat him at anything yet. and he may not understand is that when i just got sworn in, and i signed, i will be on the board of supervisors before he is. [laughter] >> first i want to give an honor to god, and i want to thank my children for being here. my youngest son is here, my oldest son is here,, my lovely wife, my mother is here, my godmother, my auntie, and a host of members of my family. thank you all so much for having

my back. [applause] >> not just during this last 18 months in the election, but for my entire life. for supporting me, for believing in me when we know that a lot of people didn't. thank you so much for all the love and the prayers because if it was not for you believing in me, and instilling in me, we would not be where we are today. thank you so much. [applause] >> i also want to thank all of my opponents were prior fighting inspiration, and for fuelling the fire that we needed to make sure we worked harder than everyone in the race, and for stepping up and standing up and running for office because it is not easy. i do want to thank them and acknowledge them as well. to my resilient community and the entire district, i want to thank all of you for your work,

for your support, for believing in me, for entrusting and me, to work in one of the most isolated and disenfranchised districts here in san francisco. that is important to me. it is important that we bring you with us here, and to city hall. i am only a vessel and a voice for you, and what you want to, and what you need to. i want to make sure you know that and understand that. in this row, you have someone who understands that it is about the neighborhoods and the communities and our district and our city. you will see that time and time again as we serve. to anyone who knocked on the door, carried the sign, talk to neighbors and community, who stood up on the corner with me during visibility, who got on the phone and made a phone call on our behalf, who prayed for me , who stood with me, who encouraged me, to everyone, this land is for all of you, and for

all of us. thank you so much. [applause] >> as god as my witness, i will forget to thank someone in this room today. i know that, i understand that, i own it. please charge it to my head and not my heart, and understand we have the next four years to acknowledge everyone, but i will take the time to acknowledge some folks. right now, first i want to thank the entire team at 50 plus one. thank you so much for your hard work to get us elected. thank you for your professionalism, for your due diligence for the weight that you carry all of yourselves, and to this work. it is crazy during campaigns. i appreciate you having you and all of you at the election. thank you. i also want to thank the entire campaign team, liz, joy, and the

greatest campaign manager on the plant -- on the planet, natalie g. thank you for working so hard for us. to all of our partners in labor, we have so much work to do in the areas of social justice, making sure that our working class is given the respect, the support and the resources they need, we are under attack at the federal level. we are under attack by the leadership of this country. thank you so much for your support. i'm excited about getting down to work together as we have done together for decades. thank you to all of labor. [applause] >> to all the families in the district, to all of our merchants and our business owners and the people who helped make our district a vibrant, and the people who will make sure that you give us the resources to keep our district vibrant,

thank you for your work and our support. i want to acknowledge my future colleagues, supervisor hilary ronen,. [cheers and applause] >> supervisor vallie brown, supervisor matt haney, my friend , and former and future colleagues, and one of the hardest working women in the city, supervisor sandra fewer. president of the board of education? -- [applause] >> supervisor rafael mandelman which i'm looking forward to working with. we have several commissioners here. i want to acknowledge all of you collectively. thank you so much for your service and your work. i see several of you here. if i start naming names, i will forget. but i want to say thank you to all of the commissioners for your work, and for being here

today. we have several department heads i see the leader of the department of public works, mr mohammed nuru. [cheers and applause] i know i am missing someone, but again, we will have plenty of time to acknowledge. i must thank all of the crew at the resource centre. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >> i see some of the team from the department for children, youth and families. the work continues. my entire family from the community developers, thank you for being here. it has been hard to let go. and of course, one of our

constituents, and his work for the campaign. i see our public defender is here. thank you. to my predecessors, and hard-working women of this district and this city, supervisor maxwell. [cheers and applause] , and president, malia cohen, who could not be here today, because she had to be in sacramento. i want to thank her for her tireless service and her work for the last eight years. [cheers and applause] >> so i have to tell a brief story. i am done with the thank youse. i will say a few words that it is time to get to work. by tracy brown, who was also part of our team and my office. tracy brown. [applause]

>> by the way, natalie g., who is our chief of staff, and percy who is also one of our aids. that is an amazing team that we take to city hall. but this is a true story. a little over a decade ago now when i first got here, and i met tracy and i interviewed her on a panel as a community member for her job at the department of children and youth and families. i came over and we were having a conversation, this is about 11 years ago. she said, you will be the district ten supervisor. i'm not making this up. this is not a joke. she had no idea that i had written an essay that was public in high school. i said i wanted to effect change and be an elected official. she had no idea that i was already ready to come and plan to get together for my community and make sure we can be in a can in a position to make sure we could do what we could to

represent us. she made that epiphany. she made that statement over 11 years ago, and she worked with me on both of my runs for the board of education. my run on the board of supervisors, and she called it. thank you so much for believing in me. i was taught by my mentor, my fraternity brother, father fillmore graham, that if you believe it, and you see it, you can achieve it. and although he is not here with us today, if it was not for him, i would not be standing before you. i always want to pay homage to him for saving my life. [applause] i was taught by his mentor that

the more you know, the more you owe, and that is how we will live every day of our life. you can bet on that. i am just excited to be in a position to help others. i know a lot of time in this city, everyone is focused on the differences in all of us, but i can assure you we will be focused on the commonality is said that we can get the work done to improve this great city together. the only thing i have in common with everyone in this room is that we will disagree at times. i can guarantee that. but we can, and we will work together to resolve the present issues in this city, with tax, with decency, and focus on those commonalities. we have to address affordability , homelessness, employment disparities, complete testing and cleanup of the shipyard, transportation.

[applause] equitable transportation, community safety, and economic viability and opportunity in this district, and in this city together. i know some people get in the office and start making lots of promises, and start talking about visions that they develop on their own, and of course, i have a lot of vision. we know what we need to do in the city and we have a lot of ideas. i want to be focused on the broken promises that we have been promised for decades in our district. so no matter whom you voted for, i am the supervisor for all of you, for everyone. it does not matter. i don't hold those kind of grudges about boats, because i know everyone once was best for the cute -- wants what's best

for their communities, but i am proud and happy to fight for each and every one of you. because with me, it is 100% always about the work. i am ready to fight for potrero hill, i'm ready to fight for bayview, i'm ready to fight for visitation vallie, i'm ready to fight for little hollywood, i'm ready to fight for every single neighborhood and community in district ten. [applause] >> in our first hundred days, we said we would begin to address affordable housing by meeting with all relevant parties to ensure our housing stock and the pipeline gets built. we said we would fight homelessness and ensure proxy resources are spent how intended we said we would address transportation needs and eliminate the institutionally racist prep -- recessed practice

we said we would meet and focus on adequate testing of the entire shipyard and push the navy,, the department of public health, that the state department to work with academia to eliminate the conflicts and build trust back within the community. and we have been meeting with the city attorney, the navy, the e.p.a., and the leadership of this city already to address that. we are ready to work on the quality of life issues, and make sure that people stop disrespecting our streets in district ten so they can look pristine and clean like every other community in the city. and so for the past month or so, i have been volunteering and we met with the leadership of the department of public works, the navy, the e.p.a., housing authority, mayor's office, sfmta

, hope s.f., my colleagues on the board of supervisors, community leaders, merchants, family is, because it is time to get to work. i'm excited about our district, and all of the opportunity, in by the way, to all of our supporters and all of our folks and communities who spend a lot of money in our city, patronizing our restaurants, if you want to do a celebration for us, if you want to do a celebration with us, come and do it in d10, because we have a lot of businesses that need to support. [applause] unto the people that say we won because we are connected to a power source, let me just say this. we won because we are connected to the communities because we are connected to the neighborhood, and there is no better proof than that, than the

data after the election. i just want to thank my community. i want to thank all the neighborhoods in district ten. i want to thank all of the leaders here in the city. i want to thank everyone for coming out and supporting us. as we do this work, we will always remember the children and families in this city. it is game time. thank you. [cheers and applause].

>> my name is naomi kelly the single-story for the 775 i started with the city and county in 1996 working for the newly elected mayor willie brown, jr. not only the chief of staff a woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored united states and excited about the future. >> my name is is jack listen and the executive director of a phil randolph institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in san francisco and your union jobs are stroen to do that i have this huge way to work with the

community members and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown, jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to develop our workforce development services after a

couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. >> (clapping.) >> we've gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do public services but we also really build strong communities when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being understanding of the work life balance. >> (clapping.) >> i have a very good team around me we're leader in the country when it comes to paid and retail and furiously the affordable-care act passed by 3079 we were did leaders for the healthcare and we're in support of of the women

and support. >> in my industry i feel that is male dominated a huge struggle to get my foot in the door and i feel as though that definitely needs to change this year needs to be more opportunities for i don't know women to do what tell me dream i feel that is important for us to create a in fact, network of support to young people young women can further their dreams and most interested in making sure they have the full and whatever they need to make that achieveable. >> education is important i releases it at my time of san mateo high ii come back to the university of san francisco law school and the fact i passed the bar will open up many more doors because i feel a curve ball or

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clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power

sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop. we opened this store in 2012 and the new wheel sells and services electric bikes. 11 people work here in san francisco and our store is about 2,000 square feet. electric bikes are fantastic for transportation in the city, they're clean and green and you

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that's a no-brainer, i can do that. >> we were pleased that clean power sf offers the super green 100% for commercial entities like ours and residents for the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services for linkedin and now encouraging our employees who have a residence in san francisco to sign on as well. >> clean power sf buys its power from renewable plants that feed the energy directly into the grid. >> there's a commitment to sustainability throughout the entire organization and this clean power opportunity reflects that. >> one of the wind farms we use is the shilo wind farm and that is large enough to be able to provide energy for up to 200,000 homes. >> our mission is sustainability, even though our

bikes are minimal energy use, it still matters where the energy comes from and part of our mission in sustainability is how we run everything -- run our business. having the lights come on with clean energy is very important. >> the sunset reservoir has solar panels that take up about four city blocks covering the reservoir and the solar power generates energy for city resources and clean power sf for residents participating in the program. >> it was easy to sign up for the program, i went online to cleanpowersf.org and i started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going to be switched over and it just happened. when i pay my bill, i still go to pg and e and i don't see any difference between now and a year ago. >> sign up online, just have

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>> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to

build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy her achbl heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders.

i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to

perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company.

the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon

cheese burger lumpia. there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back

to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve.

>> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the

dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy. >> neighborhood in san francisco are also diverse and fascist as

the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square. >> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of

the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill

come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters

around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco.

by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the

businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell

things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. >> providing excellent customer service to each other so that we can succeed together. because we're a small division out here, and we're separated from the rest of the p.u.c., a lot of people wear a lot of different hats. everyone is really adept not just at their own job assigned to them, but really understanding how their job relates to the other functions, and then, how they can work together with other functions in the organization to solve those problems and meet our

core mission. >> we procure, track, and store materials and supplies for the project here. our real goal is to provide the best materials, services and supplies to the 250 people that work here at hetch hetchy, and turn, that supports everyone here in the city. i have a very small, but very efficient and effective team. we really focus hard on doing things right, and then focus on doing the right thing, that benefits everyone. >> the accounting team has several different functions. what happens is because we're so remote out here, we have small groups of people that have to do what the equivalent are of many people in the city. out here, our accounting team handles everything. they love it, they know it inside out, they cherish it, they do their best to make the system work at its most efficient. they work for ways to improve it all the time, and that's really an amazing thing.

this is really unique because it's everybody across the board. they're invested it, and they do their best for it. >> they're a pretty dynamic team, actually. the warehouse team guys, and the gals over in accounting work very well together. i'm typically in engineering, so i don't work with them all day on an every day basis. so when i do, they've included me in their team and treated me as part of the family. it's pretty amazing. >> this team really understanding the mission of the organization and our responsibilities to deliver water and power, and the team also understands that in order to do that, we have a commitment to each other, so we're all committed to the success of the organization, and that means providing excellent customer service to each other so that we can succeed

sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it

doesn't really add anything to the bill.