mr. president, david chiu, our supervisor, i am here to ask our president -- are you strong enough to present to me and my city [inaudible] mr. david chiu, do not worry. i will be beside you. i do not blame you for my health problems. i am going to give your office help. you can come to me any time you want. i wish you could work together. a lot of people in the city, including myself, i do not like what it is to cut the budget, here, there, school, whatever, but [inaudible] finally, for the lovely day he makes for us, and he makes me happy like many million people for the day he makes with the giants. i'm here to tell you thank you very much for making me and millions of people happy all over for what you did with our team becoming the best team in the world. thank you, god, and thank you, mr. mayor. mr. president, do not worry -- we will be behind you, and we need to see you in room 200. god bless all of you guys. supervisor chiu: next speaker please. >> thank you, supervisor. stop the corporate rate of the public library -- library -- the corporate rape of the public library. operations us

mr. david chiu. >> and i want to start by saying something that i do not get to say of my other colleaguesare here, but i want to welcome you to the most beautiful district in the city and county of san francisco. this is an example of the beauty of what happens, this very place, we need to meet demand, with the best and most beautiful of what nature is about meets what we have been able to create as a city behind us. this announcement today is also about the best of what man has been able to create to protect that which is the best of what nature is about, and i want to thank all of you who have been working together in partnership on this, our partners who helped to bring some of the most amazing cruise ships from around the world feared to this space. what is exciting about today's announcement from my perspective, though -- it is an important step in the future of what san francisco is going to be as part of being an international destination. we already are the no. 1 tourist destination on the west coast, but the plans we have to rebuild and rethink the entire waterfront, from what we