former supervisor beveragen duff -- bevan duffy. i thank the school board and fire department.an duffy. i thank the school board and fire department. i also had a chat with john hayes' wife. she is out looking at colleges with the boys. thank you very much for being here, chief. did i miss anybody? i think i have gotten everyone. thank you very much for being here. [applause] >> we set out at the beginning of this year with the goals that i announced and you know all of them. i have been saying them now for seven and about to do 10 of the town hall meetings on the budget. but when i was coming back from hong kong and realizing one thing i had to do immediately is finding a chief was one of those top priorities and today we get that job done. it had been suggested that perhaps i leave temporary alone and allow maybe the elected mayor to do this. but all of you have known that, while i'm an interim mayor, i do not make interim decisions. this is a decision for san francisco. [applaus [applause] >> a public safety issue is always my pr