, strauss events. >> commissioners. >> welcome adam. >> i would like to also acknowledge my two co-chairs of the san francisco small business week committee, president adams. >> speak a little closer into the mic. >> sorry. acknowledge the two co-chairs of our san francisco small business week pc president adams and leslie. thank you.ly talk about the 9th annual san francisco small business week and thank the commission for its continued support throughout the year both financially as a sponsor for the past few years and allowing both commissioners and the office of small business staff to participate on the committee. without your support, we would have never grown to be the largest snag small business week in the committee and with more than 4,000 people attending the event throughout the week. small business week's goal is really to convene the small business community and to celebrate the impact that they have on our community, trying to acknowledge that and bring that into the conversation. and we also try to give back by creating educational and networking eventsed. before i go on,