bcdc was created to stop the uncontrolled filling of the bay and we've done that. in fact, we've reversed the shrinking of the bay. it's now 8,000 acres larger than it was 40 years ago and the conversion of salt ponds in the north and south bay to wetlands will make it another 26,000 acres larger. we are very proud of what we have accomplished. not all government agencies know what they are supposed to do. fewer even do it. we do. well, our smug self-aduration was interrupted last year in march when the california climate change center published a report titled, changing climate, assessing the risk to california. the report looked at 3 scenarios for cutting the amounts of emission that we pump into the atmosphere and depending on whether and how much green house gas emissions can be brought under control, the report projects by the end of the century average temperatures in california will rise between 3 and 10 1/2 degrees centigrade. one of the most publicized impacts of global warming is a predicted increase in sea level. and here's a graph showing sea level rise

in fact, bcdc regularly takes credit for the good work you have done here. [laughter] i think we have to acknowledge that we have only partly done the work. our goal is to reconnect san francisco to the waterfront. you have done a great deal of work here on the water side of the embarcadero. your executive director and i regularly engage in quality control assessment at the many restaurants along there. [laughter] obviously, i take my responsibilities more seriously than she does. what we have decided to do is look at and the determination of what this side of the embarcadero should look like. what do we want? and then we went about doing what we said we wanted to do. the embarcadero was the same thing. we made choices. what do we want to achieve? we went about implementing them. we need -- we need the same thing for the inland side of the embarcadero. that would be the fabric that holds and nets the city together with the embarcadero and the day. in essence, what we have now is half of a well-dressed person, or a beautiful painting without a frame. we need

we are having to seek permits from bcdc. we are going through the process appropriately, and we are making accommodations for the public parking that occurs on that here as well as for the fisherman, so so far, we have only had to relocate five vessels, and as we do the work, we hope to be able to rotate, but if necessary, we will make sure they are versed for anyone that is impacted. said the extent of the repair is still under development and still needs to be fermented. we are mobilizing in making that a very high priority. next, we are pleased to talk about a new itinerary for 2011. i know that we have talked before about all the changes in cruising that are going to occur in 2011. for example, we're going to have two calls from disney cruises, which we have never had on this coast, as well as crystal cruises and others. princess cruises has also made some changes to its itinerary. they are going to experiment, for lack of a better word, with a seven-day cruise on the west coast. most of the cruises out of san francisco