. >> good morning, supervisors, my name is bradly roberts, i'm the 40th emperor and my first time speaking in front of the city council. it is with great honor that i am here to speak to you. i first became acquainted with the imperial council of san francisco at marlena's bar, which is now closed, at one of their functions on a sunday afternoon which they had quite often and i sat down next to a gentleman, john carillo, a former emperor of san francisco and got to speaking with him and he told me all about it. i was quite moved and so moved that years later i myself became an emperor of san francisco. the imperial council of san francisco has raised lots of money for charities in san francisco and in other cities. with pomp and circumstance and tongue in cheek performances, even employing pets like my dog who has raised thousands of dollars for paws, i am also happy to say that the money that we raise does go to all the charities in san francisco, including services, hiv services like magnet, which i was unfortunate to have to go to and use but was happy they were there for me. so i implo