i want to thank senator leno and the state chandler dr. harris he's been a wonderful friend but more importantly he is a a visionary for what the colleges do for the state of california. i am happy to lead the best faculty and staff and more importantly students who come to city college to find not only their dreams but have their hopes transformed into revolts that they perhaps in some cases never thought about that's where why this institution is not too big to fail but important. everyone there is as committed as i am. we've got funding to help us continue that. it will help us to avoid the death spiral it will help us to continue to sustain the things that city college has been known for for almost 80 years. i want to thank everybody for being supportive my university partners and most importantly the people of san francisco. thank you (clapping.) good morning. i'm raphael i'm on the board of trustees. first of all, thank you mayor ed lee for convening us here and your commitments to city college and keeping it open adding to san francisco's