in a moment i will ask christian and davis to take over the meeting. i couldn't pass up the opportunity to share my feelings and thoughts here now as we begin this ceremony and as we talk about this anniversary of the march on washington and on several occasions today i heard parts of the speech. at one point, i was in a venue where the entire speech was played. it's really amazing that some of these words that were spoken 50 years ago resonate today. also it was amazing and i think many who were there would agree the very few would have thought that on the 50th anniversary of that march, that the president of our state, an african american would be in that spot commemorating this event. we are going to continue to do that work. the san francisco human rights commission is also almost 50 years old. the discussions that were part of the march on washington are what led to the same discussions to the founding of the human rights commission 50 years ago. we are entering the 50th celebration of this commission. during that year i look forward to rededicati