both supervisor breed and myself are graduates of galileo. better be careful. i want to first introduce my family. i introduce a lot of people last night, over 600 people that showed up at my victory dinner. they said, can you please not do that today because i went on and on. it is important for me to always acknowledge my family. they are the heart and soul of why i exist and why want to do the things that i want to do. they keep me going. they keep me honest. they make sure you don't get too big of a head thinking that i'm so important or something. they have gone through three campaigns with me. this last one was for board of supervisors but i went through two citywide campaigns, running for the school board. without them i would automate them. my lovely wife, kathy -- please stand up. (applause) my two daughters, chandra and carissa [sounds like]. (applause) and chandra, aren't you supposed to be teaching today? what are you doing here? i was giving advice of the la unified district. my daughter was here so often fly back and forth. my sister, nicky yee. (

london, -- i'm here representing not galileo anymore, but -- galileo academy of science and technology. we are so very proud of you today. wherever you go, let the young people know from -- to city hall, that you have arrived today. let them know where you went to school today so they can have hope. my younger sisters, cohen, kim, you're always there. where's the opera house? we thank you. hbcu. that makes my heart happy. this commissioners would not be sitting here today, former commissioner mar, former commissioner jane kim, now supervisor. former commissioner norman yee. no supervisor. you give our people hope. i will say that malia cohen, would be the next president of the board of supervisors. supervisor kennedy and doris ward, they showed you what to do. good luck and god bless each of you. >> my name is michael -- i want to say welcome to the class of 2013. congratulations for making yourself available and here at city hall. second, i want to point out that two of the nominees need to have a legislative aide if they will be board president, if malia cohen and jane jim would need

london, -- i'm here representing not galileo anymore, but -- galileo academy of science and ch

and galileo couldn't answer the question "why?" and guess who's gonna be able to answer that question "why"? look at the person to the left of you. look at the person to the right of you. now, look at yourself, gang, okay, 'cause we all gonna be knowing such a thing, huh? why that's true. why is it that a heavy rock will fall just as fast as a little pebble when air resistance is not so big to make a difference? why? hey, how does a rocket move, a rocket propel from the sky? is that physics? rocket--suppose rockets-- what makes a rocket keep going? is it something like this? you guys ever been in a swimming pool? you're in the pool and you get in the edge like this, and you kinda put your feet up and you--you push out like that. you kinda rocket across the pool. does a rocket work a little bit like that? check your neighbor. the answer begin with an n. [laughter] it turns out no. a rocket doesn't work like that. you know, when you push against the pool, you push up. what's a rocket pushing it against? air. especially when it's abov

wayne at galileo sent me a check, professors at usf, it was a humbling experience. there are so many people to thank. the last two people that i have to thank, first of all -- harris, the attorney general. she came out, stepped out there is reportedly and has been with me every step of the way. i want to thank you publicly, our great attorney general for the state of california and i want to thank the person who has demonstrated what it means to be courageous, to stand up for what is the right thing. amelia ashley ward, the publisher, she had my back and supported me and fought for me. i want to say for the bottom of my heart thank you for being there for me. it means a lot. now, our resident of district 5 have a supervisor that understands the district; understands the needs of the district; and is prepared for the challenges that we face not only as a district but as a city. i am prepared to step up and to do what is necessary in order to make the difference in district 5. i know thate

remember the earth was the center of the universe until copernicus and galileo came along man's origins were unknown before darwin changed everything and the notion that there was something smaller than an atom was nearly unthinkable until ernest rutherford. even today the quest to gaze beneath the surface just goes on and on. recently we took a peek through the glass walls of school cause hypercube where many of russia's up and coming innovators had gathered to attend the annual prize award ceremony the competition sifted through roughly fifteen hundred clever ideas all looking to come home with one of the five top honors winners were crowned for the top i.t. project the leading innovation for helping society as well as a trio for best idea project and production ready invention but in addition to the award ceremony there was plenty of other innovation minded activity going on the previous finalists and runners up were also invited to show off the latest developments on their path to full fledged startup land a few government officials were on hand to get an up close and personal view

lincoln and galileo and lowell was part of this program. i want to thank the students for this. i want to reach out to the families and the k-12 and universities. san francisco state we were able to register 3,000 students. and we had the highest number of provisional ballots. we had 600 on that campus. and so this upcoming year we have a few things on the agenda. the department of director is up for review. that is starting in may, and we are starting work on that already. the director is interested in improving accessibility issues. s -- we have requirements of the machines old. and we have received complaints of voters not able to access the cards or not seeing the ballots. so we will work on that this coming year. and is the other issue is the issue of privacy around voter information. one of the big of the challenges that the department has is to be sure that people get the information they need to vote. many voters prefer this information to be kept private. we have to figure out a way to either have an e-mail or phone number. it serves two purposes. one is to verify their

remember the earth was the center of the universe until copernicus and galileo came along man's origins were unknown before darwin changed everything and the notion that there was something smaller than an atom was nearly unthinkable until ernest rutherford. even today the quest to gaze beneath the surface just goes on and on. recently we took a peek through the glass walls of school clothes hypercube. fifteen hundred clever ideas. project. project. going on. to show off the latest developments. of the country's. taken home one of the top competitors from. the. electronic nose. spectrometer. device can help police save lives help stem the flow. of drugs and other chemicals in the. equipment. such machinery out into the field. technology. evil doers. sniffer dogs have been used for this purpose for a long time now. they're great at explosive detection but they have one major disadvantage a dog is really only able to work a maximum of thirty minutes before a rest they can resume work only after six to eight hours. a dog isn't able to tell you. it's found it can only signal that something