j. tarlov: thank you. >> mayor breed: congratulations and thank you for serving. >> j. tarlov: i would like to say a few words. i'm not as practiced as the director and the mayor, but i prepared some remarks. thank you -- thank you very much, mayor breed and the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm truly humbled and honored to be trusted with this responsibility. it was a great pleasure to work with the mayor's office through the nomination process, in particular jean eld berg, gelsy and alex were generous with their time and insight as i prepared. i'm also grateful for the time chair eaken spent with me and director tumlin and the many other mta staff members who took the time to bring me up to speed with their important work. i would also like to thank my family and friends here to support me. richard, max, elliot and nancy, i love you all. i'm so grateful for my colleagues on the board of the glen park merchants association to tony and the best vice president ever marianne delarry. thank you for all you do and i can't miss carolyn from the glen park association who