entity that is currently running carnival, and i want to thank the mayor's office and specifically joaquin torres, but the mayor's office who has been working with my office, so that we as a city ensure that this event goes forward. and i want to make it very clear that the city and county of san francisco is doing everything we can to make sure that this event continues to happen, notwithstanding some of the issues around the financial problems faced by this entity that has been running carnival to the last few years. we are also grateful to the controller's office, to ben rosenfield and his staff, because they are providing technical assistance, reviewing information to make sure that we have a better sense of what it takes to put on a successful program. not only a successful program for this coming year, 10 weeks from now, but also a successful program going forward. carnival has been an institution in the mission and the city for many, many years. it's something that reflects the culture and the richness as the latin culture in particular, and it's something that we want to preserve. and i a