there will be a reception to follow at cafe la boheme. hope everyone can attend. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you, colleagues. today, i'm introducing a resolution concerning sb 223, concerning the vehicle license fee, sponsored by senator mark leno. as many of you probably know, in 2003, governor schwarzenegger really did damage to our budget by rolling back the vehicle license fee. he rolled back a vlf that had for 50 years been in place. the move cost our state about $6 billion a year, including hundreds of billions of dollars to san francisco -- hundreds of millions of dollars to san francisco. we considered raising the vehicle license fee back to the 2003 levels, which would have brought the city close to $50 million. there was a super majority of the board that supported that, and it was also supported by our local chamber of commerce and labor unions. unfortunately, in order for us to put this to san francisco voters, it would have required a state law change that governor schwarzenegger vetoed. senator leno earlier this week introduced the legislation to make the