laura luster, a consultant to the america's cup event authority. i have been assisting them with crafting the america's cup workforce development and small business inclusion planting. this plan was developed by the event authority in partnership with the office of economic and workforce development. the san francisco human rights commission and the office of small business and other city departments contributed as well. in addition, the event authority got input from communities, business, and labor organizations, all of which provided a very valuable feedback. the entire process over the last several months has produced a solid outcome-driven plan that i believe will put san francisco residents to work and ensure contracting opportunities for local small businesses. this afternoon, i am going to provide you with a brief description of the main elements of the plan and i light -- review its strategy is and highlight outcomes. there are two primary components to the plan. the first is the small local business inclusion portion, and the second is th