and manny flores. >> good afternoon, or early evening. >> president chiu and supervisors wean weiner and kim. i am here in support of the project. as the business manage and her for the san francisco business trades, mike was out of town but as a vice president i am here to support that. and it is exciting to see the development on the water front embarcadaro. >> i broke into the trades early on in my career, just down the street at the old shipyard and my father was a bottler in the brewery and you hear that it will be part of this project is a win/win, unfortunately my father is no longer here. but he has told me the stories of the days, back in the 60s and in the 50s. and again, i am in full support of this, not only for the residents, of san francisco, but for the new opportunities that are going to arise for the local higher, and also the apprentices that have been shut out of the projects for the last few years due to the down turn in the economy. i think that this project with the amount of square footage and the development of the whole water front is key to the survival of t