mr. david chiu has done an outstanding job in shepherding the human this project in the southeast as fars hunter's point and other developments. in my community of bayview- hunters point, we stand approximately 25% unemployed. we must have a president that is going to give the leadership that will be sensitive to the needs of the various communities in this city. we need a progressive leadership. beliemr. i will leave mr. chiu should leave the board of the city. supervisor chiu: next speaker, please. >> i am with the middle poke neighborhood association. i come to congratulate the board of supervisors and think the continuing members. i also come to speak on behalf of the russian hill neighborhood

now it is my honor to invite president david chiu to share some words with all of us. mr. president? [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i will be extremely brief because we have other items to finish in the board chamber. first of all, in sailing terms, in order for a team to win, the entire team need to be working together. i want to thank the skipper of our city, mayor newsom. all the members of his crew. i want to thank everyone on the starboard side and port side of the board of supervisors. in particular, christopher daly. you and the budget analyst raised so many issues that were important to help us figure out how we can minimize the cost to the city. as i look around this entire group, i know we are on the same vessel, that is the hms san francisco. i think this is the best been put together internationally and i look forward to this race coming home. [applause] >> i do not know if you rehearsed that or if you just have a love of sailing. supervisor ross mirkarimi. even if you did not expect it, share some thoughts. >> my message is short and sweet. mr. allison, w

david chiu. -- david campos. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. and congratulations to you on your re-election as board president. it's been quite an interesting few weeks and certainly an interesting week here in san francisco. and i know that a lot will be said about what has transpired in the last few days, and certainly a lot will be said about what transpired here today. but today is not about that. today is about the new supervisors. and i really want to say to each and every one of you that i look forward to working with you. i can honestly say that being a supervisor, a member of this body is the best job that i have ever had, and i know that each one of you, as evidenced by the amazing remarks that each one of you gave, will be a tremendous servant for the city and county of san francisco, and whatever i can do to work with you, to make sure that we do find that common ground that supervisor scott weiner talked about, i am here to do that. and thank you very much and congratulations not only to each one of you, but also to your families,

mr. brown. >> we have had tremendous leadership from the mayor's cabinet, city attorney's office, but also from the board of supervisors. with us is the president of the board of supervisors david chiu. welcome. >> thank you. first of all, i want to thank all of you for being here at this wonderful announcement. i want to thank all of my colleagues from the public sector world and your leadership for helping to rescue this incredible institution. as mayor brown said -- and i do not need to restate it. this institution is of critical importance to the arts world, to the asian community, to the storytelling of who we are as human beings. i am so honored to be an asian american representative here in san francisco and to have the largest art collection in the western world in our cities across the street from where i work is truly special. to have the 6000-year history, as depicted in the 17,000 artifacts that are here, i do not think any of us can question our fortune. the work that was done to pull together this complicated negotiation and to get to where we are today, i want to thank the mayor, city attorney, then rosenfield, nadia, my colleagues on the board. i commit to you as the

mr. brown. >> we have had tremendous leadership from the mayor's cabinet, city attorney's office, but also from the board of supervisors. with us is the president of the board of supervisors david chiu. welcome. >> thank you. first of all, i want to thank all of you for being here at this wonderful announcement. i want to thank all of my colleagues from the public sector world and your leadership for helping to rescue this incredible institution. as mayor brown said -- and i do not need to restate it. this institution is of critical importance to the arts world, to the asian community,

mr. brown. >> we have had tremendous leadership from the mayor's cabinet, city attorney's office, but also from the board of supervisors. with us is the president of the board of supervisors david chiu. welcome. >> thank you. >> thank you. first of all, i want to th