as nelson mandella stated it is the foundation stone of all international human rights law and still holds enormous ethical value for all of us wherever in the world we happen to live. tomorrow marks the 66th anniversary of the passage of this very important document and as we try in 2014 to address issues around poverty homelessness racism and the universal declaration of human rights is more relative today than ever. i'd like to thank the gray panthers. . everyone is welcome to come to the steps of city hall tomorrow. i want to thank the department of public works and the san francisco public utilities commission and the staff for working with my office on a very important and ongoing issue which unfortunately may only get worse as the rain continues in san francisco. specifically, the geographic area of 17th and if fulson and actually a couple of blocks around that area is actually the lowest point in the city and county of san francisco and because of that it actually has on a yearly basis for as long as we remember, been flooded. and so we know that we expect additional rain in