(applause) >> so, if you want to know how to do a garden tour, ruth wallace is your woman. e) [cheering and applauding] >> thanks. thank you. we'd like to take over the show. i just want to say it's a great honor and it's a really great event. if you haven't been to the portola garden tour, 2013 will be september 28th, mark your calendars. get your tickets early. and if i could, there are so many people involved in this, i'd like if all the gardners that have shown their gardens and the people on the committee could stand up for just a second so you could see how many of us there really are. (applause) >> thank you very much. ♪ ♪ >> wonderful, what a great award that is. i'd like to take a moment and acknowledge supervisor scott wiener has joined us here this evening. someone who we all know. (applause) >> has done an amazing job in district 8 and making that a wonderful place to live for thousands of residents there, including my father. so, thank you very much. he thanks you. fourth generation, you know? without further ado i'd like to invite someone who was standing on th

next is ruth -- >> i am bruce wallace from the portola neighborhood association. what i'm suggesting today will save the city money to help pay for all of these worthwhile programs. on our commercial corridor, just by asking the city to enforce the code so we can have more safety on our streets. just opening up the merchants windows, taking down all the stuff on the windows would make them less likely to become victims as well as people on the street. by asking for more muny sevices, 8, 9, 44, 29, 54, would help save lives. in our corridor in the last for years we have had three pedestrian fatalities, people running for buses because they don't want to wait for the next one, they're willing to risk their lives to catch a bus. by adding more buses we could save people; we could save money, and would could help fund these are the programs that need so much help throughout the city. thank you san francisco community. apl (applause)>> moderator: -- from home care. >> mayor lee, supervisors, department heads, brothers and sisters from the committee. my name is bradley