i want to thank mayor shaff for being here and i know you have a strong relationship with catherine. would like to ask you up to say a few remarks. (applause) >> i met catherine -- sorry, supervisor -- (laughter) that sounds nice. supervisor. i met the supervisor in 2009 in the 2009 class of emerge california. we were both kind of awkward, dorky policy wonks who bounded immediately because we both had sons named dominic. that's pretty unusual, right? you were five, my dominic was four and gigi you were a hardly seen bump in the belly that grew over our class time and just as we emerged as graduates, so did you gigi. i can't tell you how fortunate you are san francisco to have this incredible leader. and she's incredible for two reasons that i'd like to focus on today. and, again, i apologize for not being more formal. when you sat in pajamas in a hotel room drinking wine and joking about our age differences, it is really hard to be formal right now with you supervisor. the first reason is -- i cannot think of a better word to describe it, this supervisor is a smarty pants. the amount