i want to thank the folks at stacy owens and co. and keeping me out of trouble. and as always, i want to thank bernie and eleanor burke. they didn't quite make it, which is probably good for me, because when they are here injured not just july the being in a place that they needed to be with one. i will always be so grateful to have them in my life. also here earlier was my aunt carol who was also always there for me. -- to get through the last six months to joe atkins and stephanie rodriguez and jeff steinberger and nancy young and diane sidd-champion and berdy bruhard and mitch ensinger. and jesse anacoa, and diane surf and beth ross. and i want to thank the voters. like any decent supervisor i'm convinced that my district is the best in san francisco from glen canyon to mission delores to diamond heights, where harvey milk made civil rights history and the neighborhood that gave proposition c more votes than any other district in san francisco. [applause] my people, my voters, are liberal and they are very liberal, in fact, but they're relentlessly pragmatic a

i want to thank the folks at stacy owens and co. and keeping me out of trouble. and as always, i want to thank bernie and eleanor burke. they didn't quite make it, which is probably good for me, because when they are here injured not just july the being in a place that they needed to be with one. i will always be so grateful to have them in my life. also here earlier was my aunt carol who was also always there for me. -- to get through the last six months to joe atkins and stephanie rodriguez and jeff steinberger and nancy young and diane

i want to thank the folks at stacy owens and co. and keeping me out of trouble. and as always, i want to thank bernie and eleanor burke. they didn't quite make it, which is probably good for me, because when they are here injured not just july the being in a place that they needed to be with one.