earl warren, stephen bechtel. the first act was to think about what would happen in the postwar economy to make san francisco and the bay area thrive. san jose had a population of 45,000 people. it has changed a little bit. the vision of some of these people have led to the bay area that we know today. hopefully for the better. the first act was to bring you and delegates here to sign a charter. here we are 66 years later. it is in our blood for the bay area council to have formed cal apec. they were the group to convince world leaders to come here to discuss the most important issues of the day. we are honored that you have chosen san francisco for the spirit we plan to do you proud, mr. ambassador, members of our team at the state department. this is exciting stuff for the bay area council and we will be behind it all the way. improving our global competitiveness as a region is what the bay area council is all about. everything we do is all about that. for that reason, having aipac here in san francisco, it is k