susan phillips is joining us as well (clapping.) and the director of public works carla short and our city administrator carmen stu andmar children, youth, families. and we also have a number of democratic central members including the chair of the agency nancy chung thank you for being here. and emma, (clapping.) and- any ho. >> (clapping) and did i get everybody i got almost everything and some partners beverly for joining us as well (clapping.) i know that gil doesn't - but appreciate her work throughout california and for planned parenthood and our city attorney david chiu and jose cisnero and the state controller malia cohen a village of people and as you can see a fourth of a village here to not only roll up our sleeves but to bark and bite to get the job done and demonstrate it san francisco will continue to lead and continue to partner and collaborative and continue to doing everything we can to protect the pedestrians freedom of all san franciscans and peope all over this country thank you for being here. in addition. madam

susan phillips is joining us as well (clapping.)nd the director of public works carla short and our city administrator carmen stu and maria the department of children, youth, families. and we also have a number of democratic central members including the chair of the agency nancy chung thank you for being here. and emma, (clapping.) and- any ho. >> (clapping) and did i get everybody i got almost everything and some partners beverly for joining us as well (clapping.) i know that gil doesn't - but appreciate her work throughout california and for planned parenthood and our city attorney david chiu and jose cisnero and the state controller malia cohen a village of people and as you can see a fourth of a village here to not only roll up our sleeves but to bark and bite to get the job done and demonstrate it san francisco will continue to lead and continue to partner and collaborative and continue to doing everything we can to protect the pedestrians freedom of all san franciscans and people all over this country thank you for being here

relies on our foremothers like judith blume, nora roberts beverly jenkins, lisa capers, susan elizabeth phillips, jackie collins. nalini singh. listen we could go on and on tonight, listing the names of impressive women who have come before us and have built romance into what it is, which is a foundational pillar of publishing yes. at the heart of romance is our promise to the reader that at the end we will deliver a happily ever after, and also kissing at least kissing of that happily ever after includes self discovery, joy, expression acceptance and pleasure. but wrapped in all of that is the scaffold of a stable and supportive, which is precisely what it has us happily ever after. but our case without the kissing. yes, romance novels tell, readers that they matter, their dreams matter, their needs matter, their preference choices matter, their mental health, their bodies matter. and these messages are reinforced by the romance community itself, because we take our job as a fast moving and culturally visible genre very seriously and you know, romance is often looked at as a genre of fluff and