resulted in a new leader for the organization in willie adams, who is the first african-american person elected to this position. vice president adams became the union's seventh international president. the i.l.w.u. represents 50,000 members in oregon, california, washington, hawaii, alaska, canada, and the panama. we're so proud of you, vice president adams. congratulations to you. [ applause ] in keeping up the very good news, last tuesday we received results from proposition "a," which was a measure on the ballot to repair san francisco's seawall. a down payment of $425 million, and i'm very happy to report that we received an overwhelming yes vote of 82.48% of ballots cast. and that means 251,983 people voted to improve our seawall. and the port could not be more encouraged by this overwhelming support for the infrastructure, and the port staff also feels we had a great opportunity before the measure was sent to the ballot to tell the story of the seawall, to explain to the residents of san francisco what the port does, not only what you see on top, but what it protects underneath a