>>hearing on equity and inclusion in the hospitality and travel related industries including the recent report released by the working group on african american inclusion and diversity in travel and hospitality. >> >> okay, before i turn this over to supervisor cohen i just want to make it clear could you silence your cell phones and could you please cut down on the talking in the background. because we can hear it and we are trying to listen, to the folks who are speaking before us. and if you have a conversation that you need to have, could you take it outside? and this is when we open it up for public comment, public comment is the time to comment, and unfortunately we may not be able to answer your questions, right away but we want to be sure that everybody has the opportunity to make public comment on this next item. thank you all so much for being here and with that i am going to turn it over to supervisor cohen. >> thank you. >> good morning, everyone and having for coming out today. and so i just want to by way of background, just introduce why we are here today. the hospitality and travel industries are some of the largest industries