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Thank you again to mayor lee and mayors newsom and brown before him for making this possible and best wishes for memorable celebration. Best regards, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. Thank you. applause thank you, dan, very much. And please take our best and most gracious respects back to congresswoman pelosi, your colleagues in your San Francisco office and of course in the capital. They are just fabulous for all of us. Another group that needs recognition is the Port Commissioners themselves, present and past. They have been with us for this project along the way. They have worked hard to ma...

Here at head park, 22 acres of open space. Were literally honoring our open space obligations and doing it the right way. This particular project is impressive not only for its beauty and opening up more space, but it does in a seismically safe way and in a Sustainable Way accommodate some 75 years of projected sea level lies for our city. And thats incredible because we always are having to Pay Attention to all of our environment around our city. Were three quarters the bay. And, so, thats a respectful thing. We do it on ocean beach. We do it on the long golden gate. Our maritime. Of course, ...

The waterfront has needs. And we look forward to a long future with him in that role. Please join me in welcoming president chiu. applause thank you, monique, and good morning. So, when i was invited to come and participate at this event, i suggested that the elected officials, mayor lee and supervisor kim, that the three of us do a rendition of sitting on the dock by the bay. [laughter] and i just want to say thank you, otis redding, for sparing us of that. One of the things so special about that song is it refers to otis redings experience of coming from thousands of miles away. I suspect it...

He left his wife zelma and his wonderful children, four of whom are still with us. And this is otis redding iii also known as a genius. applause and he came all the way from los angeles to help us christen this wharf with that tremendous song. So, please, join me in welcoming otis redding, jr. applause thank you so much. Id like to say thanks. This is a really beautiful thing. And our family, my mother sends her love, my sister carla and dexter, my sister deedee. We all send our love here. We really appreciate this opportunity to, to keep fulfilling and continuing the legacy of otis redding. W...

Maritime history of the waterfront, it will also talk about the history of asian immigration and the challenges of a certain Family Member who lived through generations of the history here. Ill talk about that family. It will talk about the labor history of our city and particularly the hard history of our waterfront labor struggles. And that International Long shore and work house union, yes, very important part of our citys history. applause are reflected in these wonderful artistic and historic panels. And that will just give us even much more of a deeper sense of appreciation for what our ...