thank you for joining us. i m katherine sharp. we are very excited today to have a press release from the mayor and have him join us. this has been an amazing experience for those of us from the very beginning. we look forward to sharing that story with you. without further ado, mayor lee. thank you, katherine. thank you very much for being here. i wanted to join this great moment of celebration for fibrogen, which is more than a serial. that was what i first thought when i saw that name. i want to congratulate fibrogen and all the companies that have spouted up. i had the creation of this experiment with bioand life sciences here in mission bay. now a few years later, it really began in 2009 where there were five companies that started in this building. today, there are 23 of these microbusinesses that are doing biotechnology research, clinical laboratory research as well as applications for that. right here, the three areas of work that they re doing. they told m
the segment, it looks like it s moving pretty well, actually. this is holly lee knox. there are some proud pet owners in san francisco and they have brought all their pets here to strut their stuff. it s an annual event that we ve had. this is our 18th year. we bring in rescue groupers, vendors, supporters, lots and lots of animals. it s a proud day for us and for the animals of san francisco. the costume contest is really fun. people get really creative. it s a really fun event. people go all out, create costumes, buy costumes, whatever it is. but there s some really fun ones. we re just celebrating the pets and just their companionship and how they are invaluable. so everybody s having fun. we re the city s open door shelter. that means we take in every animal that comes through our door regardless of age, condition, species, everything in the city comes through us that is in need. animal care control, it is such an important agency and is very understaffed, has