people did not know if he was going to stay in office to allow the new board to vote, people did not know if he was going to go to sacramento early. >> the key to this whole process that the board of supervisors cannot appoint an interim mayor until the office is actually vacant. he did not want to be the necessarily to the sport of supervisors, which were his political adversaries for so many years. >> anything can happen at the board of supervisors. as long as they publicly notice it, they could call a meeting every day until january 3. >> meanwhile, several names were mentioned as potential candidates to be interim mayor. >> it was fascinating to watch the trial balloon go up. people's name would be floated for a week. there was a flavor of the week. david campos. former mayor art agnos was floated as a potential in term mayor. so was sheriff mike hennessey. so was the chair of the public utilities commission. current state senator mark lino. current senator leland yee. >> there were reports in the newspaper about various board members being nominated. we were concerned about how t

[applause] >> the very next day, january 11, the new board of supervisors met for the first time, with the historic first decision of their new term. >> item 3 is a motion to ratify the appointment of a successor mayor due to the occurrence of a vacancy in the offense of a mayor expiring january 8, 2012. >> i am hoping for is, as we look forward to the confirmation of mr. lee, that we will also, leaving behind the kind of tactics that were used last week, that i thought really made the process feel more clumsy than it should have been. >> this is ed lee's day. i have said a lot about my perspective of this man who comes from the community, who is rooted in our community, who has a tremendous breath and death of city experience. colleagues, at this time, i hope and ask that we unanimously vote for ed lee to be our next mayor. >> supervisor campos? president to? supervisor chu? supervisor colon? supervisor elsbernd? there are 11 ayes. the motion is approved a [applause] . >> colleagues, i am going to move that we recessed the meeting and we conduct the swearing in ceremony of the new may

the board welcomes its own a transition as well and has been actively recruiting new board members. pro bono legal counsel has been made available to anyone who would like to join the board. there are questions about potential liability. given the current balance sheet, adding new board members has proven to be a challenge. we are confident that as the balance sheet improves, we will have an influx of new members to allow the current board to step down. another can break down the details for you and talk about the initial help required for lyon-martin to survive, but i want to take this opportunity to thank you and the community for helping us. we never imagined the community would be able to provide the clinic with the financial wherewithal to stay open these past weeks and bring these experts in in hopes of turning this around. a key for coming here today and for your continued support as the note -- thank you for coming here today and for your continued support for the clinic. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. anyone else from the lyon-martin clinic?