. >> good morning, press cleaveland. commissioners. this is my report since our last meeting that was held on november 8th. i wanted to start off my comments by echoing president cleaveland, your remarks regarding our mayor. very devastating news yesterday when we learned that he passed away so suddenly. it was a real honor for me to work with him and for him. we were colleagues when he was a department head, and then, he became city administrator and then mayor and really got to know him over the last many years, and i had great respect and admiration how he led. he always led with respect and dignity, and he always respected people even those who had different opinions. he was one of the lawyers in his early days when he worked for the asian law caucus, and he was really a champion for equality. and one of the things he said was if it wasn't for me, you'd never have had this opportunity, and he was right. he's one of the attorneys that sued this department to make this the diverse department that it is, and i really appreciate that.