anna ray has the ability to do that. working for the government for so many years, there's a lot of committees that spin, and you need someone that can help identify what's needed and move it forward. so there's no doubt in my mind that she would do a great job on this committee and i appreciate you filling the seats and taking my comments into consideration. thank you. >> thank you so much. next speaker. >> i'm here to support ms. parks for seat number 13. i'm an immigrant. i came here when i was 10, went to school here, and every single obstacle you guys talked about, i'm experiencing right now. ms. parks has helped me for some of those things. i think she's competent and aware, generous. thank you. >> anyone other member of the public wishing to speak? seeing none. public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> i just want to thank everyone for coming. as supervisor ronen said, this is a really highly qualified applicant group. i was member of the rules committee before and we appointed many commissioners, advisory boards,

anna marquez green, six. catherine hubbard, six. jesse lewis, six. grace mcdonnell, seven. emily parker, six. noah posner, six. caroline per vd, six. jessica ray kos, six. mad line -- six. chase kowalski, seven. james mattioli, six. and then several children that didn't have pictures at the timb of this publication for the "wall street journal," dylan hockley, six. jack tinto, six. abby richman, six. benjamin wheeler, six. and allison wyatt, age six. so when we talk about what we should do here, what we must do, we have to remember more than just a list of communities, which in a sense is about a place. it's about geography. we also have to remember those who were lost. and i think we have to begin to ask ourselves some really fundamental questions. maybe in ways we don't often do, even in this chamber, even in this body, which is supposed to be the greatest deliberative body in the world.e this is a place where we should ask some of the questions that many of us have been asking. is it too much to ask when we remember what those children suffered and what their families suffered? is it too much to ask that we can pass a background check bill?