organizer at the hotel worker union, unite here at local 2. he is survived by his wife edith, son edward who attends [speaker not understood] middle school, and daughter edith, a sophomore who attends balboa high school. so, this is passing, it's really close to home to the school communities at both balboa high school and james den man and district 11 residents in particular. he was instrumental in producing the annual celebration of nations events. he what a key figure in helping build the esteem of latino students, populations at balboa high school. he was a sponsor of the la ton owe club for many years and served as a mentor, ally and advocate ~ to many students, especially the young latino and latina students at balboa high. his classroom was considered a safe haven for many students and on any given day you will see students spend their lunchtime or after school time in his classroom. he is greatly missed. and as we speak, the balboa high school students are grieving his loss. the rest i'll submit. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. mr. president. >> thank you. madam clerk, i just have one thing i wanted to mention. i want to thank supervisor avalos for introducing the hearing for tag