members of the san francisco board of is supervisors, my father's name is ben goodman. i'm rueben. my father was a member of the steel working organizing committee in chicago in the 1930s. he was a steel worker organizer. he and my mother were at a strike called little steel where blue coats sat up gathering guns on the rooftop and slaughtered 10 or 11 steelworkers, one of whom was african-american. the aftermath of that strike led to the creation of a little organization known as the afl -- cio. my father was a leader, a general of the social workers parties. my mother muriel was an opera singer in chicago in the 1930s. she was born february 26, 1920. she would have been 19 in 1939. [bell ringing] my uncle sam goodman was a wrestler, a champion jewish wrestler known as the chicago kid. most likely my family was affiliated with an italian gentleman. there is a lot of trouble in fishermen's wharf. there are punks and elements that take over fishermen's wharf -- [bell ringing] >> thank you. mr. president, it's late. when i saw councillor steve booth in here in the last issue, it remi