>>> benes dias. welcome to "comunidad del valle." i'm dame yan trujillo. and today la familia is in our studios, the recipients of the la familia award brought on by the community association award of silicon valley. this is your "comunidad del valle." ♪ >>> we begin with the hispanic foundation of silicon valley, the organization that honors annually la familia in silicon valley, the bay area. with us here is the president and ceo of the hispanic foundation, former san jose mayor ron gonzales. welcome back to our show. >> thank you for inviting me. good to be here. >> there's a lot to talk about but i want to talk about maybe what you miss about being on the 18th floor of city hall. >> well, i think the thing that most people miss about not being in public service is the people. you know, that wonderful city staff that i had the chance to work with both in my own immediate office and then all the city employees, whether they're firefighters, police officers, city librarians, aides, just a tremendous group of people. in many cases you see their families gr