on september 30th last year, our [speaker not understood] a resolution urging calpers and cal sters not to invest future pension fund in russia. mark leno passed 29 to 1 bipartisan vote. the resolution was co-sponsored by equality california and the national center for lesbian rights and it was coauthored by 16 senators. senator mark len owe made a similar request at the state level stating, we hope this resolution will bring greater attention to what russian president vladimir putin is doing in russia and encourage other states to follow our lead. this is classic scapegoating, a did despotic ruler [speaker not understood]. it can potentially lead to genocide. color our world with pride is the theme of the san francisco pride parade in celebration which is just 82 days away. our event will be focusing on global issues. lgbt people in uganda, russia, nigerian, cameroon and latvia are seeing criminalization of gays largely due to american evangelist scott lively who has traveled to these countries for years to encourage governments to sanction gayses. with close to 7,000 votes cast for gr