right now, we have been working with cathy barnes on some of this and in some of the equal protection definitions, same-sex marriage is not recovered under domestic partnerships. people might have to register as domestic partnerships even though they are legally married just because of how federal law is. some of those are difficult issues, and i think a lot of those need to be addressed through legislative changes. supervisor campos: i want to ask a couple of questions of the city administrator's office, but first, in terms of the transition, you know, take some time to move a function from one agency to another. i am wondering how this has been going since the announcement was made, and do you feel that we are engaging in a smooth process that will facilitate the function continuing, to make sure that there is no disruption in that? >> as i'm sure you know, change is hard, particularly in a more institutionalized organization, but the city administrator herself has come and talk to our staff twice. we have had discussions and meetings with the unions. the union's support it. we have