for 44 years john was also an iron worker with j.p. murphy, bethlehem steel, and belonged to the local steel workers union 337. he worked at a number of hospitals, churches, skyscrapers and municipal projects to the bay area including the bart tube under the bay and he would often take people all over the city to show the work he had done and point to a building or sculpture and say, that's my baby. john had a number of stories to always talk about living both in sicily and the united states as a young person. he was also stationed in beliz [speaker not understood]. he gave a lot of spirit to the neighborhood and he was well loved in the excelsior district. he he he is survived by six of his children, 12 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 11 nieces and nephew. i hope we can close the meeting in his name. ~ my next item, colleague, is a charter amendment and i'm submitting for us to decide to go to the ballot. the amendment is called democratic special he election to fill vacancies in elected offices, city elected offices. i'm also look