. >> supervisor kim: and i did want to ask members of the community, along with jessie gonzalez, to come up to the podium. colleagues, i'm asking us to end our board meeting today in memory of dr. don avalon. today we are honoring her posthumously for herr incredibe leadership and work she has done for the community. on august 10, one of our great sheroes, passed away unexpectedly while on vacation with her family in kauai. she was surrounded by her family and loved ones in this unexpected passing. it is a great loss to all of us who have known her. she is a respected historian, author, film maker, poet, chef, and baker, community leader, and activist, and she leaves us with an important and far reaching legacy, granted in love for the filipino american community and beyond. dawn will always be in the hearts of her family, her friends, and the many communities and generations that she touched. for her focus on the filipino community, dawn is a premier historian of our generation. an associate professor with tenure at san francisco state university, she was a third generation born in stoc