we will get it brought to closure, so before i go into the rest of my comments i am going to ask john loftus, are you retiring in june? >> i am going to bring him up and he has a very well deserved presentation to make. >> chief, and good evening commissioners and director hicks. he left. >> and he could keep a secret at the hall. >> he said that he had to say and can i get the facts? >> tonight, we have invited down to the command staff of the department of public works for some well deserved recognition. you know i am sure that you folks are aware that we worked very, very closely with the department of public works and when we reach out to them and they are handling the events or incidents, the response is always the same. what do you need, when do you need it and where do you need it and they are always there for us. and i would like to ask (inaudible) to come on up for a moment. this award is way overdue. but, a few years back, we dealt with occupy sf, and we were extremely successful in our operations with occupy sf, thanks in large part to our critical partners and the aid they gave u

john fong. mckaila sullivan, rachel goldstein, chris tam, susie loftus. soto, am us, ash land colo hailey. matthew skrouj, dennis kelly, bill rose toe. susanna and brianna. >> everyone has 2 minutes. so we have many speakers tonight. i would appreciate the audience to respect the speakers and please keep your private comments or comments with each other. if you need to speak to each other, please leave the room. >> my name is gloria soto. i'm a professor of special education and the coordinator of programs in physical and housing permits at san francisco state university. i appreciate the board for letting me to speak to you tonight. >> excuse me. please let's respect the speaker. quiet, please. speaker has waited over an hour to speak. let's respect the speaker. thank you. >> thank you, i'm here tonight to ask the board to stop the closing of the i talk program at fsk elementary. the i talk program stands for learning communication created years ago to serve the needs of children because of significant physical and cognitive disabilities don't have the ability to speak. they need the supp