circle, that my father had been the solicitor of the maritime commission in the kennedy and johnson admistrations. when nixon took office, we moved as far away physically and spiritually as we could, to berkeley in 1969. [laughter] it was touching to receive the nomination and be able to go full circle with something my father had always cared so passionately about and instilled in me. my first involvement on a city commission are in advisory group was when mayor agnes appointed me to the hunters point shipyard citizens' advisory committee. in that capacity, way back, we are still revisiting many of the issues that were around then -- cleanup, economic development, hiring, and figuring out how the city will be best served by projects on some of their last remaining space. i served on that committee before moving to the san francisco community college board of trustees. again, i think my tenure on the board of trustees demonstrated by ability to reach up to a variety of communities and be aware of the myriad of issues that come before a city body. then of course i joined the board of supervisors.