even in his final days, he spoke with the director joshua arsay about plans for when he left his post, he cared so deeply about his apprentice and the mission of the city build. rafael fought and battled cancer until his final days. even in sickness, he never complained. he was positive and inspirational to everyone around him. last week his family organized a touching memorial to allow his friends, band mates and city build members to celebrate his life. they are compiling a book of memories to honor his spirit. he is survived by his loving wife, jackie and his children. colleagues, i ask for this memoriam to be on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors as rafael was the heart of city bill academy. which is incredible in providing the opportunities and workforce development. we want to share our deepest condolences to his loved ones, his friends and entire city build family. his memory and regularly lives on through his students, past and present. as city bill academy, the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president, supervisor brown. >> colleagues, as many of you new

i want to thank everyone who's here, all of the cbo partners, oewd, joshua, arsay. he was literally here at 9:00 sweeping with his team, fatinya homes, ground movement, shamon, asha. he's not lying about what he said. are you sure you want icy do it? he was, like, yes. so i thank you for leaving this in my hands and this is my way of thanking my father and grandmother for the work that they've done -- excuse me. [cheers and applause] >> to be able to do this in her honor is my way and honor to pay homage to those who have come before me and who have created pathways. i hope to create pathways for other residents in the omi like i had. i went to school in san francisco, born and raised in this community. i am so honored to be able to give back to the neighborhood that i grew up in and sorry for the tears, guys. at this time, i want to invite up my new boss, dionne j. bri dionne j. brickter. >> i work for gwenn and the entire district of district 10. i'm the executive director of young community developers. i always tell myself we have the best weather in district 10