. >> supervisor larry bradshaw with tender line.ask the board to provide the this is one of the most important decisions this board will have ever made. replacing the chief administrative and executive officer and we're asking you not to shy away from that. speaking on behalf of the sciu that carry out the work of this city we would like to see the transition of start as soon as possible and be as smooth as possible. whoever is selected for this position needs to put their transition teams together and start working and start tackling this budget. so we're asking you to make that decision and we're asking this board not to shy away from your responsibility. thank you. >> my name is tommy avaneca and been a career activist for the past 40 years. one of the things i ask you is you schedule a meeting after january 4 just in case you don't come to a decision on -- by or for january 4 about an interim mayor. i think the mayor that we need is a person who's going to help those among us with the least, the absolute least. who's going to ma