i want to thank you everybody, and thank you for laura li on april 27th. thank you, thank you. >> president chiu: thank you laura. i would like to acknowledge a judge from across the east bay, and after him, al chang -- >> thank you mr. president. my name is steve oyang (sounds like), i'm here as a volunteer advisor two friends of roots. as you have mentioned we run a one-year program for young adult chinese-americans. we taken back to china and research their genealogy, and put it into the greater flow of chinese and chinese-american history. i had the pleasure last year to go back to china twice, once with the group of 20 somethings in the heat of july, and then in october, the roots program, when it is not quite as hot and humid. it's been a very rewarding endeavor for me. allowing to combined my interest in history , and my interest within people a lot more fun than being a lawyer. thank you for honoring laura li, she has been deeply involved in the community since her days in galileo high school. she was involved in progressive causes which was a risk