. >> leonard ramirez sr., who unfortunately is not with us now, or with the ramirez family, i knew manyny years ago. in fact, i know that he was one of the few people in the community that i knew that actually knew my father. they were in difrent organizations together and worked in the community together. but len ramirez sr. was a legend, you know, he was raised in san joaquin valley, came here, served in the military, served his country, and established a number of organizations here in san jose. and, you know, i think demonstrated the qualities of our parents' generation. you know, they earned everything that was given to them and they understood the importance of passing on those values to their children. i always said that i got into public service because my father taught us the importance of finding some way to improve the lives of others, and i think that's probably true with len ramirez sr. now what you're going to see later in the program is a couple members of the len ramirez sr. family, len ramirez jr., of course, his wife julie, who are just representatives of a much larger