mr. herrera have a say in the selection of oakland or san mateo county or santa clara county as counsel for those three areas? >> not in terms of the three areas. only in terms of we have had a reciprocal relationship with them for a long time, including throughout dennis herrera's tenure. in terms of a pool of other public entity law offices we have a relationship with, sure, that is extended through city attorney herrera's tenure, but not any hand whatsoever in a recommendation to the allocation of these areas that i talked about. supervisor mar: i share supervisor alioto-pier's caution in how we move forward, but as supervisor campos said, just knowing the reputation of the santa clara county council and miguel marquez in particular, his stellar background and knowledge of our charter, i think it is a very good recommendation, and i am very supportive of your recommendation to go with the county council from santa clara for the mayoral succession for the part of this reciprocal relationship we are working with with other local public law offices. but thank you. supervisor alioto-pier: ca

mr. herrera have a say in the selection of oakland or san mateo county or santa clara county as counsel for those three areas? >> not in terms of the three areas. only in terms of we have had a reciprocal relationship with them for a long time, including throughout dennis herrera's tenure. in terms of a pool of other public entity law offices we have a relationship with, sure, that is extended through city attorney herrera's tenure, but not any hand whatsoever in a recommendation to the allocation of these areas that i talked about. supervisor mar: