ms. wong? [applause] >> thank you. and good morning to everybody. my name is virginia wong. i came from the fill leans in 1983 and i have lived in a place -- in an apartment where i am now. my husband has been there living since 1974. i have always paid my rents. and all of a sudden there was a problem. i didn't understand why the landlord said i owed money. i was afraid i was going to lose the small place that i am staying. so, um, -- and that means i would be leaving my small place. i would be leaving my friends. i would be leaving my church and my doctors and my friends. in the community. then i met tony at the legal assistance for the elderly. he said he would help me. i felt my darkness became lighter. in the end, it turned out the landlord was wrong in the calculation and my attorney got the case dismissed. i also [inaudible] when i heard this and at that point it meant that i was going to be able to stay at home, which is my place. and i'm thankful for the legal assistance. that helped me. and why do we have to choose people who will live in san francisco who, after a

ms. linda wong. linda wong is an incredible clerk. incredible. she is tireless. when she does get tired in those rare instances you have victor young ready to step up and relieve her. these two were absolutely critical in helping us making sure our agenda was publicly noticed and thed motions were in sync with the actions, making sure the file was accurate. all of this compounds the transparency process we try to do. often times it's behind the scenes and under appreciated. and we give a lot of love to our legislative aids and finance team and b.l.a. team but we have to give love to the clerk's office. linda wong and victor young thank you. and colleagues, i hope we are ready to vote. >> supervisor a. peskin: thank you. we will start when we have a couple of our colleagues back here in a second. with supervisor fewer's division of the m.t.a. budget which pursuant to the city and charter of county of san francisco can only be rejected in whole, requires seven votes to reject. so we will start with the m.t.a. budget, a roll call on that item, please, madam clerk? >