i would like to read something that was written by former supervisor myaki, who wrote this a couple of days ago. "he was one of those guys to could not help but like. if you were a san franciscan, he typified the kind of activist who would routinely be a pain in your butt, but do it in such a way you ended up going out afterwards with him and having a drink. to say his passion burn hot is understanding what it was like to be in his presence. in the gang killing, and the family that was victimized, in just as he took to heart and wanted to make sure -- any injustice he took to heart and wanted to make sure you did as well. there were times you wanted him to back off and turn it down and notch, but that was not maricio. he passed away just before his beloved giants clinched the pennant just before they went to the world series. he was surrounded by family and friends. he died too young at the age of 50, going on 30. that was maricio vela." now i will turn it over to my colleagues. supervisor avalos: thank you, president chiu and supervisor campos. this is a great loss for san francisco.