when i had the opportunity to meet him, he is the husband of patty buckley and he has too great sons. his greatest accomplishment has been to be an outstanding father to both of his boys had provide them with life of memory is whether it is traveling to the latke. he was someone who is always generous and will be greatly missed. i have also submitted an in-mem oriam for dr. anna barta. she was a survivor of the holocaust and met and married her husband after the war. they had two sons and emigrated to san francisco in 1951. she was one of the very few female physicians and was known for making house calls to families. ivan, leslie, they survived her. and on behalf of richard goldman, can we make that from the entire board? president chiu: the objection, that shall be the case. >> supervisor elsbernd. that concludes rollcall for introductions. president chiu: i think we should go back to item 17. we are prepared to discuss local hiring. it is my intention to go to the 3:00 special orders on the oral succession -- mayoral succession. item 17 has already been read. supervisor avalos: i a