some of the speakers spoke about is that the mayor had told former retirement commissioner wendy paskin jordan that if she met with us and had support from members of the board of supervisors, then the mayor would reappoint her to the board. ms. paskin jordan came and met with many of us. i immediately hit it off with her. i was incredibly impressed. and then, i guess the mayor decided to change that position. despite the fact that ms. paskin jordan had gotten the support of myself and many colleagues, and instead appointed mr. helfun. that's the mayor's prerogative. but i think that rubbed many people who had been very impressed with her performance on the retirement board in the wrong way. and, unfortunately, i wish it hadn't been handled in that manner. now, having said that, this is the mayor's appointee, and i had a chance to meet with mr. helfun, and his commitment to divesting in fossel fuels and to social and government issues, is very clear. he stated unequivocally that those are priorities. i want to mention that pension investments are confusing because -- for me, right? because the

the way this was handled out of the mayor's office, and i would have very happily supported wendy paskin-jordan had she been appointed and came before me today. i do want to say, mr. heldfond, i appreciate your firm commitment to divesting in fossil fuels and the e.s.g. in this fund. and i hope that you will continue to represent us very strongly on this board, so thank you for your willingness to serve. colleagues, do you have any comments or -- >> supervisor walton: no comment. i just want to make a motion. a motion to recommend thmove t the full board with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: we will be sending this as a motion, so i believe you want to send it as a report. it will be the expiration of a five-year term, which is what is stated in code. >> chair ronen: okay. >> supervisor walton: okay. so move -- move this item to the full board as a committee report for consideration. >> chair ronen: with a positive recommendation? >> supervisor walton: yes. >> chair ronen: and that passes. yes. can you please read item number seven. >> clerk: item number seven is a hearing considering appoi

>> commissioner chu: i would just want to add my appreciation for the work of board member wendy paskin-jordan. i'm not sure if we typically do and acknowledge the service or the length of time that she's put into it, but i certainly appreciated having working with her the last five, six months or so and have learned a lot from her conversations and her knowledge base. and i certainly want to make sure that comment and that sentiment of thanks and appreciation is expressed publicly. >> also i'd like to say that she has been a great person to work with and great colleague. >> president stansbury: i will just say that when i got on the board in 2012, if i look back to where we were there and where we are now, there's been quite a bit of change at the system, and it's due in large part to the people who come and work here every day. jay, you, bill, all the staff members. thank you for all the hard work that you've done. our returns, i think, speak for themselves. we don't always agree and see eye-to-eye on things and i think from time to time some of the burdens we put on staff, i'm sure you'd lo