institutions that make the fillmore so unique. mr. webb was born in tyler, texas, and raised in san francisco. he attended george washington high school. it was with the foundation of the san francisco public school education and he has become a world-class musician that is widely recognized for his skillful performance is -- performances on the saxophone. it is important to keep music in the public schools. mr. webre -- webb was recently inducted into the blues hall of fame based on his accomplishments with etta james, john lee hooker, queen ada, and a host of other groups.

he has worked in the fillmore western comedy having served as a treasure on the fillmore merchant's association and d eejaying the show -- radio show. we are anxiously awaiting the release of his cd which will showcase his versatility in blues, smyth jazz, and r&b. i would like to thank both of these gentlemen for the great commitment to the fillmore especially their work in the business corridor and i offer the highest commendation to them for their accomplishments and services. [applause] if you could say a few words, that would be great. >> thank you.

president and board of supervisors, my name is bobby webb. i am a long term president. my grandmother brought me here when i was 5. we lived in the fillmore and i still live in the fillmore. musician, radio personality on kpoo. i am the president of the blues and r&b music association. i produced 15 festivals in the golden gate park, blues festivals, that is. i also produced festivals for the juneteenth committee for 10 years to hear in the fillmore. and i can go on and on. i am retired. i worked for service employees union, i was a business agent for local 87. i do not know how to cut this

thing off. i turned the volume down and it still rings. i am sorry about that. anyway, i am retired as a business agent for seiu. i would like to thank you for this award that we're going to get. it took me quite a fuse -- quite a few years to get it together. there was so much confusion about the fillmore and what was going on and being the president of the blues and r&b music foundation, i decided to find a location for a mural. at that time, the mayor located, park and rec -- mayor ok'd and park and rec ok'd it. we came up with -- the mural is

beautiful. on the -- jim side. there was lots of confusion as to what was what. i decided to get permission to put a mural on stender and post. for those of you who have seen it, you know it is beautiful. it is not a mural. it is art. h. personality on the merrill looks exactly like himself. being that i knew each person, i tracked them down and we got together. it took two years to pay that

merrill. it took a long time, lots of effort and love. the gentleman who did the painting is right here with me. standing by my side like we were for two years. every day with him, i was watching what he was making this a merrill -- mural. the artist who drew the mural at hamilton playground, santee huckabee. let's give him a hand. [applause] thank you. the gentleman who brought all this to your attention, i want to thank him, too. mr. charles mcclinton. he wrote the letter and made the phone calls and made the

connections for us to be here today. let's give him a nice hand. [applause] >> i thank you all. i am the committeeperson and i will always be one. i would like to speak on that mural. it is history. he was a -- played with charlie parker and people that era. all those people are on that mural. i think it should be on the tour of san francisco to give us a little bit about annett side to people who are visiting of the history of the jazz district, the true history. and also, here we have mr. marion sullivan of the very prominent soltan family.

he was a little shy about speaking but supervisor -- what we do not know about mr. sullivan is he has contributed to this community in so many ways to people who could not help themselves. he has helped people who could not help themselves. he and his brother, the fillmore auditorium was famous for many years as an entertainment center. those people that bobby played with, african american community and then bill graham came in and took it over. it was created by the sullivan family. he just got over a heart attack and stroke and the strength in this man, he is right here today. would you say something?

>> i am unable to talk right now because the stroke impaired my speech very much. thank you for the acknowledgement. [applause] >> thank you.

>> congratulations. president chiu: our next accommodation of the day is by supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: thank you. colleagues and members of the public, we have honored some great people today and i am very proud to honor a very good friend of mine that i have known for a number of years, bill thompson -- thomasson. are you still here? come on up. [applause] it is good to see you, bill. i have known bill for a number of years.

to give you some background, he was born and raised in detroit, michigan but came to san francisco in 2003. started a project where he is working with children and youth in san francisco of color to start teaching financial literacy in san francisco and brought them and expose them to downtown to the financial district in san francisco and exposed them to a lot of career opportunities that might not have otherwise been apparent. what has a -- impressed me is he took it a personal mission upon himself to expose children in our community to financial literacy and to get them educated and give them tools to succeed later in life they just missed. i came to a class on a saturday at the kapoor building. i wish it would have known that much back in high school. bill started the wall street

wizards program in 2006 officially. today, the wall street wizards has two courses, 2500 and roll -- enrolled students, and operates in the kapoor building in the financial district and expanded to new york city. you have a similar sister program in new york city. these programs are simply designed, what is most important on saturdays, once a month, i got invited to come down and be a guest speaker. from having portfolio managers to merrill lynch coming down to talk to these kids about legal issues, it is something that bill started himself. he is the man behind the entire organization and you have taught so many dozens of kids and children every single year in our community in the bay area. i think what impressed me the most beyond that was the field trips we did together.

we organized going into silicon valley or going to law firms and holding those panels we held and doing those field trips and investment banking firms. you are the spirit behind the wall street wizards and is something that was personal to me. no sitting here i can say thank you on behalf of the city. i really want to say -- you are one of my favorite people. you do amazing work and it is nothing but straight from the heart. the students thank you all the time, i hope you do, you better. i want to thank you on behalf of the city. it is an honor to have you here today and an honor to spend time working together and i appreciate all that you do for all of us. thank you very much. [applause]

>> you know what? i really have nothing to say. i figure the time i have, i want each and every one of the students to come up and talk about the program and the impact that it has had on their lives. 100% of our students have gone on to college. these are students from all over the bay area. without -- i will let each one of the students say a little bit about the program. do not be shy. a lot of them have surprised me because i have not seen them in four or five years since they have been away to college. each one of you talk about the program and the impact it has had on your life. thank you. >> i am a student in mr. thomasson's program. he has taught me how to save my

money, budget it, i remember one of the first classes i went to, we talked about how to buy your first car and as a kid, i want all these amenities, and what the stereo and the rims and all that. he taught me to scale back and all that stuff is not worth it. as far as just that, budgeting and he also had an impact on me on what i want to study in college. i will be attending college in the fall. the program itself influenced me and told me what i wanted to major in. >> my name is maurice mccook. i found bill through merrill lynch. i was walking through telling

everyone i wanted to be a hedge fund manager. the guy was like, i know a guy who used to be a hedge fund manager. i came out to the class and i was like, i started learning a lot more, i started learning about how to evaluate companies, how to present companies, ended up giving me an internship at thomson-reuters and he also influenced me. he was a big part in influencing my taking the gmat exam, in the 96 percentile. -- 96th percentile. it means if 100 people took the test, i did better than 96% of them. 96 of them. [applause] i wanted to also throw in there, a 10% of the people in the

united states go to business school. that is the top 96 -- 4% of 10%, you see what i am saying? i am cool with math. bill has been instrumental in telling me -- not telling me but advising me of what business school to apply to so i am applying to stanford, harvard, it may have heard of them. and warden. i grew up in hunters point. that is right. i think this program like it was to be -- i am in new york working with the wall street wizards and we're teaching kids out of high school in new york. i really think if we were to do something like that in hunters point, it would be really good.

that is what i am saying. i think that would be impractical for the community. it would be really helpful. -- impactful for the committee. it would be really helpful. people i grew up around need to know how to manage money, how to manage credit cards and invest and all those different types of things. i will stop taking up all the time. >> i want to say thank-you to build. his program has taught me a lot over the years. he has taught us to network and go out there and get what we want and even now, like public speaking skills. i would never have spoken here before his program and it is impressive what he has done for the committee and what he has done for me personally. i want to make -- thank you guys for giving him this commendation. thank you. [applause] >> i want to the bill for all the stuff he has done for all this back here and i want to thank you for recognizing him

because he is deserving of it. bill has shown the whole new world, but the financial side of the world and he has taught me about all the mistakes that usually young african-americans and other minorities make. i am not going to do that. >>i am going to sacramento state this fall. >> i just finished my second year at harvey mudd college. i have been in the wall street wizards program. even after the program i still keep in contact with bill and i have to thank you. you helped me get my first internship and when i first came into the program, i was i -- a very shy person. he taught me how to network, had to think outside the box, and also showed me the business world which is something i considered.

both my parents are in the engineering side of things. thank you very much, bill. >> i -- next year i will be a second year at cal state monterey. i learned a lot about credit cards and how to manage my money and not wasting it and just how to budget and know what to do with my money as well as speaking and learning about stocks. we have to do presentations on stocks and it taught me how to be prepared and presentations as well as talking. that was really helpful and thank you so much, bill. >> i am still in high school, i will be a senior. what bill taught me in wall

street wizards was life changing. it was, to me, what he taught me, i never known before. here was like magic. the term -- hear it was like magic. the term, money working for you, it is crazy. just stocks, the whole concept, it was life changing for me. and for the future, for him teaching me, it is going to help my future. i have learned in that -- in the class i have learned a lot more than just stocks. he has taught me so much difference of -- different stuff. that class helped me out a lot. it has given me a different concept on money and life. it is something that i am still working on putting to use and i

am excited to try what he has taught me. i am 18. i just turned 18. i am now just getting an investment plan. i am excited to get this stuff going. i go to san lorenzo high. [applause] >> good afternoon. i was born and raised in the bay area. currently a senior at morehouse college in atlanta, georgia. i am an alumni as of 2008 soared can speak to the value of this program and how it does affect you even the years after it. i am sitting for a down payment on a house and saving for retirement.

these are all things i would not be anywhere near doing at this point in my life at 22 without having been in the wall street wizards program. i got in the program and went through both courses. everything from budgeting, being able to read a balance sheet for company, under standing stocks beyond someone saying by this. being able to see the venture capitalists and see how a lot of the things that a lot of us never had any idea about how to operate, even through adulthood. we were able to learn that in high school. i am thinking bill and the city for giving this deserved recognition. thank you. [applause] >> i am currently going into my sophomore year at american university and i was in the program for three years. i wanted to thank bill for

opening my eyes to a world and never knew. i never knew anything about the investment world and about venture capitalism. we took our trip every year to the silicon valley to understand first hand about what goes on and so i appreciate that. also in college learning about credit cards and how to save my money and all those things that are important life skills that you need to know. as well as my first business cards, bill baht as for me and allowed me to network with people and understand the importance of voting this bonds so when you do, you have that opportunity available to you. so thank you. [applause] >> midafternoon. i am a senior economics major at uc-berkeley and i have been working with the wall street wizards program for more than a year. i will make this short and sweet.

i want to say that bill thompson has been the vanguard for what it takes for successful people to get back to the committee. at a time when municipal government and federal government budgets are shrinking and is becoming visible that there is not much that public works can do for many people, bill thompson has been able to give back so much for so many people and he has not asked for anything in return. thank you so much, bill. [applause] >> . >> i am also will street wizard. i joined as a college student, i go to uc berkeley. i can imagine talking to my fellow members hal and just seeing the class -- how and just

sing the class. for my career and i have to think bill 4 my graduation, i am about to graduate from berkeley next thursday. and more than just the wall street wizards, bill has been a father figure to me, a friend, and i got my diploma through him. he has been a great input in my career. i went through a lot of hard times and he pretty much was always there. that is why i have to dedicate my diploma to him. he made it possible, he made my life so much simpler. and for the city i think that it gives the opportunities to students who have talent and are 20 -- hungry for opportunities,

to go out in the world and have the courage to do what we want to do. to be successful in life, be successful in everything we aspire. that is what you have -- what i have to say. thank you. >> in closing, we have something we wanted to present to you. >> on behalf of the wall street wizards, i would like to present you with this t-shirt. [applause]

[applause] president chiu: thank you to the wall street wizards. our final presentation today will be by our district 9 colleague, supervisor campos. supervisor campos: i will try to keep this brief. it is an impressive group of people to follow. i think it is appropriate we're making these accommodations on our last meeting before the recess of the board of

supervisors. it is my honor, my pleasure to call upon andrew mchenley. if he can please come. we are in the middle of the olympics. if the board of supervisors could hand out gold medals, i think mr. mchenley will get one of those. born in ithaca, n.y., he moved to san francisco in 1968 and has been a bay area resident ever since. it is important to note that his parents, his mother and father, grace and joe instilled in him a love of books and learning, something that has guided his work in -- throughout his life. something which definitely lead him to a string of bookstore jobs all over the bay area since he moved in 1968.

in 1989 he opened adobe bookshop on 16th street which is a block away from mission dolores church. he quickly turned the bookstore into a local hubbub for artists and musicians and the entire community. we have seen many mission based artists and musicians who had their first show, their first performance, their first introduction to the community at adobe bookstore. when you think about community institutions and neighborhood institutions, this is up there. but we're here today because unfortunately, due to the escalating rents in neighborhoods like the mission, mr. mchenley is