bernie and eleanor burke. they didn't quite make it, which is probably good for me, because when they are here injured not just july the being in a place that they needed to be with one. i will always be so grateful to have them in my life. also here earlier was my aunt carol who was also always there for me.

-- to get through the last six months to joe atkins and stephanie rodriguez and jeff steinberger and nancy young and diane sidd-champion and berdy bruhard and mitch ensinger. and jesse anacoa, and diane surf and beth ross. and i want to thank the voters. like any decent supervisor i'm convinced that my district is the best in san francisco from glen canyon to mission delores to diamond heights, where harvey milk made civil rights history and the neighborhood that gave proposition c more votes than any other district in san francisco. [applause] my people, my voters, are liberal and they are very

liberal, in fact, but they're relentlessly pragmatic and they're my north star. it's an honor to represent them. thank you to each of my colleagues on the board, the board that i joined back in july and the mayor. everyone has been so -- was so incredibly gracious to us. clerk calvillo, you and your team are a gift to the city. [applause] yeah. john givner, you are amazing and the folks from the city attorney's office do great work for the city as well. [applause] our sheriffs keep us safe, thank you. and harvey rose and severn and the folks with the budget analysts that help us to make sense of this complicated job that we have. and all of those folks in so many departments which i cannot name all of them, my staff

warned me against that, but we have been a pain in the neck over the last six months and meeting with everyone and trying to understand what works with the city and what these departments need to do with their job and to serve the residents of san francisco better. and so thank you for your patience with us. i believe so strongly in district elections and that belief is reconfirmed each time that we go through -- we have gone through one of these cycles. but it's been really reconfirmed with this class that we have here. as i look at my colleagues in the class of 2019, my confidence is stronger than ever and cathy and stephanie you had a challenger with seemingly endless resources that was infinite, but you had a district who knew you and your history and tenacity and your intelligence and your passion. and you had gigi and dominic and thank you all for giving us this

extraordinary colleague. gord an marr, you are decades in the trenches leading social and economic justice fights from living wage to budget crisis and to free city college made you the only choice in your district. thank you for running. and matt haney, you have been a superstar the entire time that i have known you. and you inhabit your own skin with ease and confidence but that does not stop you from recognizing the injustices that affect our world and that cause pain all around us and do not stop you from your relentless desire and intent to root out injustice and to make this a fairer world. i'm looking forward to serving with you. and shaman walton in a political environment that has small differences, you brought everyone across the city together. you have a track record of community involvement and service to our schools and our city and you're going to do great things under this dome and i'm very excited to work with you. and so i do -- i really believe in district elections, but as my

other colleagues have said we have tremendous challenges in this city and they transcend district or neighborhood or tribe. we all know that we live in a city of glaring inquality, a city that is not yet figured out how to channel the extraordinary private wealth that's being accumulated and to channel that to create and to make sure that we deliver effective and efficient and robust public services for all and establish a safety net that can be the model for the rest of the country. i believe that we can do it, i believe that we must do it. there are going to be moments along the way where we feel some frustration perhaps with each other, but i believe that this group, in this group that i believe that we can transcend that. i believe in our mayor and the folks who work with her as well. i do not love the phrase "city family," i think that it's a little creepy, but i do love this city and i believe in the city. i have faith in all of you. and i have even more faith in the neighborhoods and the communities that we represent. we are the resistance and now

let's show the rest of america how it can be done. [applause] >> now representing district 10, simon walton. >> are we on? [applause] well, first of all, thank you so much, and congratulations on being elected to represent us as board president. i think that you'll do knowa amazing job and i'm looking forward to working with you in that role. supervisor fewer gave us some good advice last night when we were recognized by the community in chinatown at an amazing event. and she said "never promise your significant other that you will be home in time for dinner. ". and i think that today's meeting is a -- [laughter]. is a testament to that.

and you let us know and you made that true right away. so it's always good to have that on your first meeting, a reality check. i gave a three-part speech earlier today at our community swearing-in so i won't be long but i want to say thank you so much to the entire district 10 community. we have strong resilient community, strong resilient neighborhoods in our district that worked very hard for us to get elected. so i want to thank all of them. and i want to thank our campaign consultant team, 50 plus one, for their amazing work and for their professionalism through this campaign. and making sure that they worked hard for us to run a professional campaign that turned into a victory. of course, i want to thank our campaign team and my legislative aides and our district 10 dream team. if you have not met them yet, they will be the people that you

will see... [applause] also i just want to finish that out to gloria barry and chandler who ran in the race in district 10. thank you for stepping up. i know how hard it is to run in a district race and i appreciate all of you pushing us to do better in the race. so thank you for being here as well this afternoon. to my family who was here, since 10:30, and stuck around for a while for the meeting, i wanted to just say thank you to them for being with me not only through the campaign but also for being with me throughout the years and all of our roles and all of our work throughout the community. when you work as hard as we do in the community you cannot do this without understanding family. you cannot do this without a family that has been an example of how to be a vessel to your community. and like supervisor stephanie said earlier, this is not about me, this is not about me as a

district supervisor. it's really about the district that we serve and the people that we serve within the district. and i am here to serve you and work as that vessel. and i just want to say a couple more things as we close, but a lot of times we're focused on the differences here in this city. and, by the way, there are some folks across this country, some folks in other cities, in the state of california who really have true differences they need to work through. but we need to focus on the commonalities that exist between us. and i'm talking about all 11 of us and i'm talking about with our mayor and our executive leadership, and i'm talking about with the communities that we serve. we have more in common in this city, we have more in common as leadership in the things that we want to accomplish. we all want to fight homelessness, fight affordability, and to make sure that people can live here in san francisco, first and foremost. we all want safe communities and

we want to improve our schools and to address the gaps that exist in achievement. we all want equitable transportation and we want to make sure that san francisco is the best place and the best city for everyone. and so as we work together, the one thing -- and i said this earlier that i know that i can guarantee that we are going to all disagree at some point in time. we're going to all disagree at some point in time and that's the only thing that i can promise. but how we work together and how we get over those disagreements and how we work with those differences is the most important and i'm excited about working with each and every one of you. i'm excited about -- and congratulations to all of my new colleagues who were elected with me in november. some of us twice last year. but thank you so much for all of your hard work. i want to thank all of my colleagues. id could not have been here -- i could not have been here without the support of the board of supervisors and like supervisor mendalmen pointed out, i tried to work to bring people together

and to focus on those commonalities. because those differences are minor. if we can move together and get over a disagreement to get back out and fight for the next thing we'll do amazing work. i'm excited about that. thank you for being here today and thank you to the voters of district 10 and thank you to the leaders of this city. we have work to do. it's game-time. thank you. [applause] >> so thank you for your comments. new colleagues and colleagues that were just here for a little while and came back. and right now before i make my closing remarks i would like to invite any other supervisors who would like to make some last comments, short last comments, if you would like to just put your name on the roster. i don't see any. so thank you very much. i think that everybody has had an opportunity to make some comments today. so this is a good thing.

you know, i'm going to make my remarks now and you are going to hear how much we have in common. the thing is that people have been saying is that it's a common theme here -- we all want to work together. so that's what you are going to hear me talk about. and here i go, because, you know, again, i want to thank my colleagues for the great honor and for allowing the opportunity for me to serve as the board president as i enter my seventh year of service on this board. and my 15th year of service as an elected public servant. i want to take this moment once again to really thank the three new people that just came in because i think you're going to make a wealth of difference on this board. i can see the potential there. and i want to be sure that you actualize your potential. the current president -- and this has been said already -- but the current president of a

country spews the division and hate and trying to pit us against each other, fellow american to american and fellow human beings to human beings, but here in san francisco we have stood up and rejected these tactics. we will not stop. san francisco will continue to stand for justice, compassion and tolerance. we will resist the dark cloud spewing from the white house that threatens our nation. we will resist the notion that kindness should be interpreted as weakness. instead we will move san francisco forward to show the nation and the world that what a 21st century city can be, both innovative in our ideas and progressive in our values. our city has many challenging issues to grapple with. too many of our residents are struggling. we have the largest income gap that continues to grow. we have families who are working

one, two, and multiple jobs just to live hand-to-mouth. we have an unacceptable number of people that have nowhere to sleep at night except on the streets. we have immigrant communities who live with constant uncertainty and terror. while we have our differences, even here in this chamber, those differences begin to look smaller against the backdrop of the polarization that we're seeing nationally. i believe that here in san francisco that there's more to bring us together than to tear us apart. we can find common ground, even across diverse perspectives, to address the problems of today and to ensure that we are better prepared for tomorrow. the people of san francisco are demanding action. and i know that with my 10 intelligent, dedicated colleagues that there are policy solutions that we can agree on

without sacrificing any of our integrity as individuals. my whole life i have been dedicated to making the lives of children, youth and families better here in san francisco. my passion to build a better city, especially for the most vulnerable communities, started long, long ago. even before my life as an elected official. i spent over 35 years working with the inner communities to strengthen and to expand not only child care but other children services and family services. that resulted in the operation of numerous civic organizations and initiatives. what led me to this work is perhaps the fact that i grew up in chinatown helping out in my family's small grocery store, back when business owners sold food on credit for customers who needed to eat before their next

paycheck. i struggled in school, but all of that time i spent in my family's store made adding number comes easier to me than spouting poetry. and as a student working my way through city college it never occurred to me to reach for more until a counselor suggested that maybe i should study engineering at cal. and that i did and so i finished my degree. after a few months working as an engineer i realized that it was not my calling. while i was in school i also had been working as a youth director at the chinatown ywca. that no longer exists now, but it was there. and as an educator for the north beach family planning organization. my passion and my life's work really is serving children and families of san francisco. i left the engineering field and never looked back. that was nearly 50 years ago.

the role of president humbles me and it feels like -- i mean, it feels a little surreal to me, honestly. my career has never been an executed plot to obtain a specific title. instead, i focused on how i have impact and how i can best serve my community. each time i take on a new role, or start a new initiative, it's because i see an opportunity to have a greater impact, to benefit vulnerable communities and families. during the 1980s and 1990s i grew a small non-profit organization with children's services and guiding it into a multimillion dollar organization that is now the city's largest early historic provider. i led coalitions to advocate for programs that today serve tens of thousands of san franciscoians and low-income san

franciscoians and their families every single year. from the san francisco headstart program, the aging parent education network, to san francisco child care providers' association, and to chinatown beacon center and a well-known city-run preschool program, these wins have never been about me, but always about the community. by fou 200 had i 2004 i found mo make more policy. and as a parent of public school kids, i ran and served two terms on the board of education. i am proud of the policies that were passed during my tenure, but i am perhaps most proud that i played a part in shifting the dynamics of the board from one of acrimony and politics to one

of civility and student-centered policy discussions. this is going to be my seventh year as a supervisor. i am honored to serve my city and my district 7 neighbors. it is my privilege to be in a position that has the potential to lift up voices and to bring people together to support san francisco's children and families. stepping into the presidency is another chance to have even greater impact. this is how i will approach the role to focus on collective, yes, collective impact over personal differences. i have been doing this work for a long time and i feel an urgency to respond to the crisis facing our city in a time of population growth and rising inequities. and i have an urgency to make as much impact as i can in my last two years as supervisor so i can

make a difference in the lives of my children, of my grandchildren, and families throughout the city. colleagues, i know that every member of this board shares my urgency for action and i know that drawing upon our individual strengths will lead to a greater impact as a whole. take my colleague valle brown, who spent years before joining the board, to work with residents to make the neighborhoods more safe and planting frees and making connections all along the business corridors and residential areas in the western addition. or sandy fewer, who dedicated hundreds -- hundreds of hours -- not hours -- hundreds of days and hundreds of months -- formally as a family advocate and organizer. and now as a relentless fighter on the board to build and preserve diverse communities in

richmond and beyond, she will always fight to ensure that regardless of culture and language that residents will have their voices heard with respect and dignity. and my new colleague matt haney who has spent the last few years advocating for changes to the criminal justice system, and to end mass imprisonment. and rafael mandelman who has brought his own experience to pushing for stronger policies to expand mental health policies and residential care facilities to those who need it most. aaron peskin, a life-long environmentalist who has never been afraid to challenge corporations who are unwilling to do their part in this climate change crisis. and hillary ronen, who in only her second year successfully fought for one of the most

significant issues facing households today -- the minimum compensation ordinance, and continues to be a champion for all workers and immigrants. asha safai, who has made sure that we never forget about the needs of our moderate and middle-income families. whether it comes to open space or affordable housing policies. and catherine stephanie, the first as you already heard, is the first and the loudest to ensure that our children are safe from gun violence. and walton, who is coming from a youth work development organization but who even before that as one of his first jobs after graduating college was

already serving children and families with his work at the boys and girls club. colleagues, i believe that my job as your board president is to help amplify your work, to help to bridge differences and misunderstandings when needed. and to help each one of my fellow public servants to be the most effective leader for your district and together for our entire city. i want to thank all of the workers out there who have built and continue to build our city. you will make san francisco what it is and you are not appreciated enough. i also want to thank all of my community leaders i have worked with and learned from. i want to thank my past legislative staff, olivia scanlon and martinez ramino. and i want to dance -- dance?

dance is on my mind -- i want to thank my current staff who has been with me for several years and have been the backbone that has made me successful in bringing policies and changes to san francisco. they are jen lowe, and eric loebaum. and, yeah, i -- [applause] i have it down here and most importantly, yes, i'll keep it there -- and most importantly to my family, my wife who is sitting in front here for several hours waiting for me to say something. my wife kathy. and my daughter shaundra and her husband james and my younger daughter carissa and her husband, dan. and to my baby granddaughter nyla and my baby grandson

jamieson, they're both 2, and they remind me every day of why i do what i do. so in conclusion, i see kindness to others not as weakness, but instead as our strength. so thank you, thank you, thank you. now let's all work together to make this a better city for all of our residents by together taking bold action. thank you. [applause] madam clerk do we have anything else on the agenda? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> this is what you have been waiting for. meeting adjourned. [applause]

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that offered me a chance safe house will forever be a part of the who i've become and you made that possible life didn't get any better than that. >> who've would know this look of this girl grown up in atlanta will be working with produced women in san francisco part of the system that has abused and expedited and obtain identified and degraded women for century around the world and still do at the embody the spirits of women that just know they deserve respect and intend to get it. >> i don't want to just so women younger women become a part of the the current system we need to change the system

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>> i want to welcome everyone to the swearing in ceremony for jeff adachi to a fifth term here congratulations. it is quite a accomplishment. [applause] >> we are honored to have maryland and breed in attendance pack and she will be making some remarks and swearing jeff in shortly. i also want to recognize in attendance, the former elected public defender who is here. [applause] jeff served in that capacity for 22 years, and also the longest serving chief attorney in office 's history.

[applause] >> perhaps our most important, i guess we could say criminal justice partner is in attendance district attorney george gus kony is here. [applause] >> thank you for always taking our phone calls. [laughter] >> let's see, we have our judicial officer, judge roger chan here. [applause] , and i know shamann walton is here who will be sworn in for district ten supervisor. it is an honor to have you here. [♪] >> i'm looking around to see if i'm missing any of the government officials. if i have missed anyone, i'm sure mayor breed, or jeff will introduce them.

let me just say, for those who don't know, the public defender was founded in 1921. it is unique in california and that it is an elected position. the public defender is. most counties elected district attorney but the public defender his district osha's attempt is appointed. we have found in san francisco that this independence is critical to allowing us to vigourously represent our clients without any kind of interference. each year, our office represents 20,000 next-door individuals who cannot otherwise hire their own attorneys. we do this work now with just over 100 attorneys, and over 80 support staff. mayor breed is a longtime ally of our office. she is a native of san francisco , and grew up in plaza east in the western edition.

she understands the important role that the public defender plays, and offering a much-needed balance to our criminal justice system. as mayor, she has embarked upon, i think it could be called a very ambitious program to try and get city services and departments to address some of the most intractable problems in some of our more neglected communities. and the public defender is in attendance. they know these issues pick these issues like homelessness, mental health, substance abuse. and of course, we wish her success in addressing these issues with compassion. mayor breed and jeff have known one another for a long time. for those of you who were at the swearing in four years ago, you know that the then supervisor came to swear jeff and, or to speak at that swearing in.

she was in a contest at the time , angling to be the board president, and she was able to do that successfully later that day. shamann walton -- [laughter] we have a good track record now if you can come through. we are very grateful for the support that she has given your office, and please welcome her as well. [applause] >> thank you. i'm really excited to be here today because i have known jeff for a really long time. i was just a kid and he was already an adult. [laughter] >> but as matt said, i used to live in plaza east public housing, also known as a projects, out -- also known as out-of-control projects. some of you remember peter and

jeff and they remember back in the day some of the clients that you all represented which included many of my friends and family numbers. plaza east was out of place you would not walk through, especially someone who is not african-american. the thing is, he spent a lot of time there, because many of his clients were there. he was always allowed and he was always allowed -- some of you remember the tunnel. they say oh, yeah, who are you looking for quiet do you remember those conversations, and he wasn't afraid to come into the community, work with the community, and figure out ways not only to represent his clients, but come up with creative solutions to prevent them from even interacting with the criminal justice system in the first place. when i was serving as executive director of the african-american art and culture complex, jeff, along with a few others came up

with this amazing idea of magic. the magic program. and mobilizing adolescents, youth and our community. we created more magic in the fillmore and the be magic for bayview magic. a program that helps to work with young people at an early age, to open the doors to opportunity and make sure that they never, never engage with the criminal justice system in the first place. it has changed so many lives. the program that he has helped to implement, the program that we help to fight for when there were threats to cut funding, and didn't understand why the public defender's office was hosting a social service program. and they had a vision. they had a vision to change lives. he had a vision to really push forward and reform our criminal justice system. it was definitely an honor. when i became a member of the board of supervisors, to work

with him on so many reforms, but especially our most recent -- recent initiative between the legislation that he helped us spearhead, and we got it through the board of supervisors, and now it is a national model that people are looking at all over the country, and the way that we address what we know is a clear inequity in our criminal justice system, which crippled so many people who have served their debt to society, and deserve a second chance, and then they get out only to find out out that all of a sudden, they have to pay these ridiculous fees and fines that they had no idea existed. this is an injustice that jeff has worked his entire life to try and protect. he has done so many incredible things. including hiring some of the best attorneys anywhere. sorry, george, with his attorneys are kicking but in the courts, and i am just really so excited.

i am really so excited that this city embraces him and continues to support him because he is an incredible leader. he is a great inspiration. he is a great partier and dancer as she would attest to, he is just wonderful, and we really appreciate his leadership, has guidance, and i am looking forward to working with him on some additional reforms that i know are going to hopefully put all public defenders out of business. that is my goal. [applause] don't worry, i can hire some of you at the mayor's office. and with that, i want to ask our public defender, jeff adachi to come forward so i can administer the oath of office. do you want to do it up here? [laughter] >> okay.

i will try to be allowed. okay. please raise your right hand, and repeat after me with your name. i do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states,. >> with my staff. >> on the constitution of the state of california, against all enemies, foreign and domestic that i bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states, on the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations,. >> or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties

upon which i'm about to enter, and during such time as i hold the office of, public defender of the city and county of san francisco. [laughter] >> congratulations. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. i'm speechless, which i never am i want to thank mayor breed for being here. i can't express how much it means, not only to me, and my wife and my family, but to

everyone here to have a mayor of san francisco in the house. [applause] >> and to have a mayor who deeply understands the struggle of our clients and their family, because she herself has experienced it, particularly at this time in history, with black lives matter, and criminal justice reform that is on the forefront, it is so critical. thank you. it is hard to believe that i was just reflecting this morning that it was 33 years ago this month i got a call from peter kane. he called at seven in the morning. he was out partying the night before or something. so are you ready to come work

for us? and the amazing thing is i had just gotten out of law school and just past the bar and i sat there with a couple of interviews, but they didn't know me from anyone. i had never worked in a public defender's office. i could not afford to because back then, i couldn't -- i had to work for free. i was working for private attorneys, and rating motions, but they took a chance on me, and gave me a chance to work here in the office, and you might not even have realized how much of an impact that decision had on my life. who knows where i would be right now had you not given me that chance. i want to thank you both, and it was a different office then. i always struggled for resources , and the thing that jeff and peter taught us, it was

taught while things. how to fight to, how to be trial lawyers, and that as public defenders, we have an obligation to constantly fight for justice at whatever cost for our clients and our families, and the second thing they did is they got us this building, and it took a lot of political running. i won't go into how it happened, but we were moved out. we were moved out of the hall of justice to have our own space here. it was so important to the dignity of our clients and their families that we were right down away from the police department. and we had our own private space here. again, that is why we have names this room after you. i'm so proud of what the office has achieved over the past 16 years since i've been fortunate

enough to hold this position. i think, with a strong foundation that jeff and peter gave us, our challenge is to really provide the supports, not only in the courtroom, providing representation every day for people who rely upon it, and it is a very simple philosophy that we would treat our clients and their families just like we would want to be treated, are just like our brother or sister or cousin would want to be treated if they were accused of a crime, and to advocate for more resources, and it has taken a while to get here, and we still need more resources, but we can truly say that we provide the top representation, and it is because of each one of you, so i want to thank all the staff here, the attorneys, the

investigators, social workers, paralegals, the support staff, clerical staff, who work every day to make a difference, and i'm so proud of the representation that we have provided. it is not perfect, issues come up, we get complaints sometimes, but we deal with it, and we make sure that people know that they have a lawyer and support staff in their corner that will fight for them, and that is really what it's all about. i'm very excited that in two years we are going to be celebrating our 100th anniversary. 1921 was the year that our office was formed. we were in the second public defender's office in the state. as you may know, the first female attorney in california spent 22 years trying to pass a bill to support public defenders , and it finally passed in 1921 at her office was formed

in the next year. will have a big celebration in a couple of years and we are looking forward to that. but looking towards the future, really there is two things that i want to emphasize. one is that we will continue to provide the highest level of representation, but not only that, we are going to ensure that the problems -- the problems that we are facing, that we have created, even years ago, will continue to serve the communities that need the supports. i think what is important is when we stick to it, when we started with the clean slate program back in 1998, we said that we were going to provide services so people can clear their records and lead productive lives. sixteen years later, 20 years later, we are still clearing over 2,000 records a year.

as was being sung earlier, a child is born with a heart of gold, the way of the world makes this heart so cold and we need to change that and a big part of that is ensuring that our kids have the opportunities. my friend is here from juvenile probation. he has worked for many years. i want to acknowledge the great work of the juvenile division under patty lee,. [applause] and providing that full level of representation to young people, whether it is educational, advocacy, whether it is ensuring people get good outcomes in cases that they don't wind up with a conviction on the record, is absolutely key, but as mayor breed said, we have to go beyond that. that is a reason why we started

the magic program. we wanted to be able to provide support for young people. this is something that mayor breed understands. one of the most important initiatives that she announced in addition to addressing homelessness and mental health treatment, and housing, is to find jobs for youth. she is really pushing ahead to ensure that every young person in this city has an opportunity for a job. they say nothing stops a bullet more than a job, and it is providing a young person with an opportunity. i know for me when i was growing up, i grew up on the other side of the tracks, but having a job, i worked at a chinese restaurant and i got a dollar ten in our, but to me, that was honest money that i was making for a change,

and it really turned my life around to be able to do that. so we have to work with the mayor and her administration to reach out to the private sector, to the nonprofit sector, to government agencies, to ensure that we are able to provide those opportunities for young people. i'm so proud of the work that we have done in our immigration unit. they have been doing tremendous work in providing representation to detain immigrants. thank you to the board of supervisors and mayor breed. and i can't say enough about looking forward and working with shamann walton, our new supervisor who will be sworn in today. and the residence of district ten. many our clients and families who come from the district. will be working very closely

with you, also with vallie brown in district five, and matt haney who was recently elected, and all the supervisors. looking forward, also, i want to say that we will continue to be one of the most diverse offices in the country. every year we put out an annual report, and this year we celebrate women defenders. our office has over half of our leadership and half of our staff are women. forty% are people of color. about 20% are lgbtq. i am so proud of the diversity. y.? because we also represent the population that we serve and that is absolutely critical going forward and it makes me very proud that we are one of the most diverse offices in the country.

before i sit down, i do want to thank three people who happened to be women, and presents them with some flowers. first i would like to thank my wife, who has been great support [applause] >> when i was running for office , she used to get in fights with people on the street about who to vote for. [laughter] >> that's why i got elected. next i would like to thank mayor breed. [applause] >> she has a lot on her plate, and we will be there to support her all the way.

finally, i would like to thank angela, my assistant. [cheers and applause] when i was a line attorney, we became friends, and when i became public defender, we had lunch, and i said, hey, i need you to be my confidential assistant, and she agreed, i couldn't imagine being on this journey without her. thank you, angela. it is so good to see all of you. thank you so much for being here and being part of this celebration. i am going to ask you to come up again and rock out one more song here to put some justice in our

souls as we go to court this morning. [applause] >> you have to get up now. come on. [♪]

15th. >> dr. brinkman present. borden present. eaken present. heinicke present. hsu present. torres present. director rubke will not be