program. certain certain tha . >> president serina: thank you. commissioner? >> yeah. the training program will encompass multiple training levels for caregivers and unpaid staff, so are some of these members not paid, like family members? >> no, it's not training for respite care workers. these are people that would be hired in the community. >> okay. so it's all aimed towards people that are paid? i was curious about that phrase. and then, how do people learn about this program? >> well, self-help, we'll be doing outreach within their community in particular because it is the asian and pacific island community, they have a pretty brought reach, and they also have programs that can

feed into it internally. >> it's not a problem of not filling -- >> no. i anticipate it's going to be very successful. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> i know self-help has their own inhome support staff service. is this training also open to the citywide besides their own staff? >> oh, absolutely. they'll be doing outreach to the wider community, not just their own staff. >> okay. another question i have is, like, the fringe benefit for part-time is 27%. isn't that a little bit high? i don't know -- i've been out of the workforce for such a long time. what does the 27% include? i know that when i was working, you have to pay health benefit for people that work 20 hours

and up per week, but some of them are at, like, 10%, so are they still paying the housing insurance or what? >> yeah. i mean, the way the staffing is -- i mean, some of these, they're being shared across programs, so for example, you know, the compliance officer, they're directing 10% of their salary towards this, but that officer is a full-time officer. >> so that's why they have the full fringe benefits? >> correct. >> president serina: okay. any other comments or questions? tiffany, what language will the training be provided in? >> i have the information right here. so self-help, maybe they can speak to this better, but they have capacity for cantonese,

mandarin, and vietnamese. this is winnie. >> good morning, commissioners. we have the training staff with capacity to deliver training in english, in chinese and with a career advising staff that has the ability to provide coaching services in can tonese, vietnamese, and tagalog. >> president serina: thank you. any further discuss discussion? any public comment? seeing none, call the question. all in favor? all opposed? motion carries. item d, requesting

authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with self-help for the elderly for the provision of a workforce support program during the period of february 1, 2019 through june 30, 2021 in the amount of $548,935 plus a 10% contingency, for a total grant amount not to exceed $603,829. welcome back, tiffany. >> gcood morning, commissioner. the needs assessment report confirmed that clients who are connected to daas services have positive experiences and enjoy their participation. the report also revealed that not all older adults and adults with disabilities know about the services available to them through the department, and

there is a need to boost awareness of daas funded programs and services. consumers in districts one, two, four, and 11 in particular participate less in services than in other districts, and although limited awareness is not the only contributing factor, it was a finding that was noted throughout the needs assessment support. the peer ambassador program is one of several approaches the department is using to increase visibility of our services. by using peer ambassadors and a word of mouth approach, the department will have a new way and opportunity to share information about services, and the consumers will have another way to learn about services they may need from a source they trust within their

communities. self-help for the elderly will hire four peer ambassadors to work in the districts i mentioned. at least one ambassador will be dedicated to each district to ensure continuity. they will share information about daas services within their appropriate district. they will use information tailored to the tridistricts a the communities within those districts. daas will work closely with self-help to ensure accurate information is distributed. peer ambassadors will be connected to our benefits and resource hub. they will have a working relationship with the adrcs

within the districts. the daas hub and adrcs are great resources that the ambassadors will be able to access and refer consumers to as needed. collectively, the ambassadors will provide information to at least 200 organizations and businesses annually who have connections to consumers that we serve with the specific intent of increasing awareness about daas programs and services. thank you, and i would be happy to answer any questions you might have at this time. >> president serina: commissioner pappas? >> yes, i'm joining the other commissioners in asking an entry question. when we include the programs, those include the dignity fund programming? >> yes. >> president serina: any other commissioner comments or questions? commissioner loo. >> okay. i have a question. in the table a, it said they

were going to hire five -- >> yeah, sorry. when i said that, i realized i had said four because i was not reading my notes correctly. they are actually hiring five. the minimum is four, but they're overcommitting, if you will. >> but my question here is on the salary sheet, it just says two peer ambassadors instead of four or five. >> because they're leveraging another source for the other two -- or actually, the other three. >> okay. that's what i think is really kind of nice is if they're matching, it would appear in the budget so it would make it

cli kind of clear. >> on the budget revenues, on the summary sheet, it has match three, so it has the match there. >> thank you. my apologies. >> no worries. no worries. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second. >> president serina: thank you. any further comment? all in favor? any opposed? thank you. >> thank you very much. >> president serina: thank you. item f, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with kimochi, inc, for sustainability for nonprofit licensed residential care facilities for the elderly, rcfe, during the period of march 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of 175,3 #

will $4 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $192,922. well come, fanny lappitan. it's been a while. >> yes. good morning, commissioners. i'm fanny lappitan, program coordinator for long-term operations at daas. i'm seeking authorization to enter into a new long-term agreement with kimochi. rcfes are assisted living facilities that have long been preferred community alternatives for those who are able to live on their own. they provide an increased level of care in a supportive and

safe environment with 24-hour supervision for individuals aged 60 and over. in recent years, the number of rcfes in san francisco have costed due to decreasing population, and inadequate funding. the smaller facilities have accounted for the greatest number of closures, making it difficult for lower income individuals to secure care. as mentioned earlier, there's an assisted living work group that's tasked by the long-term care coordinating council which recently researched this issue and its recommendation of support for this needed service are currently being considered by the city. this grant will support the sustainability of kimochi home rcfe by providing access, and quality care service.

it's to provide care for 20 residents over the age of 60 who are able to independently walk. it is a two-story facility with eight single occupancy rooms and six double occupancy rooms. the facility is currently owned and operated by kimochi. it is currently serving a majority of residents of monolingual japanese or those who speak english as a second language. kimochi has been built from the ground up in 1983, and no major renovations have taken place since that time. the funds from this grant will be used in three areas. first is to update their safety and security measures. the second is to improve accessibility of rest rooms on the first floor and the third is to modernize the facility

which is showing 3.5 decades of wear and tear. these updates and improvements, kimmy chee home will update the rcfes ablt -- kimochi home will update the rcfes ability to support the residents. the funds through this grant will help support the long-term safety of economy owe chee home and potentially create savings in maintenance and utility costs in the near future, allowing for increase in their general reserves and helping to maintain a sustainable business plan. a kimochi business administrator will be responsible for completing the projects and will do so in such a way to minimize the disturbance or negative impact on the residents as much as possible. at this time i'd be happy to answer any questions the

commissioners may have commission scolaire de la capita capitale -- may have. >> president serina: thank you, fanny. that was a very comprehensive report? commissioners, any comments or questions? >> is the whole kimochi home taken at this point? >> i'm just going to calling shawn for more comprehensive information? >> we currently have 17 residential residents and when we have beds available, we serve those rooms for respite care, so seniors who know they're going in for surgery or have a scheduled operation can reserve an open room so that they can stay with us for a few days before they go home and make sure they're ak and reduce the risk of hospitalization. so we're currently full with 17

residents and three residenpit residents. >> so do you have a waiting list? >> we don't have a waiting list with this right now. one of the things we'll track with this is the interest in our home and full-time residency by hopefully growing our wait list so we can fill empty beds. >> i presumed kimochi owned the building. >> yes, we do own the building. >> thank you. >> president serina: thank you, commissioner. any further comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> president serina: second? >> second. >> president serina: any further comment? thank you. all in favor? all opposed? thank you. motion carries. item g, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with self-help for the elderly for

sustainability for nonprofit licensed residential care facilities for the elderly, rcfe during the period of march 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $302,451 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $332,696. welcome back, fanny. >> thank you. good morning, commissioners. th autumn glow provides assisted living in a unique 24 hour residential care in the hayes valley located at 654 groev

grove street. it has capacity for other cultural and language needs. the funds through this grant will be used to access safety, security, and the quality of services delivered to residents, and this includes infrastructure improvements, accessibility improvements, technology infrastructure upgrades, safety and security improvements, and there'll be training from a registered nurse and nutrition improvements from a registered dietitian. with these upgrades, they will provide upgraded safety and security measures, and providing sustainability for at least five years after the grant ends. it will help support the long-term building safety and minimize the use of reserve funds that can be used for

emergencies in unexpected business challenging. autumn glow's director of housing services will be responsible for the various services and will have oversight of the construction to ensure project completion within the deadline. they have a plan to minimize disruption or negative impact on the residents as much as possible while this is happen. i'd be happy to answer any questions. >> president serina: thank you, fanny. any commissioner questions? commissioner loo? >> autumn glow serve only chinese? >> they don't just serve chinese. they do -- let's see, the demographic at this time is 72% chinese but they also have 14%

vietnamese and 17% mandarin. >> president serina: any other questions? >> how long have they been in hayes valley. >> oh, they've been in existence for 18 years. >> oh, all right. thank you. i live near there, so i hadn't realized how long it had been there. >> president serina: thank you. any further comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> president serina: second? >> second. >> president serina: any further comments or questions? all in favor? opposed? the motion carries. thank you very much, fanny. is there any general public comment right now?

>> winnie yoo, self-help for the elderly. commissioners and director kaufman, thank you very much for the self-help for the elderly to implement these pilot projects and for the opportunity to serve additional clients through the dignity fund mission population in need skpr , and we really look forward to updating on the implementation of these programs, and thank you again. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions? you have a question, commissioner loo? >> since self-help is going to do the peer ambassador program, i'm just wondering if the department has updated their brochure of various kinds of services because i think we have new sorts of services added since the dignity fund kicked in. >> so we are in the process -- we have, commissioner, a

service location and current services available. i think it was last updated in 2016-17, and we are in the process of updating is now. hopefully -- it now. hopefully, it'll come out later. so we -- every month we have a meeting, things change slightly sometimes, so that is the goal to be as current as possible, but it does take time to implement that information. >> and it'll be in different languages? >> oh, that is an excellent question. that is something i will look into. i don't have that information now, but that is an excellent question. i will follow up with you. >> president serina: any other general questions? any other questions from the public? any announcements? hearing none, motion to adjourn. >> so moved. >> president serina: thank you very much.

to the adachi family, to the wife, his daughter, his parents. also to the family and everybody else who is here, mayor breed, all the district supervisors, all his other family, the public defenders. there's a whole lot of important people here today, but we all know jeff, everybody was important to jeff. from everybody in the back to all of the people at the top, everywhere jeff knew that everybody was important. and so i want to say good morning to everybody and welcome. all right. give yourselves a hand. come on, now. jeff don't want nothing dead up in here. come on! [applause] so i don't know if you guys

noticed the last time when we did jeff's -- the other day, they said it was going to be rainstorms, it was going to be winds. when we did his candle vigil, we did the walk through the t.l. not one rain or drop came out of that sky. i don't know if y'all remember that. [applause] that was jeff holding it up. and that's the grace of god. that's what he does. so my name is rudy corpuz. i'm the founder and executive director of a violence prevention organization that was created 25 years ago in san francisco. the united playaz. the mighty, mighty united playaz. it started from gang advance, that started from the streets. [applause] and jeff was one of my home boys that actually supported us. he was on our board. but more importantly, jeff was about the people. he was a fierce fighter! jeff fought for the have-nots. jeff fought for the people, man, who couldn't stand up straight.

jeff fought for the people who people wouldn't stand up for. and so my brother jeff, you see him on the screen looking clean as clorox, got his hair greased back. [laughter] i just got to say, though, you know on behalf of the adachi family, you know, welcome everybody. we have to make sure we bring up a lot of people to speak up at this time. i welcome to the stage reverend bob from the buddhist church of sacramento, who will offer our opening prayer. i ask everybody, can you please stand. thank you, reverend bob. >> thank you, rudy. actually i don't mind if everyone is seated. so let's take a seat and relax. i think -- [laughter]

jeff would say nobody stood when i walked in the room before. [laughter] so ... but i know each of us will always remember exactly where we were when we heard that we had lost jeff. and since that friday evening of february 22nd, it has been ten, 11 days of disbelief for each of us, who jeff has touched with his life. there's a cloud of sadness that seems to just hang over our hearts and our thoughts are filled with so many memories of what jeff adachi has meant to us. in the past days, i've encountered so many members of his extensive family and family of friends. all of us unable to accept the reality that he is gone. feeling how can this be so, asking was there nothing more that could have been done.

we have moved numbly through the days, feeling this is just the terrible dream from which we cannot awaken. how much more so for mutsuko adachi, and lauren, how much more for jeff's extended family, who saw and worked with him on so many projects and programs. so young at only 59, we cannot help but feel that he must have had many, many more years of life to fill. it just doesn't seem fair been we tend to feel youth is synonymous with life. and the younger we are, the more we have a right to live. but as we are taught in buddhism, from the time we're born, there's no guarantee even one day of life. each day is a gift, not to be taken for granted. we know this. in our minds know we know this,

but in our hearts always we wish it did not have to be so. no one would have thought, as we ended last year, that 53 days into the new year, we would be without jeff. today we come together to miss and mourn him, to help each other and hold each other and together honor him with our tears of love and appreciation. within our sadness, there's a deep awareness that we must not take for granted the time we have together. and every opportunity to appreciate the people we love is one to treasure. in knowing loss, our eyes of enlightenment are open and we realize again that if someone has shown us kindness, let us thank them now. if there's someone we care for, let us appreciate them now. jeff was extremely close to his

family and proud of his heritage. and he knew his grandparents and parents were born into a time that was not welcoming to those of japanese ancestry. but he watched them work hard, overcoming obstacles of social prejudice and institutionized racialism, to give he and his brother stan every opportunity to succeed in an environment that was nurturing to people of color. but jeff also knew that each of us was born with a wonderful and unique life, in a time not of our choosing. he knew that we must learn to accept our unique circumstances and do the best we can to live the best we can. always doing the best we can. this was jeff. and i remember feeling about ten years ago, that he was just

hitting his stride and he was entering what i felt would be the most productive and meaningful years of his life. my wife patty and i have been, for the past three years, the chaplains for the california state assembly. we were there last monday when the assembly adjourned in jeff's memory. and we were so moved when assembly member david chu spoke personally of his encounter with jeff. david said, he was in a courtroom when this man entered the room and there was an energy about him that was unmistakable. he had to ask someone, "who is that guy." it was jeff adachi. then he added," jeff adachi was a force of nature" of that there's no doubt and all of us

that knew jeff felt the same amazement and the incredible energy and purpose, with which he lived. it is said that the greatness of a man can be measured by how much his life has touched the life of others. when a baby is born, amid the joy, only the baby cries. but when one has lived their life well, and truly touched the lives of others, when such a person dies, there will be many tears, for many will cry. the tears that we cry are also our tears of love and jeff has earned those tears. and beyond these walls, i know there are many who are crying their tears of loving tribute to jeff, testimony to the irreplaceable loss of a man we will never stop missing. to his family, i know there are no words to truly ease the pain of losing him.

by his very nature, he helped us define who we are, too. for i feel it's impossible to know jeff and not feel somehow inspired and changed for the better. i am honored today to be a voice representing his spiritual tradition and his extended sacramental family and friends, in expressing our collective gratitude for his life and our appreciation for all that he has done. in opening our service for jeff this morning, would you please join me, closing our eyes, and have a moment of thoughtful reflection. throughout these past 11 days, thoughts of jeff have weighed heavy on my mind and in my heart. to me he embodied the essence of

what the great masters have encouraged through the ages. the buddhamp encouraged for us to become selfless, understood the true leadership is in creating leaders, and my favorite quote by the persian spiritual poet, one that i feel describes the essence of jeff adachi is this. roomy wrote, when we stop admiring ourselves, then all that we do will become admirable. to me this was jeff adachi. [bell ringing] with kindness and gratitude beyond words.

>> thank you, reverend bob. thank you. it's with my much -- it is with much honor and gratitude that i was chosen to be the emcee of this event. and i would never think that y'all have me up here. i know it was jeff's spirit and his family said come on, rudie , we need to have you up here. we got to make sure we bring some joy up in here. and make some people laugh or even make people cry, because like reverend bob said, it's okay to cry. it's okay to grieve. and it's okay to feel. so it's good that we let ourselves speak about how we feel to someone that you trust, otherwise you're going to bottle that stuff up and you may go crazy or you might end up. so it's important that we make sure that we grieve right you guys. i want to bring up -- well, jeff

was a californian only elected defender and a crucial member of the city's family for more than three decades. our first speaker today is the leader of our city family. from san francisco, our mayor, high home -- my home girl, give it up to mayor london breed. [applause] >> hello, everyone. i first met jeff adachi when i was 15 year old. a friend of mine had been arrested and i went to her home to check on her family. sitting at the dining room table, with my friend's great-grandmother, was a guy who definitely wasn't from our community.

it turned out to be a young lawyer, a young deputy public defender. that's how i met jeff. not at a political event or a fundraiser, not when i was an elected official and he needed something from me. but at a dining room table, trying to help someone in my community. and while it was the first time that i met jeff, it definitely wasn't the last. jeff was a legend back in those days. he would walk in the public housing and people would see him coming and, first, they would say "who's that." because like i said, jeff didn't look like anyone from our community. but then they would see it was him and they would shot out "oh, it's cool, that is jeff." he would be there looking for his clients, who had most likely missed their court dates.

and everyone just let him do his things, because everyone knew that jeff was there to help. everyone knew he cared about our community. and let me tell you something, our community cared about jeff. any time i needed help, whether i had a family member or a friend in trouble, jeff was always the person i called. and he always answered the phone. or if he missed the call, he'd call back himself, not an assistant, not a deputy. just jeff calling to see what he could do. now i wasn't an elected official or anyone important. i was just someone who worked in the community. but jeff understood that making a difference in people's lives wasn't just about fighting for them in the courtroom. he knew the work started in the

community, to keep kids from getting into trouble in the first place. when i was working at the african-american art and culture complex, jeff was always there to support us, to support our young people. at that time, we were dealing with some of the worst violence in this city's history. homicides on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. i worked closely back then with cheryl davis and supervisor valerie brown. he called us the three amigos. we worked hard to improve public safety in the western addition and jeff was right by our said. he started the be magic program, magic stands for, mobilizing adolescent growth in our communities. the programs in those neighborhoods were focused on helping young people. and when we did events and

programs and things with the kids, our backpack giveaways, our health fairs, national night out, anything that we had going on in the neighborhood, jeff was always there, always with us through the good times and the bad times. and he was definitely there for people who were in trouble. he was committed, not only to the fight for justice in the courtroom, but pe was also a relentless advocate for criminal justice reform. jeff led the way on so many progressive policy reforms, from reducing recidivism, ending cash bail to standing up for undocumented and unrepresented children. we teamed up to eliminate criminal justice fines and fees here in san francisco. fees that were driving people back into poverty and sadly

sometimes into crime. because jeff knew that disrupting the cycle of poverty and imprisonment started long before any crime was committed. this past week has been so hard for so many of us. jeff was my friend and it's always hard to lose a friend. but even more than that, jeff was a champion for my community. through all of the years that i have known him, he never lost the spirit of that man i met when i was 15 years old. walking through the roughest neighborhoods, going wherever he needed to go, because that was where the people were who needed him the most. sitting down at that dining room table, with the

great-grandmother of someone who needed a second chance, someone who needed a voice. doing the work himself, more than anything he understood and he truly cared. in losing jeff, we have lost so much. to mrs. adachi and lauren and your entire family, to his second family, the folks who work with him closely at the public defender's office, i am so sorry for our loss in san francisco. we've got so much in losing him. i have lost a friend, the community has lost a champion, and our city has lost a man who will never be replicated, but who will always be remembered. but in jeff's life, we have

gained so much. from his work, his advocacy and his commitment to change. from the examples that he set for so many, today we honor his life, we honor our friend. we honor our public defender. and tomorrow we get back to work fighting for what we know he cared about most. a more just and equitable san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mayor london breed. thank you. i got to say, you know, to all of you guys who worked with jeff, his family, you guys do a relentless job. and i know jeff trained a lot of good people in your office.

so i know it's hard to be up here and talk. so, you know, if anybody need a lawyer, you y'all got good lawyers over there. a lot of good public defenders in the house. we ain't no public pretenders, we are some public defenders. believe that. [applause] so my hats off to y'all. we have daniel lu, a public defender for minnesota, who also came up. thank you, brother, for coming all the way from that cold city to our warm city. [laughter] brandon woods, public defender of alameda is in the building. y'all, let's give him a hand. [applause] all of our lovely supervisors right here. thank you guys so much. hillary kicked this off with me. thank you, hillary. my guy right there, matt haney, my district, my brother like no other. thank you, brother. and y'all you other guys out there who is doing amazing work. i'm going to say thank you,

london breed. you know what jeff did through the neighborhoods, he came through the toughest neighborhoods and everybody looked at him, who is this cat. but he did get a pass, though. because they knew that his heart was in the right place. and so as a fierce advocate for racial justice, jeff adachi played an important role in the community of san francisco's justice workers. here to speak on behalf of the community activist, janice mirikitani, the second poet laureate of san francisco and cofounder of the glide foundation, along with my brother cecil williams. give it up you guys. [applause]

>> it's a very great honor for me to be part of this memorial. cecil and i and the glide family offer our condolences and prayers to mutsuko and daughter lauren and the entire adachi family. the glide family has respected and supported jeff adachi's legacy of being a warrior for the underserved and the marginalized. and we share his passion -- his passion to provide equal justice for all. he will be sorely missed. this is a poem for jeff adachi. in many cultures, salt is a symbol of wisdom, sharp wit, peace, warding off evil spirits.

it is said to shrivel envy and pettiness that tries to diminish the truth and integrity. jeff adachi, i think of you like salt, salt is basic to our taste, substantial and essential. we crave salt to balance fluid in our bodies, flavor our lives, preserve what feeds us, heals wounds. sumo wrestlers, before a match, throw salt as a ritual to ward off evil and purify the event and show respect. ghandi marched to the sea with thousands to demand the right for salt without taxation. and those thousands held their salt to defy evil empires.

jeff, i believe you thought of justice as salt. a right not a privilege for the rich. a right for access to representation, respect for the voiceless. your legend of daring love will live for generations to come, because the salt that falls from your hands gives us traction on icy roads of inequality. you have taught us that the tighter the fist that chokes justice, you, we, the salt of the earth, create solidarity. your work for endangered youth, immigrants, the poor, like salt, warded off neglect, evil intent, and injustice.

so, jeff, as we honor you, we weep, releasing salt to our eyes. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, sister janice and brother cecil williams. thank you for all of the amazing work that you do for god. yes. [applause] i was part when i used to live that life. i was on the program in the '80s. i just want to say thank you. look at me now po years later. pushing like a pregnant woman, huh. [laughter] so jeff was a pillar of the san francisco legal establishment for more than 30 years.

in his extensive career, he fostered deep relationships with countless leaders and community members. shouts out there to all of the other city officials who is in the house, all of the senators, shouts out there to you guys. one of many leaders who had the privilege to work with jeff throughout his life was a fellow hastings alumnus. jeff's friend and also a mentor, this brother right here is another brother who is sharp. he's sharp like a new pack of razor blades. this man right here, man dresses so sharp. my mentor, they've got a bridge named after this cat. [laughter] please welcome our honorable mayor willie brown. the honorable willie brown. [applause] we will hear a musical tribute to jeff from the glide ensemble

right behind this man. thank you. my brother! [applause] >> i don't know who chose rudy. [laughter] clearly there was not a vote. [laughter] to the adachi family and to all those public defenders and the people who work in the public defenders' office, you for sure have heard, and i'm sure jeff has told you, that he was my lawyer. [laughter] politicians should all have criminal defense lawyers. [laughter] i understood that very clearly. [laughter] and i only wanted the best.

in my capacity as the mayor of this town, there was an occasion when then public defender jeff brown, i knew all of the public defenders when i first started practicing back in the '50s, the people that i wanted to meet, i thought knew something about the law. i know i didn't. and they were there every day. so i knew every public defender, every head of that office. jeff brown bailed out, when he bailed out, it gave me the opportunity as the mayor to appoint. i didn't appoint my friend jeff adachi, i appointed someone else, jeff adachi ran and won. call me up and said," okay, i'm still your lawyer, i wondered aloud whether or not i had a problem, would he negotiate a plea for me."

rather than defend me as he has done for so many people, successfully. but he said, i want you to come to my swearing-in. i said, well, jeff, wait a minute. i'll come to your swearing-in. but i want to be anonymous at your swearing-in. he said, no way, you'll never be anonymous in my life. you're the mayor of the city. you're my friend and i want you there. and i came to his swearing-in. and one or two of his people didn't like the fact that i was there. and jeff said, if you don't like he's here, you leave. that was the nature of who jeff adachi, for all of us, really was. he was a stand-up friend, a talented lawyer. he chose to be a criminal defense lawyer, in the public section, not for private, but in

the public section. and in the public way. at every stage of his career, during the time that he served all of us, he was a strong advocate for every aspect of what ought to be the rights of all the people. mayor breed said it so eloquently when she placed him first at a dining room table, looking out for somebody who had no other access to equal justice under the law through the advocacy of equality criminal defense lawyer. jeff adachi was all of that. my many, many breakfasts with jeff adachi were always wonderful, because jeff was also incredibly generous. jeff would show up and give you a tie. i always knew it was going to be cost me eventually. [laughter] but i would take the tie and start to wear it.

and when i wore it, jeff loved every second of my wearing his tie. wilkes bashford screamed about it, but jeff advocated and gave it and did all of what he should do to make life better for others. yes, as mayor breed said, we are really going to miss jeff adachi, because i had a second relationship with jeff adachi. jeff adachi, had he not been a lawyer, had he not been so gifted, had the lord not decided that he should be that advocate, would have been a movie maker. he knew how i wanted to be an actor and i wanted to be a movie maker as well. we spent more time discussing movies and the content of movies and judging movies than we did anything else. i always wondered at some point,

jeff retired and if he'd become a movie maker, maybe i would get a role better than that, which francis ford coppola gave me in the "godfather" or others. that's how much i loved and interacted with and joked around with jeff adachi. every public event that i have ever given in this city, jeff adachi was always there, whether invited or not. [laughter] that's who jeff adachi -- that's who jeff adachi really was. and to tell you i'm going to miss him, i'm going to miss him just as much as everybody in this wonderful place will miss him. i remember so clearly and louise rainy was here, she would remember, too. when we were trying to redo city hall and it took them so lock to do that. jeff adachi wanted the public

defenders' office put in city hall. [laughter] he got a better deal on 7th street. but he really did -- he said you said everybody connected with city government would have a presence in city hall. i think the public defender should have a presence in city hall. and then jeff adachi came to me, with the bizarre idea, he said every dollar you give to the public -- to the district attorney's office, you've got to match that in the public defender's office. i thought about that for 30 seconds -- [applause] [ cheers ] that's how he got it out of me. he showed up with more people advocating on his behalf. and then he required me to come

out to the juvenile justice facility, to make sure that i understand how important it was for there to be equal resources on behalf of youngsters, who were in the system, because jeff wanted youngsters out of the system. and he wanted them never to return to the system. [applause] and that's the basis ... so now you understand why i always knew if there is ever an occasion -- ever an occasion when either dennis came after me or george came after me, i had my big brother jeff adachi. [applause]

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