mayer brown and dennis herrera, are leading that effort. as the future ex-mayor, perhaps i can be committed to that effort, to go out there and to seek to reach, not only within the san francisco community but throughout the bay area and state, nation, and for that matter, around the world, to raise the millions of dollars that need to be raised by the foundation to put it on more permit financial footing. so the purpose of the day was to celebrate the work that has been done and the case that there is a lot of work that needs to continue to be done and we have the right people to do it. i will close by thanking those who are about to come up and speak, for their remarkable leadership and commitment. thank you, dennis herrera, ben rosenfield, steve cava, carmen chu, and notably, willie brown. >> thank you, mr. mayor. our next speaker will be the city attorney, deninis herrera. >> thank you, jay. i thought it was notable to thank the mayor. he will be going to the lieutenant governor's office. i think it is notable that mayor newsom said he

performer dennis brown and lydia tyson will perform in just a moment.rom the virgin islands. i'm from st. thomas. you can get this year round, even for the carnival coming up in april. >> i love the carnival. >> we feature our fresh catch of the day, a local kingfish, served with funji. >> what is funji. >> known here as palenta. >> we're hungry. >> get right into the bowl, all right? we'll finish this off with one of our signature spirits that i do. it's a sugarcane spritzer. >> we've got to get to the performance because we only have a minute left, right? thank you so much, chef. all right, you guys, take it away. >> come on, let's watch your thing. do it. ♪ ♪ >> tomorrow funny man kevin nealon will be with us. >> and how to get a better body! see you tomorrow! honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, th

my name is dennis brown. as president, i am pleased to welcome you to the angel ingram symposium. ingram symposium is part dedicate to the founder. judge ingram not only exemplified the values of our and such as professionalism, service and collegiality, as was stability but served as a mentor to many of us, myself included. in fact, i had a great honor of serving as a judicial extern to him many, many years ago when i was in law school. i learned more, i often said i learned more in the summer about being a lawyer that i did in my entire tenure in law school. he was a great influence on me and on many, many others. now, before we can start i would like to thank our cosponsors in this event, the palo alto bar association and also our host, santa clara university school of law. which is as many of you know celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, so it is quite a milestone. now a couple of quick housekeeping notes. cards are being passed out so that you can write questions and direct them to the panelists. what we would like for you to do is write your questions out and pass the

i wanted to spend a few moments in joining mayor willie brown and mayor frank jordan with our chief of police, our city attorney, dennis, so many friends here, and members of our board of supervisors, to just register my appreciation for the san francisco general hospital foundation and the great work you are doing in joining our hospitals mission. for all of you who are here today to make that effort real with your donations and support, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart, that you believe that the san francisco general hospital is truly in need the heart of the city and county of san francisco. thank you very much for being here today. [applause] i mean that in so many ways. the hospital is available to everybody. every community of this great city. it has a trauma center. how many other centers -- cities have its own trauma center? a trauma center that is world famous, that gets the job done and saves lives. it is the only hospital in san francisco with 24-hour psychia [applause] something that i will possibly in roll in after this year. [laughter] over 100,000 patients get through the doors of the gene