dennis herrera. it was an honor to work with him side by side. please welcome to your city attorney dennis herrera. [ applause and cheers ] >> happy pride! >> thank you, kate kendall. and mayor lee. who i'm sure arranged for the great weather going to have this weekend, right? >> whoo! >> what a wonderful day. you know, i was -- i had justice stewart and now judge chabria who are here today in my office remembering where we were 11 years ago. and about the challenges that we knew we were going to face as we began this battle alongside mayor gavin newson. and we have stood on these steps many times over the course of those 11 years. we have had a lot of ups. we have had some downs. but all of us collectively never, ever wavered in doing what was right. and as i think back -- [ applause ] > -- we have uttered the words many times in this building about the ark of history bends toward justice. today it came to fruition. >> whoo! [ applause ] >> and think we need to call special recognition to the plaintiffs and our good friend mary for her tremendous leadership and work at the united states supreme court. [ applause ] >> but what we saw today was a culminatio