derek parker set the vision of every room with a window. whether it is one of you who voted for this, or one of our wonderful residents who has been a volunteer here. all of you had a role in creating that facility we are so proud of. with that, i would like to bring out the mayo -- the mayor of san francisco. give him a round of applause, because he deserves it. [applause] for the last seven years, he has been a steward of this city, helping us to overcome many of the challenges that we have faced, as you will hear throughout the program. part of what makes today so sweet is it was not easy to get here. it was really hard. there were a lot of bumps on the road to this fantastic moment, many things we could not have anticipated, many things we did not know. throughout it, the mayor has always supported it, help us to solve the problems we face. i think the biggest part of the to be to him is the fact that this is the first leed building -- the environmental certification -- the first leed hospital in california to be built. i think that rea

derek parker set the vision of every room with a window. whether it is one of you who voted for this, or one of our wonderful residents who has been a volunteer here. all of you had a role in creating that facility we are so proud of. with that, i would like to bring out the mayo -- the mayor of san francisco. give him a round of applause, because he deserves it.

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congresswoman lynn woolsey, , tim gonzales, derek figures, ann hoffmann, richard parker, kim parker werehelped us to narrow to the top five that a were put that ada website for the world to vote on. your votes have spoken. the winner of the $500 savings bond is joy ellison, recent graduates of college. she askehas just come back from working for peace in the middle east. i will read her essay briefly. its online. if martin luther king jr. could visit our country this month, he with the nation much change and yet much the same. imagine king catching a bus in downtown montgomery. perhaps he would select a seat in the front next to someone tired from a long day's work for little pay. through the bus window he might see dilapidated schools and foreclosed houses. if he were to open up a newspaper, he would read of another war with no end in sight. if king returned to this country upsweep promise and bitter disappointments, he would once again take up the struggle of the poor. he would organize against the upheaval's of racism, militarism, and property. he would invite us to join him. in the 4