emerald hills was close, and it promised great care. to be able to spend more time with joan, they moved her. but some of the staff didn't think emerald hills could take care of joan. >> she should never have came. >> thompson: you don't think she should have been admitted to your facility? >> uh-uh. >> thompson: where do you think she should have gone? >> skilled nursing. >> thompson: why? >> she couldn't walk. she couldn't feed herself. she barely even talked to us. and her health wasn't that good. and we told them she needs to go to skilled. >> thompson: so you told the boss, "joan boyce needs to go to a skilled nursing home." >> yeah. >> thompson: what happened? >> they said, "we can take care of their needs. she doesn't need to move." >> thompson: eric boice's father spent part of every day with his wife. he began to worry that she wasn't getting the care she needed. he told his son. >> my dad said, "hey, you know, they're not treating mom well." and most of it i dismissed. i wanted to believe that that couldn't be happening. there

to make a donation so that the people of san francisco, particularly those in rincon hill, will be able to enjoy emerald park 7 days a week forever with absolutely no cost to the city or to the people of san francisco. speaking for me as well as peter who couldn't make it today, this gift gives us an enormous amount of pleasure. i am also speaking as i rarely do for my wonderful wife, dr. rio, who is an equal donor with me. over the last 38 years, san francisco has been incredible to us and it is truly marvelous to pay back a little bit of our debt. we love the city and are so honored to be able to help in this small way. thank you. (applause) >> thank you. and now it is my pleasure to welcome to the podium rosemary cameron the founding president of the board of the san francisco parks alliance. rosemary has pep her entire career in the public sector working in a regional and municipal parks and recreation, city management, legislative affairs, and communication. she continues to consult on marketing, branding, communication, social media, and fund-raising. rosemary has served as the president of the bo