and i also would like to thank the wives of george masconi and mayor ed lee.servant, mayor ed lee. can we please take a moment of silence to honor him. [moment of silence] thank you. i know that we are also joined by so many mayors from all around the country and the united states and here in california. thank you for being here. our state delegation, i know that assemblyman david chu is here and so many amazing people as well as the members of my family. thank you all for being here. [applause] my mother, priscilla, is here. my sisters, hattie and camellia. my brother, paul, is here and my niece evan. and my aunt linda and my uncle chuck are here. and my grandmother's sister, aunt lavinia is here. and a special shout out to my niece lapricia who has been a rock throughout this campaign. [applause] i grew up just a few blocks from here as many of you know, but a world away. a young african american girl in public housing. my grandmother as you know raised me and my brothers and her daughter, my aunt mickey, in public housing on $900 a month. the world seemed d

mayor mark ferrell and i also would like to thank the wives of george masconi and mayor ed lee.ublic servant, mayor ed lee. can we please take a moment of silence to honor him? thank you. i know we are alsone mayors fro country and the united states. and here in california. thank you for being here. our state delegation, i know assemblyman daniel chu is here. so many members and members of my family. thank you all for being here. my mother, priscilla is here. my sisters, haddadi and camilla. my brother paul is here. my niece heave here. my grandmother's sister, my aunt is here and i want to send a special shout out to my niece who's been a rom throughout this campaign. i grew up just a few blocks from here as many of you know but a world away. a young, african-american girl in public housing, my grandmother as you know raised me and my brothers. and her mickey in public housing on $900 a month. the world seemed destined me for drugs or motherhood and teenage motherhood, jail or even a violent death because of the gun violence that had ravaged our community. but my community, thi