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symphony hall, the restoration of the opera house, and, of course, the city hall, may gift -- helping mayer brownh that a bit -- helping mayor brown. it was said that the only thing that was not done when these buildings were built is the memorial for veterans because we ran out of money. have you all heard about that before? what happened is that writing in not on a carriage but on a charger was mike and wilkes little group because they came in leading the charge to raise the money for this memorial, so they are certainly to be commended. and then to go out and get their army of people for money and, most particularly [no audio] and by the way, happy birthday, steve. it is his birthday today. [applause] it is a great honor to know that that memorial that will be here and this horseshoe drive will put its arms around a wonderful memorial for veterans who i know that we respect so much and admire so much, and this is a long-awaited, and we are so happy to be part of it. so, may i present my veterans, my marine, my secretary, george shultz. [applause] >> i want to second of all of the banks that ch

we began in 1998 with mayer brown's ocean beach task force, which was a very large body of local, stateal agencies, community members, environmental groups, community groups, and we met for f part of what is the most proud of from that effort is creating the difference stakeholders and starting to create what i feel is a good foundation for the amazing and cooperative effort that we see today with all of our civic leaders. mayor newsom appointed the ocean beach vision council in 2007 where we continued the conversation. then in a 2009-2010, we started the spur process. i had the privilege of co- chairing the advisory committee with amy meyer,h leader, a community leader for tgnra. each of these councils still fund the work of the former, and countless individuals and organizations submitted so much time and vision, and that has been an amazing process to be a part of. i want to thankd our civic leaders that are here today for the amazing cooperation, a vision, energy, a commitment, and support towards this process. it has been an amazing privilege to work tospur and have that opera to -

mayer brown came and spoke to the young people, along with the district attorney. we do that on wednesday. you are all certainly invited to attend. it also has the lgbt use workgroup. we also have the lgbt fate work group, which works on problems between the faith communities and the lgbt issues. we have a housing group, and a group dealing with potential homophobia in communities of color. and also the racial potential in the castro itself. we also have a bisexual working group as well. in addition, we overseas sanctuary city and we have had one complaint so far and we are doing out reached into the community. we had very high profile events in the community. we now have a full-time working group operating on its own to follow these issues. reduced barriers for persons with price or arrests and convictions. we are in the process of looking at various possibilities with the bri entry council and how we can deal with this discrimination. youth the sensitivity and cultural training and lgbt bullying. the youth commission and the department of public health will be di

we began in 1998 with mayer brown's ocean beach task force, which was a very large body of local, statencies, community members, environmental groups, community groups, and we met for f part of what is the most proud of from that effort is creating the difference stakeholders and starting to create what i feel is a good foundation for the amazing and cooperative effort that we see today with all of our civic leaders. mayor newsom appointed the ocean beach vision council in 2007 where we continued the conversation. then in a 2009-2010, we started the spur process.