it is time to open up our city. it is time to enjoy our lives after everything we have experienced to see not just the challenges we faced but the opportunities before us. to feel pride in what our city has done and can do. the first in the country to shut down. we saw one of the lowest death rates in the country and highest vaccination rates. we did that. san francisco did that. [applause]. now it is up to each of us to harness that pride, to be motivated to make important change and decisions in city hall to take action in our communities. to tell our stories. just the other day we got an e-mail from a visitor named brittany who had a lay over at sfo and wanted to explore san francisco. her friends told her san francisco is not a safe place for you. brittany said, girl, i am going to party in san francisco. she found out that her friends were wrong. she met two of our welcome ambassadors terrence and joel. she found out what the best cable car routes were to see lombard street. she was recommended to places to eat

the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and restarting our city. our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to

that's an issue for our city. we will continue with our gun violence reduction strategy, working with california partnership, identifying gun violence. that strange -- that strategy going well. we are fighting for funding to continue that work with the state of california and we hopefully will know early next month. i will keep the commissioner informed. we have 12 individuals who are receiving case management right now. we have made some adjustments with our department including adding lieutenant alejandro cortez to work with the director on getting candidates who are subject to being victims of or perpetrators of gun violence engaged in our public safety meetings where we offer services and support. that's a measure to try to prevent that next shooting from happening. we have had some success in the short time we've been doing this program in terms of reduction issue. we have a lot of work to do. we have more public safety meetings this year. more candidates that are officers. we like to see the candidates really

and our group leaves very quickly, we have a demining group in our territorial defense , it is still dangerous in the forests near the cityur houses. moreover, in the forest there are part of the trenches where the russians were, and in general, you cannot go down there because they can be mined. we are already in the territory that was 30% occupied. they found such things in coffee cups, gifts, children's toys, mined, a children's mug , there is a grenade, a children's playground, mines, that is, well, it's not soldiers, it's barbarians, it's children, like an ordinary child will take it and blow it up, yes, but they do it on purpose, and i think that it's crimes against crimes against humanity and against our ukrainians p oleksandr and what is the current situation with business, that is, do i know that well, of course, a lot of everything has been destroyed, but how are the shops working today, maybe some coffee shops, maybe some establishments and the provision of some kind of services, well, as of today, several restaurants have already opened in irpin, coffee shops are opening, several bank branches are open, large

we appreciate your work and your commitment to our city and our community. carmen chu. (applause). >> hello everybody. welcome to the san francisco city hall. i am the city administrator. i am so happy to be here to kickoff this wonderful event. i want to thank mayor breed for championing this event. i can't tell you about someone who talked about re-opening the city, re-energizing the city and who has spoken to me how it is we build bonds between the communities and help to heal divisions that we have seen in recent weeks but also through the course of our city history. i want to thank mayor breed for her commitment to our chinese elderly community, who she has had many, many conversations with with what we have seen in the community in recent years. i thank her for that. as we think about the coming theme about building bridges. there is no more important theme. i think about my young daughter about to turn three. a covid baby. she has not interacted with other kids. she goes to playground. the highlight is the kids, not the slide. what are those people, they look like

i love every inch of our city and i believe that every single one of us is here because we truly believe in our efforts to enhance and preserve our -- what we want to do for the youth and for investing in early education and celebrating the strong legacy in arts and culture. so we're all here i think with a common theme of our love for san francisco and i really appreciate this recognition. and someone said if actually we had an all-women group chat late at night inspired by ruth bader ginsburg who always stood strong and recommended to act virtuously, then our world would be a better place. so thank you again. >> thank you. and last but not least and she couldn't join us here today, i wanted to honor susie tompkins buhl. she's really been an extraordinary person in san francisco. a person who supports and uplifts and pushes women in office. she's supported programs like emerge. she is really when it comes to getting women elected. she does what's near and dear to her heart is the environment and making sure this is a better place we leave for our children. i'm proud of san francisco and

i want to thank supervisor mandelman for all your leadership on this item, and really pushing our city and working to address the homelessness crisis and especially creating the adequate shelter that is needed as part of that strict overall plan. so thank you, supervisor mandelman. the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair mar. thank you, colleagues, for considering this again. i would urge you to forward this legislation to full board with positive recommendation. i want to send just a real shout out of thanks to all the folks at rescue sf and small business community, neighborhood organizations citywide who have been pushing the city to take a more effective and proactive launch to encampments throughout the city. i think this need to be one of the highest priorities for the city at the time. but we got nowhere with this legislation a year ago. couldn't get it out of the budget committee. those pluckyed a voe t kas from the neighborhoods -- advocates continued to work on supervisors and did not give up. we now have legislation that i think the full board can support. i did not support

future - in mobile phones, this is what concerns the occupiers, a lot of equipment drives around our city and with the military of the russian federation. this is very annoying to the civilians of our city. as for the collaborators, well, how do they behave, well, it’s hard to say. well, because in our city, i see them on telegram channels on e-e television and city television that guests from the russian federation come there and e-e they communicate and offer e-e there are certain steps so that in the future it would be possible to join kherson oblast to the russian federation, so now they can offer well, i didn’t hear, i’m sorry, please suggest or at least in your opinion they can offer what you can’t offer this germany to the russian federation, this is what is being said now. well, if we are talking about the interaction of the occupiers with the collaborators, of course , we can fantasize here and there, guess what issues are being discussed there regarding loyalty to the adoption of certain decisions. well, in particular, the vice- the prime minister of russia, marat khumsulin, and

focused on rebuilding and reimagining our city. our guest is the director of financial justice in the san francisco office of treasure to talk about how the city has taken a national lead in this effort and how the program is comlishing the goals. welcome to the show. >> thanks so much for having me. >> thank you for being here. can we start by talking about the financial justice project in a broad sense. when did the initiative start and what is the intent? >> sure. it launched in 2016. since then we take a hard look at fines, fees, tickets, financial penalties hitting people with low incomes and especially people of color really hard. it is our job to assess and reform these fines and fees. >> do you have any comments for people financially stressed? >> yes. the financial justice project was started in response pop community outcry about the heavy toll of fines and fees. when people struggling face an unexpected penalty beyond ability to pay they face a bigger punishment than originally intended. a spiral of consequences set in. a

yes, our city is in for| quite a shift. trying to get to work sitting in traffic. moving cycling for people who choose to move to cycling is a small part of it. so 7% is the ten year ambition, so it's a slow hall, but we need to make that shift the public transport and getting people who need to use cars moving more efficiently. this people who need to use cars moving more efficiently.— more efficiently. this has caused a lot of division _ more efficiently. this has caused a lot of division locally, _ more efficiently. this has caused a lot of division locally, after - lot of division locally, after spending quite a lot of money already. do you actually expect this to work out? i already. do you actually expect this to work out?— to work out? i do - i think what has happened is — to work out? i do - i think what has happened is that — to work out? i do - i think what has happened is that we _ to work out? i do - i think what has happened is that we have _ to work out? i do - i think what has happened is that we have not - h

the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and restarting our city. our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to

it is very difficult for our city now, mr.oleksandr kobets, appointed by the russian occupiers, did you know him before, what kind of person is oleksandr kobets, i don't know, i know i met him on april 26 together with heads of communal enterprises when we were gathered in u on the second floor and the commandant of the russian federation of the kherson region, the military commandant, introduced the new head of our city, before that i didn't know oleksandr pops, do you understand why the choice fell on him? i don't know why the choice fell on him, well even they understand that this is probably not the case. and a candidate who is able to manage the city according to their vision has been good for several days, well, perhaps some news. i read similar ones in kherson very often before kherson is very often visited by guests from russia. i mean russian politicians, the vice-premier of russia was uh, the head of the next crimea was uh. tell me what they are doing there, i don't know what they are doing there. watching from uh, r

starting with our city attorney, dennis herrera. (applause). >> the man was city attorney forever. david chew is the new city attorney we know. dennis is the former city attorney. i keep forgetting. he is now director of the public utilities commission for san francisco. dennis herrera. [applause] >> general manager. now don't get mad at me, i am not coming back. madam mayor, you could not have made a better selection than matt dorsey for district 6 supervisor. unfortunately, it is true. i was around for 20 years, a long time. let me tell you, matt dorsey stood by my side for 14 of those years as spokesperson as city attorney's office. they asked me earlier. how does it feel to have matt dorsey being sworn in as supervisor. you know what? people have been benefiting from matt dorsey's service for close to 20 years. they just didn't know it. we have a tremendous family in the city attorney's office. city attorney david chew can attest to. we all work together. it was never just about the lawyers in the city attorney's office. the mayor alluded to the battle for mayor. i don't care i

therefore, it's resolved that the our city, our home oversight committee finds as follows, the state of california and the city remain in a state of emergency due to the covid-19 pandemic and the our city, our home over city committee has considered the circumstances of the state emergency. [reading] further resolves, that at least the next 30 days meetings of the oversight committee will continue to occur exclusively by teleconferencing technology and not by any in-person meetings or any other meetings with public access to the places where any policy body and member is present for the meetings, such meetings of the our city, our home over city committee that occur by teleconferencing technology will provide the members of public to address this body and occur in a manner that protects the statutory and constitutional rights of the parties and members of the public attending the meeting via teleconferencing. all right. further resolve that the secretary and the staff of the our city and our home is direct to the place of resolution substantially to a similar resolution on the agenda

i'm here on behalf of the city administrator to express our deepest thanks to director pawn. of the office of city administrator, we want to thank adrienne for her 13 years of public service. since 2009, when ocea was first conceived, adrian was at the helm. a great advocate as all of you know who understood the importance of serving out diverse communities. especially our immigrant communities who often face barriers to service and participation. through her leadership, we have seen the launch of successful programs like the pathways to citizenship program where close to 10,000 immigrants has been naturalized. dream sf that provides opportunities for young immigrants to engage and also the community ambassadors program that provides a supportive and safe presence of communities across our city. and, of course, a language access programs including direct translation for many of our city services. while this is adrian's third retirement, she has multiple careers before joining the city. we wish her all the best. she will not be going far, she will serve as the interim director

how we can win our games and our city — for you. can win our games and our city will play _ for you. how we can win our games and our city will play their - for you. how we can win our games and our city will play their games. i and our city will play their games. but before — and our city will play their games. but before they are played, i think and i'm _ but before they are played, i think and i'm sure cities is doing that. and by— and i'm sure cities is doing that. and by should be stopped. some big decisions have been made in vienna today about how the champions league will look from 202a. it will be bigger, with 36 rather than 32 teams involved and rather than seperate groups to decide who reaches the knockout stage, there will one single group. the europa league and europa conference league will also adopt the same format. jane they had to get this right and they've gone with this so called �*swiss system' it's going to look very different. we've known for a while that do it for wanted to expand the champions league and compe

month coming up in june these times during the year when we left up the culture and heritage of our city'serse community are extremely important for those communities themselves and their just as important for our entire city to boost our connection to the vital cultural communities that make san francisco such a vibrant and incredibly unique place in may through asian-pacific american heritage month we're celebrating the resiliency and diversity of our community who have been such an important part of the identity and fabric of san francisco since the beginnings of our city . and following the end of racially exclusionary immigration laws in 1960 the cities a api population began a period of steady growth over four decades and we represent one third of our city's population in all districts and neighborhoods. our api communities are diverse including filipino, japanese, indian, korean, thai, native hawaiian and pacific islander. for me a cambodian and many others as well and we all working families, immigrants, seniors, youth and students in diverse identities. given this diversity there

i'm here on behalf of the city administrator to express our deepest thanks to director pawn. behalf of the office of city administrator, we want to thank adrienne for her 13 years of public service. since 2009, when ocea was first conceived, adrian was at the helm. a great advocate as all of you know who understood the importance of serving out diverse communities. especially our immigrant communities who often face barriers to service and participation. through her leadership, we have seen the launch of successful programs like the pathways to citizenship program where close to 10,000 immigrants has been naturalized. dream sf that provides opportunities for young immigrants to engage and also the community ambassadors program that provides a supportive and safe presence of communities across our city. and, of course, a language access programs including direct translation for many of our city services. while this is adrian's third retirement, she has multiple careers before joining the city. we wish her all the best. she will not be going far, she will serve as the interim d

our system. enough is enough. it is time for the city to put our money where our mouth is and we've got a new superintendent and we've got a new school board, all kids are fully enrolled, back in the classroom, full-time. this is the missing piece that will get our public school system back on track. we are a world-class city, we are a rich city and if you looked at our school district you wouldn't know it. we are going to change that. we can change it, and we will. and i hope to gain the rest of your support for this measure during the legislative process and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you. (please stand by) >> all we have to look to is how it was utilized to redirect staffing during our crisis of covid, because so many of the individuals that were on our front lines were library workers and that fund is how much of that was paid for. also, so much of the reservation, the services and what we would call some of the most world-class major libraries in any major city have been promoted and advanced through this library preservatio

of fortifications around the city it is necessary to engage in planned tasks for the defense of our cityange engineering structures , to change the routes, and everything must be done so that the enemy does not even have the thought of returning to our city, yuriy. how do you see the strengthening of the city of those territories that can be liberated, consolidate, uh, what fortification structures can be it should be a wall until now or something. and why do you say that it is necessary? not everyone agrees with this. well, of course, these issues are taken care of by the military administration, e.e. , the city defense headquarters, and we as representatives public as representatives of combat units . as residents of the city, we are interested in speeding up this process. i know that the administration is developing the necessary plans for the city. by the way , the necessary structures have already been installed, but they must be moved outside the city. these actions are necessary. it is necessary that these actions take place. what are the remnants of our construction industry, the

is a complete system that should work with water drainage and this water went in a river through our city. unfortunately, it did only a disaster because our residents and the so-called organization of the dpr buried our killed people in a chaotic manner and the water washed away these graves, unfortunately, this is also a component of the problem. well, please comment on these days. the occupation authorities have offered so-called thrones. that is, they will carry journalists and show their achievements in mariupol, what happened there and how the ukrainian authorities think the murders will be staged , i.e. that it was the ukrainian authorities who destroyed and killed tens of thousands of people and our our authorities the ukrainian authorities have already called on foreign journalists not to participate in these spaces. do you know about this, mr. dmytrovych, and i and the pp are in this, and secondly, well, first of all, boychenko vadim serhiyovych, i heard him partially, not all, i should have interview and personally about this case i agree with him 100%. i was also a former med a

it is time to open up our city. lives after everything we have experienced to see not just the challenges we faced but the opportunities before us. to feel pride in what our city has done and can do. the first in the country to shut down. we saw one of the lowest death rates in the country and highest vaccination rates. we did that. san francisco did that. [applause]. now it is up to each of us to harness that pride, to be motivated to make important change and decisions in city hall to take action in our communities. to tell our stories. just the other day we got an e-mail from a visitor named brittany who had a lay over at sfo and wanted to explore san francisco. her friends told her san francisco is not a safe place for you. brittany said, girl, i am going to party in san francisco. she found out that her friends were wrong. she met two of our welcome ambassadors terrence and joel. she found out what the best cable car routes were to see lombard street. she was recommended to places to eat that were great san fran

our fingers crossed for izyum. thank you kostyantyn petrov, the secretary of the izyum city council, was our guest, and dmytro zamzyn, deputy, is already with us dmytro of the mariupol city council good day good day, we congratulate dmytro, the deputy mayor, the adviser to the mayor reports. i am sorry for mariupol. petro andryushchenko wrote in a telegram that the occupiers plan to hand over mariupol to the kadyrovs in order to intimidate and suppress the resistance . today, the occupiers brought three more deputies of the state duma to the city. holy lb.ua, this will be done to intimidate and suppress resistance, andryushchenko wrote in telegram, the quote is becoming clear little by little, part of the puzzle that the occupiers are planning to do with mariupol and who will be the conditional curator of the restoration, our sources in ivashchenko's circle are a collaborator appointed by russia as the mayor and reported a request from chechnya due to the fact that mariupol turned out to be too unfriendly and nationalist, therefore, in order to intimidate and suppress resistance, it is planned to give it to the kadi

you may also send your comments to our office in city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, room 204, san francisco, california, 94102. items acted on today are expected to appear on the may 2, 2022 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> chair mar: thank you. i'd like to make a motion to excuse supervisor haney. madam clerk, can you please call roll. >> clerk: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: and we do have a quorum. >> chair mar: great. thank you, madam clerk. can you please call item number 1? >> clerk: yes. item 1 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to require the police department to create a community policing plan, c.p.p., at each district police station, that among other strategies incorporates a foot and bike patrol deployment and also includes a community process for eliciting input, and to require the public posting of the c.p.p.s with a yearly update. members of the public who wish to make public comment, lineup by the curtains or if you are listening remotely, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2492-077-7440, then press pound

that's an issue for our city. we will continue with our gun violence reduction strategy, working with california partnership, identifying gun violence. that strange -- that strategy going well. we are fighting for funding to continue that work with the state of california and we hopefully will know early next month. i will keep the commissioner informed. we have 12 individuals who are receiving case management right now. we have made some adjustments with our department including adding lieutenant alejandro cortez to work with the director on getting candidates who are subject to being victims of or perpetrators of gun violence engaged in our public safety meetings where we offer services and support. that's a measure to try to prevent that next shooting from happening. we have had some success in the short time we've been doing this program in terms of reduction issue. we have a lot of work to do. we have more public safety meetings this year. more candidates that are officers. we like to see the candidates really

, to be here, to be out with all of you to say that we are back, we are here, we are taking back our citystate and it is so important that the one is love and pride and what -- i can't think of a better way than to kick off aapi heritage month than with this celebration to be with you altogether and to really celebrate 3 amazing honorees martin and robert honda and rudy, people who personify and really represent the best in our community but really i just want to thank the heritage month committee. i know that claudine, the whole team, board of directors, the committee has done an amazing job to put this event on but also we have an amazing slew of events for the next 30 days and to really come out and celebrate everything in our community and it's so important to do that for our community but also to make sure that we are joining arm and in arm for every community here in our city and here in our state and again, it's an honor to be here tonight. i want to congratulate you on this amazing event and i'm so glad to see all of you in person and not to have one more zoom celebration. it's gr

today we talked about the fact that we work not only for our cities.e work for those agglomerations that have formed around our cities. this large number of residents once again made sure that we really have a lot in common and a tremendous opportunity for joint work and those points of contact that were discussed. we found mutual understanding with our colleagues everywhere. we discussed, uh, issues that relate to the most diverse areas of activity, including industry. this is also light industry. issues of education health care culture and everywhere we see that we have a joint effort. can achieve a lot. a delegation from yekaterinburg visited the best belarusian enterprises assessed the fishing potential in minsk of an automobile plant holding belkommunmash and amkar advocacy for young engineers in the central regions appointed an hour of the regional tournament in robotics road in the future of the gymnasium of the city of dzerzhinsk in the sphere since march, young people are more than three years for the identification of light, high technology a

and i cannot say enough how much that means to compass, and our partners at the city, and in our non-profiting and actually every time that i walk into this building i'm struck with a sense of beauty and spaciousness and light. and the sense that anyone would love to live here. and everyone who walks through that door with a key in their hand is going to know that they matter to their city. they're going to know they belong to this neighborhood and to this community, and every parent most importantly is going to lay their head down at night knowing they can give their kids the stable, happy childhood which they deserve, which is really the foundation for stable, happy lives. so i am so grateful. compass is so grateful to our partners at the city, and to all of the extremely hard work that hsh has done in partnership with the city to acquire buildings like this and to bring projects like this online and to get families inside -- people and families. so, mayor breed, thank you so much for your remarks. and supervisor dorsey, it's wonderful to have everyone here and to lift up the potential an

focused on rebuilding and reimagining our city. onal lead in this effort and how the program is comlishing the goals. welcome to the show. >> thanks so much for having me. >> thank you for being here. can we start by talking about the financial justice project in a broad sense. when did the initiative start and what is the intent? >> sure. it launched in 2016. since then we take a hard look at fines, fees, tickets, financial penalties hitting people with low incomes and especially people of color really hard. it is our job to assess and reform these fines and fees. >> do you have any comments for people financially stressed? >> yes. the financial justice project was started in response pop community outcry about the heavy toll of fines and fees. when people struggling face an unexpected penalty beyond ability to pay they face a bigger punishment than originally intended. a spiral of consequences set in. a small problem grows bigger. for example the traffic ticket this is california are hundreds of dollars, most expensive in the nati

country of free people, victory behind us, ukrainian heroes never give up and stand as a mountain for our citiesasilnikov, for two days he fought off a continuous assault, saved people, saved equipment and did not let the enemy enter kharkiv from a civilian of the luhansk region, our citizens must suffer. this act brought him military honor. glory to the heroes. glory to ukraine. we are a nation of resourceful people, rainmakers are quite versatile people, they can do anything. we invent, we create highly maneuverable, high-speed buggies that can go anywhere. we make it work. somewhere in the copy i don’t carry the victory, but after that delicious battalion of inventors here our front continues the marathon of ukrainian tv channels the only news now on the air the information service of intera oleksandr vasylchenko greetings, we pray on most tv channels and on the internet, as well as on youtube , the broadcast is carried out with simultaneous translation in russian. in luhansk region, it was possible to resume the evacuation the day before from the north donetsk and popasnya districts, 17 peop

to be environmentally friendly, so that our city develops, and we want our residents and our young people to stay in the city. they came to our office to work, so, of course, we are also engaged in government clean air program, but we also implicitly understand that environmental issues are very important for us personally, as residents of our cities. in particular, nizhny tagil is a socially responsible business holding a member of three third parties. sverdlovsky agrees with his presence in the company takes a financial part in the construction of a bridge across the tagil pond and massive access roads to it is an extremely important infrastructure project and a kind of gift for the anniversary of nizhny tagil region acts as a partner of the regional authorities, which continues the centuries-old traditions of the land of industrialists and allows solving many social issues created 5 years ago by patrons of the heads of large companies von st. catherine purchased and donated the largest ambulance station in yekaterinburg dozens of new special vehicles, and the charitable forum catherine

a great city that for a little while people across united states weren't speaking so highly of our recovery and the way things were going. i said we can prove them wrong. we can show them that san francisco is strong. that it was important to the city and to us and that we had reached out to the mayor's office that morning and that she was cheering for you as well. one of your greatest cheerleaders today to celebrate you and congratulate you. welcome mayor breed. [applause]. >> mayor breed: well thank you so much. thank you everyone for your patience. it is great to welcome stuart hall here to city hall to celebrate your first ever state basketball championship. [applause] let me say that is something to celebrate. the reason why i was really excited to welcome you here to city hall is not just because you won the state championship. it is because i have a history with stuart hall. i see cheryl davis, who i am sure you all, well maybe not basketball players, the faculty remember cheryl davis and the work she did with stuart hall and the work i did at the african-american art and culture com

we know this is an important higher learning education institution in our city and we know how people feel about it. they love city college. they want us to work together to ensure the longevity of city college, and that's why making a decision like this to appoint a member of the board of trustees is a very challenging one. blending all the needs of what needs to occur was really important to me. so i am really pleased today. i'm actually over the moon excited today to announce that i have selected morel green to serve as the next member of the community college board of trustees. [applause] i have known him, but because he was part of the community i grew up in, and you just know people. you know them from school, you know them from hanging out at the cultural center, you just know them. there was always something very special about him because ultimately, what i appreciated about him was he was genuinely always a good person. he always made himself available to be supportive of people. despite the fact that he went to washington high school, i don't really hold that against him. we