wearing a number of different hats, but two in fatigue killer as general counsel for san francisco lawyers association as well as the immediate, past, president, -- past, present, and current trustee for the mexican museum. aside from all the wonderful qualifications of already been put on the table, leroy king has been a longtime civil rights advocate across the country and is highly respected by members of the latino community, and a neutral good friend of ours is delores huerta, and we have what many picket lines as well as an advocate for people of color. i want to highlight two projects that commissioner came -- commissioner king has been very supportive of. from the inception of the idea of the mexican development, he has been a strong advocate, and we have moved the project forward. the other important component is the south of market yerba buena gardens redevelopment area, and he has been very supportive of the filipino community, and there is still some work to be done in the filipino community, which is the largest ethnic minority in south of market, and he is there for that community, and w

association of san francisco. arturo is one of the top trial lawyers in the nation and he's a partner at morrison forester. we've had the pleasure of working with the bar association for -- over the past 20 years to provide services to people who can't afford lawyers when the public defender is not available and so we're very pleased to have arturo here on behalf of the bar association. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. three days ago in one of the most closely watched supreme court cases this term, graham versus florida, the united states superior court forbid the sentences of a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide crime. they found such a sentence is consistent with basic principles of decency. i'm proud to say that my firm was co-counsel for the juvenile in this case and wrote the brief for the juvenile in the court. this decision gives our clients, terrance graham, who had received the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. the bad acts he committed as a teenager are not representative of his true character and gives him some realistic opportunit