With us tonight is mike presidency dio of the center for arts and culture. Prior to joining fort mason he was an nonprofit sf heritage in opened up the directors efficacy of the los angeles conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because his preservation work in los angeles is the subject of tonights talk in here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us mike. Mike. Welcome and theyll hand the microphone over to you. Thank you so much frances. Such a pleasure to be here tonight with my two longtime friends and colleagues Ken Bernstein and Stephen Schafer to talk about their stunning new book preserving los angeles how preserving historical cities can transform americas cities published by angel city press. Dare i say this book is a monumentalda achievement in the preservation field. Ken has devoted his career h to enhancing the heritage of los angeles and when i joined in 2006 i had big shoes to fill. Ken had just lef
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