Lady is mrs. Hamilton. Please come up. [applause] she is a tireless woman at the engle Side Community center and church on ocean avenue. For 16 years, not one year, 2 years, but 16 years, she has worked tirelessly every day to help the center through the programs the city provides. And things like the food pantry. By the way, the food pantry is, i think, the biggest in our district serving several hundred people every week. It was 72 percent and while the numbers have dwenled the African Community is still numerous in lake view and those who serve the community very well and serving young and serving seniors at the it book man center and so this year, the lake view hall of fame will be taking place on june 16th and it is a friday night, and usually at the espanol, and it is always a really great lively event and we have had over the years, great mc, like tyler and renela from the giants and we hope to have a strong event this year as well but i just want to say thank you for helping to
And quite a few names popped up. But there were two that floated to the top. And so if you would let me indulge, i will be honoring two people. One of them will be honoring mrs. Adams was part of it. Im just going to read a quick statement. So colleagues, my first honory today is to remember and celebrate the wonderful lady dorthy adams. I know you have heard this story before but its important for my office to tell this story to a broader audience because of what she did in the community. She passed away in january. Dorothy and her husband are in this they had to break into their own home. There was discretion against black home owners. So you wonder whats the impact here. Ill tell you later. But dorothy was never a timid woman. She had already broken one barrier. She was also a model for macys, she was a dancer, in the San Francisco World Magazine and the San Francisco black Police Officer. Dorothy and her husband found the perfect home for her and her two children. When they found t
Father, originally from the island of Saint Vincent who was himself an important leader in the Mission District for many years. He was also a nonprofit leader, an activist and a journalist and founded the first spanish newspaper in california. Xh is pretty incredible that he has followed in his fathers footsteps and it is an honor for me and beautiful for me to recognize these two generations of Mission Activism with ricardo and his father. On behalf of district nine, on behalf of the mission thank you for all that you do. And for your wonderful spirit, and for your ability to help people heal, for your ability to help the people thrive and for always thinking of others, finally, and i wanted to go back and note that congratulations are in order to ricardo and his husband, hernandez and they recently married and in fact that i think that you are newlyweds two months ago and they married after being together for 23 years. So congratulations. And it is truly an honor for us to count you