He was a very passionate about fighting racism, he was very passionate about fighting injustice, and he was also very inspired by the recent move of supervisors to shut down juvenile hall. And i ask in his honor to continue that you fight that. Mass incarceration has one of the massive one of the massive impacts it has on our communities is a culture of violence. And thousands of people rotating in and out of the state penitentiaries with intense ptsd , and without the support to be able to pay rent and buy groceries, and with the potential of their ptsd, just like military veterans, exploding all over again. We are seeing the impact of this and his honor, i want to thank the board of supervisors and San Francisco, and i ask you to honor his legacy by continuing to fight racism and continue to fight for Economic Justice and by dismantling mass incarceration. Thank you very much. Thank you. Im sorry for your loss. Good afternoon. Im his mom, and i just want to say thank you for taking t
San francisco and reroute it to green spaces, work that continues today thanks to the momentum he built and i actually served on that same board of directors when it was first formed in the 1980s. By every account, including my own, he was a mentor and a friend to countless colleagues in the financial social justice and environmental fields. Earlier this year, his lifes work was honored with a dedication of the phil arnold trail in Golden Gate Park in february named in his honor. The trail maya goes through livk trees in the Northeast Corner of the park providing the type of respite from urban life that phil was so intent on preserving for fellow san franciscans. He married his wife of 33 years who i used to fondly and sometimes not so fondly refer to as the 12th member of the San Francisco board of supervisors many of the former deputy city controller monique in 1986 in addition to monique, and our hearts go out to her, he is survived by his sons, brother steve, nieces, christina and
I would like to say to the family and friends of him who were able to join us here today, that i stand heartbroken with you and the in explicable loss of your son, your brother, your friend, and i want to express my deepest condolences for your loss. President geet will suspend our rules for a minute just for the family to say if you words. Please come on up to the microphone here. Good afternoon. Thank you for this beautiful honor. I worked with luis in oakland and im also a san franciscan, but it was a great honor to work with him. He was a beautiful man. I also have the great honor of watching him grow up in knowing him since he was a baby. He was a very passionate about fighting racism, he was very passionate about fighting injustice, and he was also very inspired by the recent move of supervisors to shut down juvenile hall. And i ask in his honor to continue that you fight that. Mass incarceration has one of the massive one of the massive impacts it has on our communities is a cul