Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I rise to pay tribute to the passing of a man whose legacy to San Francisco is a great one. I rise to pay tribute to the life and legacy of Warren Hellman, a community leader, a San Francisco legend, and an American success story. Sadly, Warren passed away on December 18, surrounded by his loving family. That was the way he lived, surrounded by his loving family. Warren was a tremendously successful businessman. And it was his business acumen that allowed him to pursue his true fashion, philanthropy. He was a Renaissance man. That's how his daughter described him, and that's how we all saw him. With his deep generosity, intellectual curiosity, and his visionary dynamism, he changed the face of San Francisco. His legacy will live on through his contributions to education, to music, to civic life, and to the memory we all happily have of him being such a modest athlete, something he took great pride in. {time} 1650 When Warren Hellman saw an opportunity to enrich our city, he acted upon it. He strengthened and beautified Golden Gate Park. He worked to end homelessness. He supported the San Francisco Free Clinic, many of those people availing themselves of the services there being homeless. Concerned about dwindling local news coverage in the Internet age, he helped form the Bay Citizen online journalism site. Warren served on the board of Mills College and the University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business.…”