Morris Kite was the chairman. I remember the first meeting of that committee, out in an abandoned Victorian mansion that was the first location of the Gay Community Services Center in Los Angeles, which Morris helped to found.

I've been a member of the Judiciary Committee for 20 years, and chairman for 12 years. This is the first time that we've ever had a letter or any type of direct report from a member of the Supreme Court regarding misconduct taking place at the Supreme Court. It's extraordinary.

This is the first meeting of the [committee] that was put together, ... Truly, until we had the federal grant in place, there was really no real purpose of meeting.

At our first meeting I remember when someone said, 'It would be great if the Lahti Orchestra would do recordings that would get international reviews,' and everyone started to laugh.

This meeting is especially important as the committee had not met since 1987.

I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.