To be honored now with a Navy ship showed how much things have changed, he said. Stuart Milk was speaking at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, where the ship is being built. He was joined by NASSCO representatives and San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, State Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assemblyman Todd Gloria, and San Diego City Councilman Chris Cate. The future John Lewis, named for the civil rights leader and congressman, also is being built at NASSCO San Diego. “This would have been un-dreamable for people back in 1978.”Dyer writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 14, 2019 19:07 UTC