San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer addressed the Group of 12 & Friends at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute on Feb. 4, 2015. Founded by Reena Horowitz and Doreen Schonbrun, the Group of 12 & Friends meets monthly at the institute in La Jolla for fun, fellowship, information and discussion about science, medicine, the arts, psychology, and cutting-edge discoveries and technologies. Each month, a prominent speaker addresses the Group with a dissertation on a subject of interest.