wine. [laughter] we are chefs, not public speakers. we worked very hard tonight to create this great meal, and we are on the ground floor. there are other great chefs. at the same time, we're celebrating and honoring the heritage. i hope that you continue to celebrate this event. i promised backstage i would make this speech short so that you all who are hungry can go up and have your meals. thank you all. [applause] >> you did good!

that was not so bad. wasn't he great? nothing to be nervous about. [applause] chris, you are preaching to the choir. the key to all of the chefs tonight, making this a success. thank you. [applause] >> i forgot something. of it like to toast the mayor, happy birthday, mayor. i am sorry, mayor, i'd drink before you, backstage. >> how old are you? i met at how young. we also want to congratulate joe, so please show your congratulations to her, and all of the participating restaurants, and enjoy the sample food tonight. [applause] and i think we can what welet yu

go. at the end of tonight's ceremony, please proceed upstairs to the green room. please be sure to get a ticket from the usher as you leave because it is your ticket to enter. also, please hang on to the ticket because many of the restaurants you will be sampling food from tonight are offering a 10% discount when you show that ticket at their restaurant. but don't move yet, because the tickets will not be passed out and the doors to the green room will not be open until our program here has finished. and good news, we are about halfway through. [laughter] only another hour and a half ago. keating, kidding. time now for the grand finale. for that, i'd like to turn this over to rose. >> it is a pleasure to

coordinate this sekhmet so that you may enjoy a rich cultural elegance of our various asian communities. please at applaud them. let's give them a warm welcome. ♪ >> ♪ somewhere over the rainbow way up high there's a dream that you dream of once in a lullabye oh, somewhere

over the rainbow bluebirds fly and a dream that you dream of dreams really do come true ooh, some day i wish upon a star wake up where the clouds are far behind me where trouble melts like lemon drops high above the chimney top that is where you will find me somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly and the dream

that you dare to oh, why, oh, why acn'can't i? i see trees of green red roses, too all watch them grow for me and you when i think to myself what a wonderful world well, i see skies of blue and i see clouds of white and the brightness of being and i think to myself got a wonderful world - what a wonderful world

the colors of the rainbow so pretty and the sky the faces of peacople going by how do you do? i love you i hear babies cry and i watch them grow they'll learn much more than we'll know and i think to myself what a wonderful world world someday i wish upon a star with up where the clouds are far behind me where trouble melts like lemon drops high above the chimney top

that is where you'll find me somewhere over the rainbow bluebirsds fly and the dream that you dare to oh, why, oh, why can't i? well, i see trees of green and red roses, too i will watch them bloom for me and knew and i think to myself at what a wonderful world well, i see skies of blue and i see clouds of white

and the brightness of being i like the dark and i think to myself what the wonderful world the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky also wrote the people passing by i see friends shaking hands saying, how do you do? i, i love you i hear babies cry and i watch them grow they will learn much more than we will know it and i think to myself what a wonderful world

world sunday i wish upon a star with up where the clouds are five behind mare behind me or trouble mislike lemon drops high above the chimney top that is where you'll find me ♪ >> thank you so much to the cultural procession community. we are glad that we got together yesterday to reverse this. at this time, with like to invite the mayor and the first lady to the stage. [applause] we will ask you to stand center stage.

mayor lee. mayor lee, we have a surprise for you. and i'm going to ask you to lead us. >> ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday, mayor lee happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ [applause] >> we would like to thank -- ed, please make a wish in blowout the candles -- and blow out the

candles. [laughter] [applause] we would like to thank peter of the california culinary academy, a person here to say a few words about this beautiful cake. >> thank the. mr. mayor, on behalf of the california culinary academy, where like to wish you a happy birthday. this is made and designed by our very own pastry chefs. chefs, please come out. and one of his many students. this cake is totally edible. and we made enough that it will be able to serve 500, if the

mayor cuts small little pieces. [laughter] any way, happy birthday. >> thank you very much! wonderful! >> whoo, happy birthday to mayor ed lee! we have a party in the house! thank you. and we are all going to get to have a piece. thank you. we're going to remove the cake so that it can be cut and you

could each have a piece. meanwhile, we will have the finale, and we ask everybody to stand up and dance, ok? we would like to ask the elected officials, the dignitaries, commissioners, come up to the stage! we're going to ask the mayor to stay on the stage so we can watch him boogie. everyone, come on up. hi, dean, , not. all right, party in the house! come up! ♪

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[applause] >> great. whoo! ok, , like to ask our cultural profession folks to gather around the mayor for a group photo. please gather around, thank you. and we need to back up a little bit, thank you. all right. is the mayor a great dancer or what? we need to get him to boogie down at his campaign. a reminder, pick up your ticket, please, as you had upstairs to the green room, at the reception, and i will see you at 7:00 p.m. weeknights on channel 5.

have a great time tonight. thank you. enjoy, mental, eat. -- enjoy, mingle, eat. çççç>> want to welcome you . of course, we have former mayor willie brown joining us. we have former supervisor sophie maxwell here as well. we have charlotte, a protocol officer. we have all the members of our board of supervisors, our current board. we have naomi's . harlon, kelly, the kids are here. naomi's mom is here bang today.

thank you for being here as well. mrs. lee is here. [laughter] >> yeah. >> of all, today has been a very active day of the just wonderful announcements, of decisions being made that really reflected the values of the city. i have another one that reflects the value of this city, someone that i have spent privileged to work with for so many years, one began her career as a special assistant, worked her way up as the purchaser, director of purchasing. before that, one of the most difficult task, kind of reminds me of my dpw day is, she had a difficult task of being the director of the taxicab administration. [laughter] so she has earned some strides

there. going on to director of purchasing and becoming deputy city administrator. most recently, and acting city administrator. and now my nominee for city administrator for the next five years, naomi lelly. -- kellyl. [cheers and applause] ayman >> to first and foremost to thank her family who have been part of her life. throughout this time, she even raised a family and keep harlon and kelly out of trouble. [laughter] but also, i want to especially thank the whole board of supervisors for just now voting unanimously to confirm her appointment. [ears and applause --years and

applause] they have seen in her the leadership, integrity, putting forth that verse communities of san francisco first, all the time, making good decisions, working in our communities to lift up everybody and to find those rays of hope. she has never been about herself. she has been about everybody else. whether it has been her family or helping several layers of, including me, adopt the right engine thct or keeping is very focused on what we need to do to make sure the city is administered well, she has been in there and she has done that. she is extremely qualified for this job. and she is one that i have interested for some time now to help me get out those jobs for

people who are struggling, to find those business opportunities, people who did not have those opportunities, to focus on a community that had raised their voice to ask for help from this city for so many decades. she has been there. she has been there is part of the city family, but she has also been there as our own advocate, advocating for people to be a part of the city in some anyways. and it has been difficult. it is the one we recognized during the month of february, black history month. it is appropriate at this time. and it is also appropriate that we recognize her appointment as part of a history of new appointments. because it is not lost on us that during the month that we celebrate black history, not only the history, but we celebrate soç much of opportuny that we haveçç in it the cityo

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