there we go. watching oakland mayor kwan walk in the room was exciting. she walked in the room and had a beautiful red dress on and was a commanding presence, and that was exciting to see the new mayor of oakland walk into the room, and that reminds me of a sense of stability we are running towards finally so we will be ensured of who our interim mayor is going to i have been i us why maybe thousands of people -- interim mayor is going. i have been lost by thousands of people, are very excited about it, but mostly i felt agony about having to be in this

strange position to fill one again newsom was going to leave office, so i am glad to be close to finally getting the vote to select interim mayor. i want to thank all the people that their names forward as well, knowing what i huge responsibility it is. i have watched closely mayor gavin newsom and snow, she had to put up -- and i know how much he had to put a cliff in terms of dealing with city government and the difficult choices people have to make every day, and all those choices we make our made a tenfold, twentyfold in the

office of mayor. i do not envy anyone in the five opposition. certainly you have a lot of power, but the responsibility is a daunting one, so i want to thank anyone who puts their name out. ed harrington and met with a couple times. i do appreciate all your work, sheriff michael hennessey, and i want to apologize for how difficult that must have been for you last week. you were the one who was going to be appointed, but that did not happen, and i want to thank ed lee, who look that may be losing a lot of making a decision about running for -- who looked at navy losing a lot

--maybe losing a lot. he is going to be the person i thought was best for local hire ring carrier -- local hire ring. he understood city hall very well, and i was very excited about the asian american community having someone in the mayor's office, knowing the experience for chinese americans has not been a pleasant experience, and to have a leader like edwin lease is quite an accomplishment. i want to congratulate the asian american community for this incredible place we are at right now, and i look forward to many years of asian american leadership continuing in san

francisco. i plan to vote yes. supervisor kim: thank you, and let me also a joy in my colleagues in saying it is an honor, and i am very excited to serve. -- let me also join my colleagues in saying this is an honor and i am excited to surf. --serve. also in bringing more equity. i am also excited to support ed lee for interim mayor, and i want to support a previous board, including share of tennessee -- share of tennessee sher -- sheriff hennessey.

i have known ed along time. he spent 10 years as a managing attorney, and he was part of the litigation team that brought increased hiring and promotion for clennon, asian americans, latinos and -- for women, asian americans, and latinos. he also represented tenants in the first rent strike ever against the housing authority, which led to one of our strongest public housing organizations. he litigated the groundbreaking anti-eviction strategy. they are amazing leaders for our

community and a huge part of shifting the power of voices in san francisco superior -- in san francisco. i know i am listing many of the things we all have read about and know about ed, but i think it is historic in many ways to have him as the mayor. i met him when he was an organizer, and he was always responsive and respectful, and he took the job seriously. he very much wanted to connect public resources to a constituent superior to -- to constituents. i think it is nice to be part of a commission that is unanimous.

i think this agreement is good, and we are representing a lot of constituents, but i think it speaks volumes that we will all be supporting him today, and i want to end west with a q regionuote -- with a quote. i want to help not only our community but the disenfranchised in san francisco. i think it is important that we have a mayor that does that, and that it was never about his qualifications or questions about his credentials, and i think it is important to all of us about that was never in question. congratulations to our future

interim nature, and i am looking for to the vote. thank you very much. supervisor mar: i am looking forward to a unanimous vote. i look forward to further dialogue has demographics change and politics change with different forces, and i look forward to that continued dialogue. i feel tremendously proud to be part of this board of supervisors in 2011. we will be on the verge of having the first asian-pacific islander mayor in san francisco. i net ed 20 years ago, and i know him to be a person with a

tremendous schumer and a huge heart, -- humor and a huge heart. i also want to say i think he was the most experienced person placed before us, and i know that he will be a great mayor that is sensitive to our communities, and he really will consider those who struggle every day in our communities, and he will represent progressive values many of us share, but he will be on mayor for all of san francisco, and i want to say i feel it is a feedstock and we are making to select -- of a step and we are making to select him, and i will be among those holding him accountable with those pushing for a more issue main city.

-- on morris humaneness city -- a more humane city. >> today i continue to support ed lee, but i do want to say a special thanks to all the candidates who may or may not have been nominated. i think the candidates have spoken very eloquently. i want to thank his family. i want to say thank you for sharing a bed with us. -- sharing ed with us. for us to put the city, it is all of our responsibility to make sure we are working

collaborative fully, so whether you call yourself a moderate or progressive or in between, we have a responsibility to make sure ed is as successful as possible, so thank you for supporting him and thank you for his family and those who support hermann region -- support him. president chiu: i want to start by saying i appreciate the comments you have made, and i want to pledge to work to move us forward. i want to state that i do believe the majority of this board sure the same progressive values -- share the same progressive values, and i think there is a danger.

we have to realize it includes tolerance and acceptance, and we need to thing hard -- fink hard about how we characterize it. that being said, this is his day. i have said a lot about this man who is rooted in our community, who has a tremendous threat and depth of community experience. he is someone we should come together as a board and a city. i hope and ask we unanimously vote for him to be our next mayor.

unless there is any further discussion, i would like trust that you conduct an our role for edwin lee as the successor mayor. >> on the motion, supervisor farrell? [calling votes] there are 11 ayes. the motion is approved. [applause]

>> i want to congratulate san francisco for this amazing moment, and it is my honor to invite edwin leave to join me to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you very much. i recognize the importance of this vote, and i understand what you have been going through. this has not been an easy

decision, but it is a decision i made. i know i can help run this city well. i want to thank you in giving me this extraordinary opportunity on behalf of me and my family and asian community and also all of san francisco. i want to serve the promise and i can make, that i will work with each of you to make sure that our constituents are well- served, that as the doors remain open, and we respect each other and will talk with each other consistently about the goals of the city, and we could not allow you to have the only fund in this area, but i make a similar promise of the doors are open to

everybody. thank you very much for this opportunity. [applause] at this time, if i could ask the members of the audience if you can please be seated. i am going to move that we reset the meeting and conduct this in the rotunda. we will then return to our regular business after this historic moment.

i suspect -- i asked that we come back now after 15 minister -- minutes. we will escort the mayor selects through this door, and i would like to ask if you can join us. if you will stand by the side of our judge, i would appreciate it. if we could have a motion to recess, and we shall recess for now.

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>> on behalf of the newly designated mayor of san francisco, i welcome each and

every one of you. it was just about five minutes ago that david chiu sees it to be the mayor -- ceased to be the mayor. the active mayor for about 27 hours wallace the president of -- was the president of the board of supervisors. we thank you for your service. next to him is the senior member of the board of supervisors, the

man who nominated john elsbernd. [applause] then not necessarily in alphabetical order, supervisor john avalos, supervisor david campos, supervisor carmen chiu, supervisor malia cohen, supervisor mirkarimi, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, and supervisors got wiener -- supervisor scott leonor -- wiener. a number of your friends thought

it appropriate to reach out to cover the span of mayors over the last fifth leaders, a small fraternity who you are about to join. leading that is lieutenant governor, who will brain some remarks. it was the man who served as a supervisor and whom the voters rewarded by making him lieutenant governor, and he was received by his colleagues at one minute after 1:00, when his tenure was evicted, and he gave

an accounting of himself and the time he has been mayor, and now, welcome to the new mayor, gavin newsom. >> sit down those that have seats. let me welcome each of you for taking the time to be there. it is good to be here, and it is a wonderful occasion, and the people that need to be thanked the most are the people of california, because i would not have been lieutenant governor, and there would not have been a vacancy. i am honored that people have taken it upon themselves to

allow for this opportunity and celebrate this milestone in the history of our city and this nation. your it is a remarkable thing what just happened. not that many months ago we stood on the steps of city hall in recounting her behalf of our cities richard -- our path on behalf of the city . here we are celebrating the first chinese-american mayor in our great city. it is a remarkable thing and a very proud dana. -- thing.

i spoke a little bit about this yesterday, but it is important set this reminds everybody this is the birthplace of the united nations. this is a city of remarkable diversity. we do not just tolerated. we celebrate it. that is a spirit of what makes sense and cisco a special place in the hearts and minds of people -- that makes san francisco a special place in the hearts and minds of people. mayor lee, here is my advice. you have a year, figure out what you want to accomplish. you were put in this position by the people to my right, but the people of san francisco are the

people counting on you. [applause] do what you think is right, and remember that as important and impressive as this did not -- as this is, there are hundreds of thousands of people who require your attention and leadership. always remember the people outside are the people we also need to represent. remember that just because you disagree with the other side does not mean something is going wrong. that is part of the process. you are going to have a difficult time with the budget, a difficult time processing the

new police chief and the reality is taking place and how they manifest in our county, but always remember to do what you think is right. people like me come and go puree your you are given a moment in time. there is no having made it a success. the mayor is not a place or a definition. it is a direction, and i encourage you to keep the city moving in that direction, and i look forward to the extraordinary work continuing that you have done, a person that has always been people-