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tv   Mayors Press Availability  SFGTV  December 2, 2016 6:30am-7:01am PST

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yeah. >> city and county of san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> good morning fellow san franciscans thank you for coming to our asian pacific islanders this morning you know i've felt this past week with all of the thousand of young people that have come to city hall and marched in their way coming out of school with all the families and adults who marched to tie in how city streets expressing their frustration their anger, and more importantly their fear of what will happen and it caused me to think a lot
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about who we are as a city and we want to thank every single one of our elected and appointed officials stand behind me along with the gay men's chorus to have a session of unity with all of you that care death penalty about our city of san francisco and about state of california and our country we will always be san francisco. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> the san francisco that draw me and drew you to come here to work here, to live here and on many occasions to sacrifice in order to have a more diverse life and so i thought that was a net
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for me as well as all of you to think through what we should do as a city and i thought really one thing we've got to come together and got to stand as one one great city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> and we know that there is a lot of people who are angry and frustrated and fearful your city has not been about that we've been and always have about a city of refuge a city of sanctuary a city of love that's what made us stronger. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> i had a chance to speak with my daughters i know many of you have spoken with our children as
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well i think that we must see a stronger city as a result of this challenge i know that in order to be a stronger city we have got to not only come together we've not only talked the talked we have to deliver on all the promises and today, we recess instruct and reassure a basic promise that to this city we promise to be a city that is always welcome no walls in our city; right? >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> as a united city we're able to help those that there think outside the box discouraged that have been hurt and victims we'll help our muslim brothers and sisters in the city.
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>> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> as. >> one city we stand united and help to protect all our immigrant families in this city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> as a city united as one we will also protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenders and queer families in our city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> as one city we will fight dremgsz like it's not been figure out before in our city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> because our city is not just for us we have to speak to the next generation who are scared who are fearful of what will happen when there's a change and by the way, if we lose the friend in
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the white house we've had a friend of mine in the white house we'll finds other friends that's what we do in san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> so the message for me is very simple let's come together and stand together an unity as one great city for so many people let's renew the promises to each other this will be a stronger city it cares for each other that helps the poor, survive and have a decent leave that makes sure that we talk with each other and let's do the work that we always been used to breaking the barriers of shrines, bringing the people together and engaging the residents and neighbors to understand what that means and doing the kinds of things as a
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city before the budget work support so for the communities and fighting against discrimination or building more affordable housing or being a beacon to the rest of the cities and the country that we're still a city without walls, wall discrimination and an example to the rest of the country what true freedom see. >> (clapping.) >> i've been very, very proud of all of you who make that city so difference and so strong from the diversity and this city is a great beacon for everything else and we will not let deverifiesness come into our city we have to be alert and open with our dialogue and roll
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up our sleeves and do the hard work to bring the city together i'm overwhelmed by not only those of you who care about the city but your values not have our values finished we'll work together and stand as with an city we will stand in unity it and make sure we're dock all the things that make that city strong thank you very much for coming together today. >> (clapping.) >> buenas dias are buenare bueb >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) >> >> (clapping.)
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>> >> (speaking foreign
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language.) >> (clapping.) >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome board of supervisors supervisor president london breed. >> (clapping.) >> good morning san franciscans
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i know your hearts are heavy today it is been almost a week and we have seen all over the country the sadness, the frustration over this election and what i want to say to you today standing behind me are your elected leaders of who have fought on different sides we stand here today united in so many things that san francisco represents, today, we stand united to doing everything we can to protect san francisco as a sanctuary city >> (clapping.) >> yeah. >> today, today we stand unity
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the place where universal health care took flight from all over the country we stand united to protect all citizens we stand united to make sure that discrimination is eradicated not only in san francisco but across the country we will continue to fight against discrimination. >> (clapping.) >> we will continue to fight for equal protection under the law we want to make sure that all lives matter african-americans in this city deserve a voice i've been that voice phenomenon is board of supervisors we will continue to work with the san francisco police department, to build bridges and build trust we have so much work to do we will continue to be the voice
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for the list and doing everything we can to make sure that san francisco values remain at the forefront of decided we make on behalf of the citizens of this city. >> (clapping.) >> and let me say let me say it wouldn't won't be easy those fights over the last couple of years have never been easy by the anything as a native san franciscan if this city has taught me nothing emotional it taught me a a san franciscan we're resilient and stand strong brown been through so much in the city and here today, we stand proud we stand ujtd recondominium to denmark to make sure we do not let san francisco
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values go to the wayside. >> (clapping.) >> so my friends we got work to do we got work to do and can't do this alone every single you are going to placing play an important part to make sure we doing everything we can to protect our city and continue to do what we can to make sure that we in san francisco set the example for the rest of the country of what it means to be a difference and inclusive a great city that protects all of itself citizens didn't leave anyone behind that stands behind and reinforces our commitment to our values we have work to do we're san francisco we have to remember that we are resilient and we together will
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get through this and be a better city for it thank you very much for thank you for being here. today. >> (clapping.) >> offender saturday night i received an e-mail from the mayor's office asking in the san francisco gay man's chorus will perform that is saturday night this is monday morning that was a trek he asked if we will perform we thought most of you if not all of you heard us when we've been here had a arc extra and cho's sentencing san francisco but we're going got to sing that today it didn't feel right your holding signs saying we stand as
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one right now we'll sing as one i'm sure you think i only i know sing in the shower this is worlds biggest shower you'll sound beautiful we have two short songs we want you to sing a round we were taught many of us as children and it says give us peace give us peace the men's chorus will sing it and teach it to you you /* /- how many of by a show of hands remember that
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how many are willing to learn it good we sing together >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (singing). >> and you can i know if as we sing the round (singin (singing). >> you're not singing. >> how can we be a sanctuary it city if you're not willing to make this our own sanctuary i wasn't looking we're the elected oh, i'll turn around and
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continue (singing) one more time. >> (singing). >> it was almost exactly 38 years ago that something remarkable happened in the city because of this city's openness the san francisco gay means chorus was the first openingly gay chorus in the world that's
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true. >> (clapping.) >> 38 years ago this month the chorus had the first performance on those steps the night of the vigil for mayor moscone and harvey milk activists holly wrote is a song on a napkin and came and taught it to the chorus and the thousand who gathered so 38 years later wear here with the same dread and same fear i'd like us to invite you to sing the song that holly wrote 38 years we're an gentle, anger people. >> we are a gentle anger people we are sentencing, singing for
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our lives we are gentle anger people and we are singing, singing for our lives. >> black and white together and we are are together and we are sing, sing for our lives we are black and white together and we are singing, singing for our lives gay and straight. >> we are a gay and straight together and we are singing, singing for
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our lives we are a gay and straight together and we are singing, singing for our lives. >> there are so many versus you can make up in your own mind those were sunk 38 years we'll close but not angry wear gentle loving people. >> we have a gentle loving people and we are singing, singing for our lives we are a yenl loving people and we are singing, singing for our
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lives >> (clapping.) >> thank you very much for being here let's get to work and make the city stronger. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >>.
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