loving people of the same sex. so thank you. [applause] >> now, you know, when i met harvey, i was just this idiot street kid, and he got me to cut my hair and go to city college, and i enrolled in the film department, and i made a little super 8 movie. remember super 8, and he took me aside and said you have no talent at all. you need to change your major, and so i enrolled in the police science department at san francisco state, and got an internship working for harvey, and that was part of the deal. he said you go back to school, and i'll bring you back to city hall. i said you better get elected first. you lost several times. danny nicoletto went through several of those campaigns with harvey. danny, i'm glad you're here.

but he brought me in, and i was here 40 years ago. i was here because annie kronenberg had to go to seattle to be with her family, and i wanted to show harvey that i was going to be diligent. i got here, and it turns out i left a file in my apartment that he wanted. and he was annoyed, and he sent me back to castro street. i was crestfallen, and he said it's okay. i just need the file. i went and stopped at the local cafe that was being picketed by people from local 22. i was waiting inform are a bus, and somebody leaned out the window and says cleve, somebody shot the mayor. i couldn't imagine who would want to harm george moscone. i got a taxi, and i got in on the vanness side. i ran up stairs, and it's been reconfigured since the

earthquake. i had a key to the passage from the chambers in. i just ran in shouting harvey, harvey, and turned the corner and saw his feet sticking out into the hallway. you know, he only had one pair of dress shoes, an old pair of secondhand wingtips. i was only 24. i'd never seen a dead person before. it was so who ahorrifying, andi could think to myself was it's all over now. how could we move forward? he was such a leader, he was so important in my life. and we're trapped, and they're moving out the bodies, and all ai can think of is it's over, it's over, it's over. then, the sun went down, and people began to gather on castro street, like we're going to do tonight, and we lit our candles, and we marched down, and many of you were here, and we filled this entire plaza

with the light of our candles, and i knew right there i was wrong. it was not over, it was just beginning. and harvey's and george's legacy continues. we see it in the faces of the city that represent us in city government today, we see it in the resistance to donald trump and everything that he represents. it's not over. those two men taught us how to fight, love each other, depeid fend each other -- defend each other, and hold onto what makes this city so special. i stood up on that balcony and watched as this entire city filed through this lobby here and showed how much they love those men and it's amazing how we can still love them today and be so grateful for what they gave us. so thank you for allowing me to be here again, mayor breed.

[applause] >> the hon. london breed: wow. thank you so much. very powerful. and now, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce someone who has been an incredible at r incredible advocate for harvey milk in san francisco and all over the country, his nephew, stewart milk. >> thank you. [applause] >> this is a very difficult day. i haven't talked a lot about what the loss of harvey meant to me, and i do want to share that he was the only person in my life who accepted me, who i

could say anything to, and he found some brilliance in that. so it is a very difficult day for me from a personal perspective. i didn't have the relationship with my father that i did with harvey. i didn't have the relationship in my life with anyone. when i told my mother that i felt different, she said you'll outgrow that. harvey said that's brilliant. and for a 12-year-old in a homophobe environment on long island, to be asked what happened today that was different that made you feel different from everyone else, i said i don't want to talk about it. he said that's amazing. think about the power that that gives you, yourself r your difference, the fact that you see things difference. he wrote in a book that he gave me, you and your districtness is the medicine that will heal

the work, even though the world doesn't recognize that. so i lost my touch stone, and i lost the color in my life. i was 17 years old and in college. this was the man who brought me, introduced me to the color of life in manhattan. he took me to the premier of jesus christ superstar and introduced me to jesus christ and judah and madeleine back stage. he said, who do you want to meet? i said, king herrod. he said well, he's not out of costume. i want to thank mayor london breed and supervisor rafael

mandelman. you know what? i have to say a word. when i first met rafael, he was president of the milk club, and he told me he was going to be supervisor. and the first time i communicated with a young lady named london breed was on facebook. we used to say happy birthday, and it's just so amazing that we have -- incredible that we have these amazing figures. the first time with the moscone family was at the 20th anniversary with rebecca and gina. it was freezing cold, and we had it at the park, and the only warmth i felt that night was that i believed that i had some comfort to know that george and harvey left this world together, and that gave me some incredible warmth. 1978, mayor breed already mentioned it.

first asian american supervisor, first african american woman supervisor, first lgbt supervisor. the reason that we had all of that was due to the inclusion and the tremendous on-the-ground and compassionate work that mayor moscone led in this city. that has led us to today where we have an african american mayor, an african american woman leading us, and our board of supervisors. do you know how much that says to the world? in days where people are being shot because they're walking the streets, and they have a different color than the majority in that town -- do you know how much that means not just in san francisco but around the world?

as mayor brown said, we lost two extraordinary individuals when we lost harvey and we lost george. and the truth is they were extraordinary. they were extraordinary, and they believed we were all extraordinary. they didn't believe there was such thing as ordinary people. they believed we all had a passion and purpose in life, and that we need to be given all of the possibilities to fulfill that passion and purpose, regardless of the color of our skin, regardless of our ethnic background, regardless of our religion, regardless of whether we were an immigrant, regardless of who we loved. they all believes we all had tremendous potential, extraordinary potential to give the world. so on behalf of the milk

family, i want to thank san francisco. at a time when we have an executive at the helm of this country who has no moral compass. has no sense of humanity, who is doing unspeakable acts of inhumanity. in fact i'm leaving here tomorrow to do -- to work with stakeholders at the u.n. to protest the united states pulling out of the human rights council of the human rights commission. can you imagine that? so thank you, san francisco, for reminding us of the hope that my uncle wanted us to continue on with his words. let the bullets who smash through my brain smash through every door. let it smash the message, and that message is not just for

lgbt, that's for anyone. anyone who's not being given their human rights, that's for anyone who's being diminished in any way by society. your differences, what makes you district is the medicine that heals the work. and we in san francisco, you in san francisco are reminding the world those differences are the gift. thank you very much. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you. what an honor to have so many amazing speakers with the stories and the inspiration, and i am really honored to represent an amazing city filled with so many incredible people. and here to speak at this time, i'd like to introduce the cochair of the harvey milk democratic club, honey

mahogany. [applause] >> i want to say a special thank you to the family of harvey milk and george moscone, especially jonathan moscone. thank you so much for inviting me to speak here today. it's a real privilege to speak amongst such incredible leaders, visionaries and public servants of san francisco. today, we are here to honor the legacy of two great leaders: george moscone and harvey milk. while their deaths were premature, they live on in the movement they established and continue to inspire. george moscone was our first mayor to ensure that the diversity of our city was reflected in city hall. he appointed people of color, days and le -- gays and lesbians and women and people of color in numbers never seen

before. as a proud could president of the harvey milk lgbtq democratic club, i am thrilled to see this legacy thrive and this movement continue to build momentum. as a club, we were founded on the idea that queer people needed to organize for our collective interests and safety. we were tired of seeing our community overlooked and abused by the city and its institutions, institutions we we helped to build and fund and that were supposed to protect us. we demanded that our value, our citizenships, and our humanity be recognized. but change happened slowly. while we have made progress over the last several decades, in many ways, the same o oppressive systems, though weakened, still exist. as we push forward, oppression

pushes back. we see this in our most vulnerable communities who always end up serving as scapegoats. we see this in the transgender community, including being able to serve in the military, being denied to use the rest room, being denied service and even attempting to deny us the right to exist. we see this in the despicable attacks on immigrants through the introduction of unconstitutional legislation and most recently through state sanctioned violence at our border. we see this in the way that we treat women. how women's voices are seldom heard unless they are echoed by a man's, how their leadership is relentlessly undermined. how we continue to hold women to a double or triple standard, constantly raising the bar for women and ridiculing those who dare to suck said.

it may seem that not much has changed over the yaerears, but that's not true. progress has been made, and more importantly, i believe we now know who it is that we have to do. the harvey milk lgbtq democratic club has made it a priority to uplift the voices of all opressed candidates. we endorsed janice lee who was recently elected to the b.a.r.t. board, who was the currently the only elected queer woman of color to the b.a.r.t. board. gabrielle lopez's win in particular shows the power of success through grassroots mobilization. her campaign was rooted in community support without much help from the establishment,

and yet, she won with the second most votes in the race, making her the first bilingual latinx person on the school board in over 20 years. [applause] >> the milk club's endorsed candidates won in every supervisorial race this year. we also helped to pass important propositions like prop e which will preserve the legacy of arts and culture in san francisco, helping to fund equity based arts initiatives, and the vital work of cultural districts. we helped to ensure the passage of prop c because risk is our city. it is our home and we the people as well as the business s and corporations have a duty to fulfill to all of our

residents. [applause] >> continuing in the legacy of george moscone and harvey milk, it is time to usher in an era of social integrity and responsibility. it's time we prioritized serving the under served, helping those most in need, and upholding what is good and what is just. when we advocate for the protection of immigrants, when we call for the criminal justice reform and an end to police abuse and corruption, when we demand that multibillion-dollar corporations pay their fair share in taxes to pollutions that they helped to create, when we call out those who have let us down, we honor those who have come before us, walking in their footprints and carrying their legacy. my deepest, deepest thanks to

george moscone and harvey milk. for all that you have laid the groundwo groundwork for us and to inspire us to keep fighting, we will press on in your memory. thank you. [applause] >> and i hope you will all join us at the candlelight vigil in the castro tonight at 7:00 p.m. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. and our last speaker for this afternoon will be our state senator, scott wiener. >> thank you, madam mayor. i want to thank the mayor and supervisor mandelman for organizing this today. oh, she left. i was going to congratulate supervisor stefani on her election, as well. i was eight years old when mayor moscone and supervisor

milk was assassinated, and i remember my parents talking about this horrible thing that wasn't supposed to happen in the united states of america in terms of that kind of political assas assassination. i was a young little gay kid, obviously, not out of the closet, but i knew there was something special about what happened in san francisco. when you look at mayor moscone who sort of ushered in the modern era of san francisco. when we think of what is san francisco, george moscone played a critical role in allowing that to happen and allowing everyone to blue cross cross -- blossom in this city. when you look at what happened in this city in the last couple of city, especially around hiv/aids, what harvey milk did,

he didn't just give this community hope, he in many ways helped teach this community and helped us understand that we have the strength to survive and thrive, that we don't have to always rely on other people to bring us up, that we are able to pull ourselves up, and without the hope and the strength that harvey milk helped create, i don't know if things might have gone a little differently with hiv/aids. when you look at the carnage that happened in this community, but the strength of this community was able to make it through. not everyone made it through, but we're still here as a community after everything that has happened, and harvey played such a key role in creating the atmosphere in the lgbt community to allow that to happen. the other thing that harvey did was he made clear that we needed our own seat at the table, that allies are fantastic. we can't do anything without

allies, and we have a lot of allies who fight for our community standing behind me here today. but we have to be at the table, as well. and we can't take that for granted. i think sometimes in san francisco, we take for granted that we will always have lgbtq elected officials, and as rafael mentioned, having one member of the board of supervisors from our community, that hasn't happened for a long time. and so we have to keep being very intentional in making sure that we are cultivating and identifying and lifting up young lgbt leaders to be the next generation because it can slip away very, very easily. so thank you harvey, thank you, george, and let's remember, and let's celebrate. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i want to thank each and every one of you for being here today to celebrate the life and the legacy of mayor george moscone

and supervisor harvey milk. thank you so much to all the elected leaders who are here today, as well as members of the family, and we hope to see each and every one of you tonight at the candlelight vigil in the castro at 7:00 p.m. thank you, and have a wonderful day.

>> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room.

>> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography.

>> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in

the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it.

we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or

that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes.

and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. . >> happy holidays, san francisco. hundreds of festive lights are illuminating san francisco streets using 100% greenhouse gas free hydroelectric power. this year, the city is celebrating 100 years of providing this power from hetch hetchy system which powers muni, our schools and libraries, street lights, san francisco international airport, city government buildings, private developments, and more. look for holiday bell lights along third street, and illuminated snowflakes on market street. the san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco public works

welcome all to enjoy the magic of the >> good morning. today we are here to member -- to remember, commemorate, mayor ed lee. [speaking foreign language] >> there will be a lot of speakers and a lot of people we need to acknowledge, the first off, i want to start with a moment of silence. [speaking foreign language] >> let us pray. [speaking foreign language]

>> thank you, god, for one of the best mares and best people on earth, mayor ed lee. [speaking foreign language] >> so this is a time -- please repeat after me. this is a time of peace. [speaking foreign language] >> joy. [speaking foreign language] >> hope. [speaking foreign language]

>> love. [speaking foreign language] >> all right so we have a number of speakers who want to show love for the mayor, deadly. we want to acknowledge his wife, anita -- love for the mayor, ed lee. we want to acknowledge his wife, anita. [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> our first speaker is sarah wong from the a.p.i. council. [speaking foreign language] [applause]

>> hello everyone. on behalf of the a.p.i. council, we are honored to be one of the host today to celebrate the life of the late mayor ed lee. one year ago, we lost the most prominent chinese-american leader of our city. we have truly missed him. as our mayor, he not only lessons, we also took solace and to build an active role community from the policy and politicscs -- budgetary levels. since 2011, attlee has approved over 15 million in funding to services and new service in asiann communities. the late mayor ed lee was our greatest role model and leader. the councilst is one of the most important legacies that he has left behind. he was a first mayor to encourage us to found this coalition, and worked with us to give guidance and advice on how to best serve our community. it has been challenging this past year to keep up the

momentum. but with the a.p.i. council, we are committed to continuous his legacy -- to continue his legacy to serve our community. thank you. [applause] [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> i first met ed lee when he was an attorney at the asian law caucus in the seventies and eighties, and we have someone from the asian law caucus to speak. somebody -- i guess you all know him.

[applause] [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> an afternoon and thank you very much, norman, and annie. i want to thank malcolm young for inviting me. i want to recognize anita for her great work. i know it has been a hard year, a hard year for her, but she's been really participating in all these activities with much grace we should be very honored with that. i got to practice with ed lee. we started out as law clerks at the asian law caucus in 1976 working at 126 waverly place. 124 waverly place at a small office where we represented many seniors and the key tenants came

to us to complain about projects and ed went and worked with the tenants to change the conditions there so that there would be housing alkylating, the elevators would operate so that people's safety wouldn't be at risk there peerk -- there. we sued the housing authority to improve these conditions and it helped with the asian law caucus on the map. many people are talking about what should we name after ed lee i say name everything. i've done a lot of work around fortune square, and many projects. he really worked to change all of that. if we really want to honor ed, it is through the community service that he has always focused on that we have to serve a community, serve working-class communities, low-wage workers,

immigrants, and tenants, and if we can do that, and help these people who are part -- part of our community change the policies that we need so that they can be served, that would be the ultimate legacy for ed to thank you so much. [applause] [speaking foreign language] >> anyway. [speaking foreign language]

[applause] >> mayor lee was very close to rose and the chain does chinese chamber of commerce and all the chinese new year in events. so we have francis so, the vice president of the chinese chamber of commerce to speak. [applause] [speaking foreign language] [applause]

[speaking foreign language] >> thank you very much. [applause] >> after hearing that ed lee passed away, i have never seen so many of the residents of chinatown come right here. who was here? remember they had candle night -- candlelight all night long. today we have the president of the community tenant association to speak. there were like 1,000 people from the community association.

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[applause] >> in the past when ed lee was a

lawyer, he represented chinatown tenants. he also represented residents to demand housing authority to influence how joe's total housing security. after he became mayor, he secured founding just funding for the program so tenants had better living conditions. we are so proud of ed lee. we hope we will have more asian american leaders like him can fight -- who can fight for the community. thank you. [applause] >> next we have from the chinese consolidated association, henry hoy. [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> okay. thank you. i'm glad you made it. welcome. [applause] [speaking foreign language]

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>> summarizing his comments, mayor lee is for the people. he always concerned about the low income communities and families. the low wages earners, and also he remembered mayor lee for raising minimum wage to $15, and he also remembered that mayor lee made it possible for all our elderly to have three munimobile and also they used. he misses him. thank you -- and also the use -- youth. >> something just hit me. i remembered mayor ed lee made fun of me because i say i tell everyone to say you are beautiful. sometimes he stole it from me. so i want everyone to turn to the person to their left and right and say you are beautiful.

[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [laughter] [speaking foreign language] >> and now, where are the t.v. cameras clot get ready. now we have the beautiful mayor london breed to say a few words in honor of ed lee. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you and good morning. it is an honor to be here to

acknowledge the legacy of our late mayor, ed lee and to also recognize and appreciate his family for their commitment to san francisco including his amazing and fearless wife, anita lee. [applause] you know, i will be one of the first to say that when i served on the board of supervisors, i didn't really appreciate all that mayor lee did for the entire city of san francisco. because often times, i would go to him with an issue or a problem, and for the majority of the problems that i had as a member of the board to, he would always say yes. when i said mayor lee, i need your help with public housing, he said yes. when i said, mayor lee, i need your help with building affordable housing and acquiring property in my district, he said yes. when i said i needed help with cleaning up the streets and getting more beat officers out

in our neighborhood, he said yes time and time again. he was a real partner and a real champion for neighborhoods to, for community. for our seniors, for all things that represented bringing people together, and serving those populations that did not always have a voice. today it has been almost a year since we lost him on that fateful day of december 12th, and we will not forget his warm hearts, his kind words, how he committed his life to public service here in san francisco. not just as the mayor, but serving in his capacity as department head for the department of public works and purchasing, and the human rights commission. he continued to time and time again to bring communities together. he elevated and hired so many

amazing african-american leaders he elevated and hired and worked with so many folks from the community. he continues to bridge gaps. he continued to leave the city with grace, with style, with class, and on occasion, with a bad joke or two. so i am so honored to follow in his footsteps, to continue the great work that he started, to make sure that no san francisco -- san franciscan is left behind , and i just want to thank all of you for being here today to celebrate his life, his legacy, his work, and to continue to work hard in the spirit of mayor ed lee's who always ended many of his major speeches with a final saying of "let's get to work." he cared about getting the work for people of san francisco. we will continue to do that in honor of his commitment and his

legacy and his incredible work. thank you all so much for having me here today. [applause] [speaking foreign language]

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[applause] >> a lot of people know how much mayor ed lee was a hero before he became mayor. he was my hero before he became mayor. i remember him helping with garment workers that got arrested. he forces me -- he forced me and my wife to do a worker center in the eighties. he did so much for the community , and that is why he

has appreciated so much by so many people. like the merchant labor association. [applause] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [applause] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] [applause] >> henry hoy, finally. [speaking foreign language] [applause]

>> honourable mayor, london breed, committee leaders, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. good afternoon. i am honored to represent the association to attend the community commemoration of the legacy of mayor ed lee. the unexpected passing of him was devastating to our communities. as a civil rights leader, he inspired all of us with his quiet dignity and determination to lift up all of our residents. his accomplishments were many, but because of his humble manner

, we in the community feel like he didn't get the credit he was due. we would like to properly acknowledge all that mayor lee did for us now by naming him at the international airport international terminal after mayor lee. we have asked the san francisco airport commissioners for their full support. we are all here today to remember mayor lee as a champion of a civil rights leader, and also remember him as the first asian mayor in that city of san francisco. i want to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language]

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[speaking foreign language] [applause] >> all the way from sacramento, we have scott weiner and assemblyman david to, they will share their time a little bit. [speaking foreign language] [applause] [speaking foreign language] >> good afternoon. we were told we have one minute on the stage. appeared to anita and the family, 60 seconds is not enough time for us to

express how much our good mayor 's life and his legacy and our love for him. but i've only two things to say. over the past year, everywhere i walk here in chinatown mayor lee 's impact is felt from the chinese hospital, to the central subway, to this port in the square, from the restaurants, pack to the family associations. his spirit lives on. the second thing i want to say is i'm sad that my two year old sun will never -- son will never get to know him. particularly since he and anita gave me such a hard time for so many years for not having my son earlier. he will never have an opportunity to play ping-pong with mary lee here in the square , to hear one of his corny jokes, to ee