[tap dance routine performed]

>> okay. wasn't that great? [applause] >> i'm going to welcome amy lozardo back to the stage, but we need you to sing along as loud as you can.

[singing "here comes santa claus"] ["you're a mean one, mr. grinch" playing]

[applause] >> gimme that, and thank you for singing my song. and san francisco, could you pipe down? i'm trying to wallow in self-pity here. >> hold on. you're not santa klaus. >> oh, you wanted him? you guys don't like santa claus, do you? [applause] >> santa claus, boo! boo! [applause] >> well, what's to like about him? oh, i know. do you like santa claus because he gives you presents? you do? well, i brought you some presents. >> oh, you have presents? >> i do. >> maybe you are santa claus.

oh, no. unrecyclable plastic. no. no, you're definitely not santa claus. >> you can say that again. >> well, i have an idea again. >> what? >> if you can just be quiet for a second. hey, kids, i think we can get rid of the grinch if you can do one thing for me. if we start chanting santa's name, maybe we can get rid of the grinch? >> no. [chanting "santa"] >> ho, ho, ho.

>> i think i hear him. >> ho, ho, ho. [chanting "santa"] >> it's santa claus, everybody. >> oh, great. >> there he is. your cheering worked. thanks, kids.

it's santa claus! [applause] >> merry christmas, boys and girls! >> yea! merry christmas, santa! >> is that the grinch? oh, grinch. >> that's my name. say it, don't spray it. >> are you harassing the children? >> well, no, we were just having fun till you got here? >> well, boys and girls, don't worry, grinch, i have something very special that may change your mind about christmas. >> i doubt it. >> i have something very special.

it's a present, because i know when you share presents, you always have a good heart. and i know you have a good heart, too, grinch. >> oh, take that back. >> well, here it is. >> there's nothing you can give me -- >> here you go. >> is that really for me? >> it's a present made by the elves. >> oh, how sweet. >> oh, don't cry, grinchy. >> well, what do you say, grinch? >> oh, oh, i love it. >> can we all wish everyone a big merry christmas? >> this is one. merry christmas. >> oh, ho, ho. that feels like christmas to

me. >> well, i don't have any bear food. what am i going to feed this thing? >> hey, i've got an idea. it looks like you both have really warmed your hearts. i think the grinch has turned a new corner. what do you think, kids? isn't he so sweet, so cute and nice? but santa, i know what really would set this night off. should we light this christmas tree? >> oh, that would be good. boys and girls, are you ready to light the christmas tree? >> that's wonderful. i'm so excited. at this point, san francisco, i would like to welcome to the stage some very special people from the mayor's office who helped make this entire event possible. so please, join me in welcoming naomi kelly, phil ginsburg, breanna torres, and mayor

london breed to the stage. [applause] >> welcome, welcome, welcome, one and all. >> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. welcome to the front yard of city hall, and happy holidays to each and every one of you. make sure that you come back on december 9, sunday. we're going to be having so much fun. a lot of face painting activities and fun things for the whole family. hi, everybody! are you guys ready to light this christmas tree? >> let's do it, boys and girls. >> the hon. london breed: have you guys been naughty or nice? okay. presents for everybody. hi, mr. grinch.

>> hi, mrs. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: hi, santa. >> hi, mrs. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: i've been good this year. >> don't worry. we have a very special gift for you, too. >> the hon. london breed: all right. come on over, everybody. can you help me count? okay. we're going to start with ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, everyone. happy holidays. >> merry christmas, boys and girls. thank you for coming out today.

>> in 201,755.7 million passengers traveled through san francisco international airport. we have on average 150,000 people traveling through the airport every day. flying can be stressful so we have introduced therapy dogs to make flying more enjoyable. the wag brigade is a partnership between the airport and the san francisco therapy animal assistant program to bring therapy animals into the airport, into the terminals to make passenger travel more enjoyable. i amgen fer casarian and i work

here at san francisco international airport. the idea for therapy dogs got started the day after 9/11. an employee brought his therapy dog to work after 9/11 and he was able to see how his dog was able to relieve passenger's jitter. when we first launched the program back in 2013, our main goal was to destress our passengers however what we quickly found is that our animals were helping us find a way to connect with our pang. passengers. we find there are a lot of people traveling through the airport who are missing their pets and who are on their road a lot and can't have pets and we have come in contact with a lot of people recently who have lost pet. >> i love the wag brigade.

>> one of my favorite parts is walking into the terminals and seeing everybody look up from their device, today everybody is interacting on their cell phone or laptop and we can walk into the terminal with a dog or a pig and people start to interact with each other again and it's on a different level. more of an emotional level. >> i just got off an 11.5 hour flight and nice to have this distraction in the middle of it. >> we look for wag brigade handlers who are comfortable in stressful situations. >> i like coming to airport it's a lot of fun and the people you talk to are generally people who are missing their dogs. >> they are required to compete

a certification process. and they are also required to complete a k9 good citizen test and we look for animals who have experienced working with other orgorganizations such as hospits and pediatric units and we want to be sure that the animals we are bringing into the airport are good with children and also good with some of our senior travelers. i think toby really likes meeting kids. that is his favorite thing. he likes to have them pet him and come up to him and he really loves the kids. >> our wag brigade animals can be spotted wearing custom vets and they have custom patches. >> there is never a day that repeats itself and there is never and encounter that repeats itself. we get to do maximum good in a

small stretch of time and i have met amazing people who have been thrilled to have the interaction. >> the dogs are here seven days a week, we have 20 dogs and they each come for a two hour shift. >> there is a lot of stress when people have traveling so to from these animals around to ease the stress and help people relax a little bit. i think it's great. >> one of our dogs has special need and that is tristine. he wears a wheel around. >> he has special shoes and a harness and we get it together in the parking lot and then we get on the air train. he loves it. little kids love him because he

is a little lower to the ground so easy to reach and he has this big furry head they get to pet and he loves that. >> he doesn't seem to mind at all. probably one of the happiest dogs in the world. >> many people are nervous when they travel but seeing the dogs is just a wonderful relief. >> what i absolutely love most about it is the look on people's faces, so whenever they are stressed and flying is stressful these days you get these wonderful smile. >> i am the mom of lilo the pig and she is san francisco's first therapy pig. >> lilo joined the wag brigade as our firs first pig.

>> wag brigade invited us to join the program here and we have done it about a year-and-a-half ago. our visits last 1.5 to 2 hours and it does take a little bit longer to get out of the terminal because we still get a lot of attention and a lot of people that want to interact with lilo. >> i feel honored to be part of the wag brigade. it's very special to meet so many people and make so many feel happy and people that work here. it's been a great experience for me and a great experience for to totoby. >> it's been an extremely successful program, so the next time you are here, stop by and say hi.

>> you guys ready to light a tree? it's that time. all right. so good evening, everyone. my name's phil ginsburg. i'm the executive director of your san francisco rec and parks department, and i want to welcome you to the 89th, let me repeat that, 89th annual tree lighting right here at mclaren lodge. so let's start with a big round of applause for the young teen people musical company, and its director, on their recent first place win at san francisco's youth arts summit. they are an amazing, amazing organization, and i'm particularly grateful for the

hanukkah song. so i'm so honored to be joined tonight by our amazing mayor, london breed. [applause] >> and our rec and park commission president, mark buell. [applause] >> and so i want to start by acknowledging all of the special people who are here with us tonight. these are folks that make this event happen that makes your parks the best park system in the united states, so they deserve some acknowledgement. let me start with senator -- state senator scott wiener, who's here. state assembly man phil ting. city college -- they're on their way. if not, they should be behind me. city board of trusties, john

rizzo, chanel. on their way are trent rohrer, and the department of environment deputy chief jennifer katz, and a very special shoutout to a person who's come to every tree lighting since i've been general manager, but this is her last tree lighting at our fire chief, a big, big, big round of applause for our fire chief, joanne hayes-white. [applause] >> our amazing rec and park commission. i mentioned our president, mark buell. also here are commissioner cat anderson, gloria bonilla, tom anderson, eric mcdonald, and commissioner larry mazzola.

i want to thank them. they -- the citizen members of the park recreation open space advisory committee. they help you make our park special. our president, stephen franz is here. i want to thank our amazing partners who make this possible. supporting us today is kaiser permanently, illuminate, our conservatory of flowers. all right. let tease talk about the tree we're supposed to light. mayor, we've been liethsing tre -- lighting trees around the city, but this is our official industry. this is a cypress that's over 131 years old, and despite

losing a limb or two over the years, it stands super tall and super strong, and tonight, it's supporting over 550 lights. let's give it up for uncle john's tree. [applause] >> and then a few special people. i want to welcome the boys and girls for hamilton recreation center, who are here. let's give it up for hamilton rec. [applause] >> and none of this would be possibly without the hardest group of city employees. all my respect to our amazing department heads. madam mayor, your san francisco rec and parks department putting this on and they're amazing. i also want to give a big shout out to our tree toppers, all of

our struck ral staff and deputy maintenance staff who make this possible. let's give it up for the rec and parks staff. [applause] >> we have the holiday train that is just over to my right that has been painted every year for decades and decades, and the last several decades, by our painting supervisor, joe padilla. the theme of tonight's event is world peace. may tonight's tree lighting shine a bright light in all corners of the world and provide peace to those in need. and speaking of peace, leading the way and bringing peace to our amazing city, please give a warm welcome to our mayor, who's going to light tonight's tree, mayor london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed:

thank you, phil ginsburg, and the folks at the rec and parks department for keeping our parks green and beautiful. thank you all so much for being here tonight. when i was a kid, i would get my toys from station five, the firefighters. thank you, chief hayes-white and the firefighters spags tiev fire department. i used to go down to the emporium cat well. you remember the emporium cat well? tonight, as we light this tree, we are creating memories for the next generation of young people growing up in san francisco. it's something that i'm so excited about, and in fact, at city hall, in our front yard at civic center, we have an ice skating rink. we have incredible, beautiful playgrounds and activities and things for kids to do during

the holiday season. this sunday, i hope you consider joining me in city hall. we'll have santa and face painters and hot chocolate and cookies, things that help create tomorrow's memories. so i want to thank all of you for being here tonight, and i want to ask for some assistance in lighting this tree. you guys want to help me out? come on over. come on, help me out. all right. you guys excited? you want to count with me? going to hold the switch? all right. here we go. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> the hon. london breed:

magic! thank you, ladies and gentlemen and happy holidays. [cheers and >> my s.f. dove -- government t.v. moment was when i received a commendation award from supervisor chris daly. then we sang a duet in the board chamber. [singing] >> happy anniversary san francisco government t.v. happy anniversary to you. happy anniversary san francisco government t.v. anniversary, anniversary, happy 25th anniversary to you. [♪]

>> 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. [speaking foreign language]

[applause] [speaking foreign language]

[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]

[applause] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] [applause]

>> 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]

[speaking foreign language] [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