the terms are defined. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you so much. any public comment regarding these line items. ? hearing none, public comment is closed. hearing none, call the next line item. >> clerk: line item four, election of commission officers. >> commissioner mazzucco: all right. we're back to line item four, election of commission officers. as i did say, this was properly noticed, but i have heard from the commissioners. obviously, there's some concern this coming after a holiday weekend, but i have to tell you is one concern is that we've never held these elections without a full complement of commissioners, so it would be my suggestion that we hold the election -- it's going to cost you two cupcakes, commissioner elias. >> commissioner elias: i will bring you a dozen. >> commissioner mazzucco: so let's talk about it. my suggestion is we wait until we have a full complement of commissioners. my question is, will everybody be here next week?

no? >> commissioner elias: when's the next one, february 6, will you be here? >> commissioner mazzucco: so if i put this down for february 6, we will have the election whether people are here or not, so the election is scheduled for february 6. >> commissioner dejesus: i say okay as long as we check in with him and he's available on the 6. >> commissioner mazzucco: well, he should make himself available on the 6. >> commissioner dejesus: he should be available because it would be horrible if he was scheduled to be out of the country. like i say, it's okay as long as we check with him. >> commissioner mazzucco: things are so divided in this world on political boards. the last thing i want is for this board to be divided. when i first came on this board, we were very divided.

and the best thing to see was we became united. i was one of the two commissioners that went to the mayor and told him that julius turman would be an excellent president for the commission. i also served when teresa sparks was president of the commission. i think with experience, time, everybody should have an opportunity to be in this position. just forewarn you, it is a full-time job when you are president of the commission, or combined president-vice president or whatever it is. we will etch that date in stone, and we will set the process forward. any public comment on that? hearing none, public comment is closed. call the next line item. >> clerk: item five, general public comment. the public is welcome to address the commission on items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but fall under the commission's agenda.

under police commission rules of order during public comment neither police nor d.p.a. personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented by the public but may provide a brief response. individuals should refrain however from entering into any debates or discussions with speakers during public comment. please limit your comments to two minutes. >> commissioner mazzucco: come forward. >> good evening. thank you for everyone's service. my name is sasana yee, and my beloved grandmother is san

francisco. yesterday's promotion didn't reflect that. in future, would this commission consider having a joint meeting with the immigrant rights commission so that they can provide the translation and to get more direct input from our diverse residents in different districts? thank you. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you very much, miss tran. next speaker. >> good evening, commissioner, chief. my name is howard wu. i'm also an a.p.i. member. i appeared before you three weeks ago and tried to get information on the two new captains on central and bayview.

i tried to ask why the chief transferred out those captains out so fast because they've done a super job in those stations, but i didn't get any information from, chief, so i decided to send him an e-mail. and thank you chief, for the timely e-mail that you sent back to me. i read it, i understand what you have to do. you did a good job, too, and captain ford was here. i think he did a good job, too. i tried to make it short. now, more criminal, houses break-ins, purses snatched, and all the others on the street and houses on sunset, bayview,

richmond, and mission, and southwest. it all happened like that, like, more and more now, and -- i tried to make it short, so i hope to, chief, you inform all those district captains and try to make it a better schedule to make it safe for the san francisco's police department and the people in san francisco in general. thank you. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you, sir. next speaker. >> good evening, commissioners and the chief scott. my name is hazel lee of the shanghai association. i live in district nine it's very close to district ten. it's really a crime for the

90-year-old seniors being attacked in such a gruesome way. now all the elderly are afraid to go out. it is very important that the government arrest the perpetrator as soon as possible to protect other witness -- victims. thank you very much. i make it short, only one minute. thank you. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i just want to thank you guys all for your hard work on the commission. to me, it doesn't matter how you look like because when you sit on the commission, you're serving san francisco, and despite how we look, there's a lot of similar issues that we do go through, so i hope the commissioners can reach out to different communities so we could build this bridge so everyone in san francisco has a voice. so my name is queena.

i'm speaking on behalf of the rose pac democratic club. i was born and raised in san francisco. i'm here today to speak about two incidents that happened in the last few weeks. two chinese seniors were vie victimized in different areas of san francisco. and this isn't the first time. it's happened previously. it's been a very serious problem. sfpd has been doing a great job connecting with the chinese community through different outreaches, events like chinatown night out and creating the jobbing center at portsman square. but these incidents aren't new, and in previous incidents, promises of change were made, but the community doesn't feel

change at all. last year, my father-in-law was attacked on the street, and he went to the police station to report it, but he couldn't communicate, so as a result, he left. the attacker was caught a few weeks later because he attacked more people, so i know sfpd can do amazing work, but more can be done and we can do better. i think we need more bilingual officers to speak chinese and other languages. we need to utilize different languages like wechat so different community members can speak to report crimes. [inaudible] >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you very much. thank you. thank you for coming. next speaker, please. >> hello. good evening, commissioners. my name is danger knee lee. i was born in san francisco, and i'm a member of the rose pac democratic club, as well as

i currently work for chinatown community development center. i'm here to speak about the recent horrific attacks against our immigrant seniors. on new year's eve a 99-year-old senior living in chinatown was attacked by a man who forced his way into her home and sexually assaulted her. just yesterday, in viz valley, an 89-year-old was dragged into a park across from her home. we all agree that these types of behaviors are unacceptable in our cities, especially against immigrant communities. i urge the police to create a substation in viz valley, a community that has long suffered racial tensions. i also urge the commission to do more to provide our police officers with greater cultural understanding of the diverse communities they're sworn to protect. we need to do more to ensure the safety of our seniors and our immigrant communities here in san francisco. thank you.

>> commissioner mazzucco: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, commissioners, good evening, chief. my name is natalie chee. i am an assistant for supervisor shaman walton. we have been working hard with the san francisco police station to bring justice to the family. this morning our office visited the grandmother and her family in the i.c.u. in san francisco general hospital, and we are told that she is still in critical condition. it is absolutely heartbreaking to see this type of senseless violence to our community and no one should ever endure this level of barbarism. our staff is working closely with the city and community leaders to setup a meeting in

viz valley, possibly next week. we are absolutely committed to stopping this heartless vials from occurring in the future, and we will fight hard to get the resources to bring a police station on weiland avenue. so we will be working closely with you all on the community meeting. thank you. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you very much. thank the supervisor. next speaker. >> good evening, commissioners and chief scott. my name is calvin. i am here speaking on behalf of supervisor aaron peskin, who represents district three. i just want to say thank you to the commission and also the department to open the drop-in center in chinatown. this year, on november 28, chief scott was there. our current captain, also the mayor, london breed was there to recognize this achievement, and the opening of the job-in center in portsman square is a

recognition of the police commission's vital role that the police played in promoting safety, especially in communities of limited english speaking competency. the goals of the drop-in center are to promote relationship and trust between police officers and residents, to increase the incidents of reporting crime, and to inform the community of the latest issues affecting residents like the two incidents involving viz valley and chinatown recently, and -- in all of the languages of the community in need. it is evident that more effort is needed for the department to build trust, to educate residents on ways they can take to safeguard themselves, and to encourage residents to report crime regardless of how minor the crime may be. supervisor peskin supports expansion of programs to increase police presence in

community like the one, a substation on san bruno avenue and also like the drop-in center in chinatown and above all encourage the commission and department to embody the true philosophy of community policing and to build relationships with residents in their native languages, increase collaboration with local communities like that in the viz valley -- actually some san bruno avenue and like the collaboration between the department and self-help at chinatown drop-in center. so thank you for your time and thank you to all the community members who came out today. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you. >> good evening, commissioners, chief scott, director henderson. thank you so much for hearing us all today. it's hard for me to standup here, honestly. i am here on behalf of president norman yee, and the reason it's so difficult is because this has a chilling effect on our communities. this could have been anyone's

mother or anyone's grandmother, and the deliberate attacks on victims that are specifically culturally isolated that live alone, that are vulnerable because they're old, they're low-income, i think this speaks larger than just to the chinese community, but something that's almost like a citywide crisis. and on behalf of president yee, we must do more. what does it say about our city if we can't even protect our most vulnerable, so we want to work with you. we want to partner with you. chief scott, i know this matters so much to you. let us all work together to make it possible for us to end the senseless violence in our communities of concern. most importantly, and i know we mention this time and time again, representation does matter, and also, on this -- on this body because you all bring such a unique perspective, and that connection to the people you serve is what we need most.

it doesn't matter what race you are or what background, but we need you to connect to all the communities in every corner of the city, and we all have to do that better as public servants, so i urge you to think about that. as we think about personnel, i know we're not supposed to be involved with that, but we do urge for more asian and chinese representation in every rank of sfpd so we can help build that community connection. and i really hope that this is a wake-up call for all of us so we can provide more resources to not just police but also the community who have always been on the front lines to provide that access, that lifeline for those that might not trust government at this time and this structure in our society. so i thank you, and on behalf of supervisor yee -- or president yee, i hope that we can continue working together. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you very much. next speaker.

>> good evening, commissioner, good evening, chief scott. i am wendy wong. i'm the spokesperson of san francisco coalition for good neighborhoods. it has been very shocking to see what's going on in the chinese community. the attack, the crime that this criminal committed is vicious, it's violent, it is unthinkable violence to the vulnerable. we have a lot of speakers already mention, but i really would like to have chief scott pay attention to visitacion valley.

there's two m.c.d., and those two m.c.d. are only ten, 20 steps away from each other. you went to the public hearing, you will protect the community. and the city hall or even planning department is planning to convert the m.c.t. -- m.c.d. to recreational marijuana without involving the community. now m.c.d., they have their right to get their medication, however, what is our human right? we have the right to live in the peaceful community. we do have the right to raise our children, we do have the right to care for our elderlies in the safe environment. the city is going into a very wrong direction and this is a very short-term solution to get money out of the cannabis community. so please, stop the violence in all communities, especially in the chinese community by hiring

more bilingual chinese cops to -- in order to ask them to join our team, our police enforcement. we need to let them know that they do have futures, they do get promotions when they do a good job. we do have several bilingual officers transferred to the airport, and -- >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you very much. thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, commissioners, chief scott. my name is annie chung, and i'm the c.e.o. of self-help for the elderly, and i remember that we -- our community met with chief scott when he first came to become our police chief, and i personally shared one of our staff was brutally beaten on the bus, the number eight, on stockton, and pulled down to the stockton street and beaten up and kicked again unprovoked.

so i think our previous speakers have talked about the violence in our community has really escalated, and i think chief knows about it and has been trying to address this with the community's help. so we started the job incentive which helps bring the police presence right to the heart of chinatown, and with bilingual officers, it definitely helps. asian pacific islanders makeup 30% of our city population. our seniors and disabled persons makeup already 25%. to protect them and to enhance and to make them feel safe in their own homes and in their own community is the utmost importance. we cannot wait anymore, chief. we have to setup a task force and work with you, work with the commissioners, work with the supervisors who's present tonight and try to find some solutions. if our seniors cannot feel safe

in their own homes, cannot feel safe by walking across the street to the park, what are we saying to our seniors? so we are here, and i reach out to the family. i feel so bad, my heart just stopped when i heard about this brutality yesterday morning, so i urge the commissioners and chief scott, do not wait anymore. we have to do everything we can to stop the violence. thank you. >> good evening. good evening. thank you so much for the privilege of the podium. i am the founding chair of the radiological subcommittee of the hunters point shipyard

restoration advisory board. i contributed to the publication of the historical radiological assessment. originally i was the physician for the department of public health for several years. i sent you a communication of which i expressed my concerns about some of the public safety issues that are facing the officers in building 606 at the shipyard, and i don't want to reiterate everything that i stated. i hope that you read it. i did disagree with the department of public health taking a stance that the building is safe and that they have cleared it. ethically, it's not possible to do that with a building that has lead above federal guidelines in its faucets. this is a map -- let's

see...can we see that building 606 is right here. what this map says is that everything in gray is radio logically impacted. the health department can't clear a building that is radiologically impacted. the california department of health has to do that. i'm also going to be giving you some information from the parcel e record of decision that the navy has cleansed from its administrative record. finally, i want you to give careful and considerate thought into having the officers undergo a simple urine test that will test for the -- >> commissioner mazzucco: rachel, it's okay.

>> -- for being exposed to -- >> commissioner mazzucco: i've got a question. thank you for sending those letters. you don't think it's safe for our officers and civilian employees to be at building 606? >> i do not. that building was never designed four human habitation. it documents the human health risk assessments that i'm going to give you are going to contradict anything that the health department tells you about the safety of the parcel, so i will be submitting those to public comment. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you, doctor. actually, just another question for you from commissioner dejesus. >> commissioner dejesus: so is there any way we can meet with you and get a little more about the understanding of toxicity of 606 at least for

radiological purposes, is there any way we can talk with you offline? >> i would love to talk with you. i also as a licensed practical physician, i can authorize the urine testing for workers and for police officers. the comprehensive urine element test is actually recommended for police officers and for military personnel. >> commissioner dejesus: maybe we can get your name and telephone number. is it on your letter? >> yes it is. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you so much, doctor. it's really appreciated. miss brown? >> good evening, everyone. as usual, i would like to use the overhead. i'm here to talk about my son,

who was murdered august 14, 2006. to this day, still his case isn't solved, and the last time i was here, i had brought up about me doing my investigator's job, and ever since i said that, i have not heard from my investigator. so i would like to have some information on my son's case. i bring the names of perpetrators that were there that murdered my son. one of them is deceased. these are the names of the perpetrators that murdered my son. this is down at my son's case, on my son's file. these names weren't just pulled out of a hat. i'm still asking because i come here every wednesday to ask for a venue so that i won't have to

standup on cars and on telephone poles to put my son's picture up or any other person's picture that have been a victim to homicide, gunshots, murders, and to say where were you when i was murdered so the perpetrators can see what they've done to our community and to our children. i still bring this because this is all i have left of my son. my son had a mother and a father. he was not in a single-parent family. he was raised well, and here i am, it's a new year, and still, no justice for our children. i bring other pictures, but i

want justice for my child. i'm tired, i come here with my granddaughter when we should be doing homework at home, but this is what i need to do. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you, mrs. brown. for members of the public, if they have any information regarding the murder of aubrey aborcaza, please call the tip line, 575-4444, and thank you again -- 415-475-4444. thank you. any further public comment? hearing none, public comment is closed. next line item. [agenda item read] >> commissioner mazzucco: hearing none, public comment's closed. >> clerk: item seven, vote

whether to hold item eight in closed session, including vote whether to assert the attorney-client privilege with regard to items 8-a and b, section 67.10 >> clerk: [agenda item read] >> commissioner mazzucco: do i have a motion for nondisclosure? >> so moved. >> commissioner mazzucco: second? >> second. >> commissioner mazzucco: so moved. thank you, call for the next line item.

>> clerk: [agenda item read] >> commissioner mazzucco: do i have a motion? >> i'm going to vote no? >> huh? >> i'm going to vote no, too -- no. >> commissioner mazzucco: okay. we are adjourned. if

>> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. good afternoon, and thank you so much for being here today. if anyone wants to come down to the front, there are a number of seats where you can join us. i called my aunt today, and i was about four years old about 40 years ago -- oh, did i just tell my age? and i wanted to get an idea for what was going on during that time. and my aunt said, you know, my grandmother, who raised me, she said ms. brown, who was tough as nails, she never, ever, ever cried. i don't remember seeing her cry when she was a young person, but when she was sad, there was

a look on her face. and my aunt remembers her saying on that fateful day, first jonestown, and now this. how much more can our city bear? and we all know that during that challenging time when we lost two amazing leaders in our city, mayor moscone and supervisor milk, it was a really tough time in 1978. it was a tough time because of jonestown and the loss of over 900 san franciscans, and then, to lose our leaders soon after that. and we as a city, we came together. we came together to support one another, we came together to encourage one another, and what came out of that tragedy was

two amazing legacies. two individuals who represented hope for so many people. and many may not be aware, the younger generation now may not be aware how significant it was to have harvey milk, who was the first lgbt member of the board of supervisors and then elected in the state of california. many were not aware of how amazing it was to have george moscone become mayor, someone who not only talked about inclusiveness, but who somehow made the kind of appointments that just weren't happening here in the city of san francisco, to appoint african members, to appoint women, to appoint members of the lgbt community to positions was

significant at that time. they paved the way for so many of the leaders that you see standing here, representing diverse backgrounds, leading san francisco and leading the state of california. we -- today, we take what we know was a sad time in our history, and we celebrate, and we honor their legacy, and their commitment, and what they represent for inclusiveness, for resilience, for over come -- overcoming the odds and celebrating disadvantages in a place like san francisco. what we hope to do today in honoring their legacy is really a call to action for not only the leaders of the san francisco community but for all of us to continue to work

harder, to strive for inclusion, to make better policy decisions, to continue to be good to one another, even during times of difficulties and disagreements. we are better because we have leaders who have showed us the way of how to work together and how to be inclusive, and we were so fortunate to have had them as a part of our incredible history here in san francisco, and their legacy, despite what has happened in the past, their legacy will live on for generations to come. and i want to thank members of the mayor moscone's family, jonathan, is here today, and he will be speaking shortly, as well, as well as friends and family of harvey's family, including his nephew, stewart,

and his cousin. what we hope to continue to do, what i hope that we will continue to honor their legacy by opening the doors for the next generation to be a part of this incredible city in the same capacity that they have tried to do as leaders of san francisco 40 years ago. so thank you all for being here today. welcome to city hall, and at this time, i'd like to introduce a member of the board of supervisors who represents the community that harvey milk represented who will continue to carry on his legacy and make

those tough decisions. ladies and gentlemen, welcome supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, mayor breed, and thank you so much for allowing us to have this space for this event. i do want to invite everyone to the candlelight individual the that happens tonight and has happened every year for 40 years at castro and market, but for the 40th anniversary, we felt it was important to do something at city hall a little special. i want to thank tom timprano in my office. i want to thank tom for everything he did. he's in an elected position in my office. and senator scott wiener. i do want to thank everyone for coming to acknowledge this, and i want to thank mathy athew an

kira who made special efforts for this event. as we mark the 40th anniversary in what must have been one of the darkest days in san francisco's history, i hope you will join all of us in celebrate the tremendous lives and lasting legacy of two of this city's greatest leaders. throughout history, san francisco has shown a tenacity to be able to rebuild time and time again, stronger than before. we are a phoenix, rising from the ashes. the legacy that george mass coney and harvey milk left behind is a better san francisco, a city that's defined by its economic values, its diversity and inclusion.

mayor breed described empowering leaders from neighborhood, women, people of color, and lgbt. moscone's embrace of diversity in san francisco city government has endured, and today, our city is led by a strong african american woman mayor -- yes, that's worthy of applause. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: we are the city that leads the resistance and a board of supervisors that is majority female who is led by a president who is another strong african american woman, and that also -- and there she is. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: malia cohen, everyone, and hillary ronen, and we do have assembly

man david chiu. and it's aaron peskin from district three, thank you, and kathr kathrin stefani, and carmen chu, and joanne hayes-white is here, and. >> president cohen: we now have a coquorum. >> supervisor mandelman: we know have a quorum, and we're in violation of the brown act, and we're now going to jail. in 1978, harvey milk said his election would give people two new options. move to san francisco was one or stay and fight, and they did both. and a few weeks ago, we had this great, wonderful blue wave that we're all still sort of basking in. but part of that blue wave was

150 out lgbtq people who were elected to positions around this country and that is worthy of some applause. i -- we're all revealing our ages here. i was five years old when harvey milk and george moscone were killed. i don't remember that moment, but i learned about them as i grew older, and learned about them at a time before i knew i was a day man. but i became -- i was proud of them as a san franciscan, and so before i even knew to be proud of myself, i was proud of these two men and what they had done. it's a tremendous honor to hold the same seat on the board of supervisors that harvey milk held, and i know that i know not only him but the entire succession of lgbtq people that have served so strongly on that board, tom am i don't knowy, susan leal, mark katz, david

campos, scat wiener, cristina olagui, and jeff sheehy -- applause for them all. but even more for the countless activists upon whose shoulders they stood. the work these heros did following harvey's death through krifg rights struggles and battling an epidemic that would take many of them from us far too early created opportunities for young people that did not exist when i was born in 1973. of course we are reminded daily that we cannot take that progress for granted. i'm keenly aware that i'm the only lgbtq person on the board of supervisors, marking the first time in decades that our representation on this body is that low. i'm also keenly aware that there is tremendous prejudice facing our community and its

more vulnerable members emanating from washington, d.c., but even right in san francisco, here as in the rest of the country, the transgender community continues to face disproportionate and unacceptably high levels of violence, unemployment and homelessness. one-third of our homeless population identifies as lgbtq and half the people living on the streets are queer. as lgbtq continue to be priced out of neighborhood like soma, and the tenderloin, it alienates our power and takes them from the communities and neighborhoods that can support them. fortunately, harvey milk and george moscone left us with a road map, one uniting the lgbtq communities, fighting like hell, and never giving up until we win. so thank you, harvey and

george. can we have -- [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: you know, thank you, alex randall. thank you for supporting your gay sister. now i think we were going to hear from mayor brown -- he's here. he's arrived. there's a wonderful documentary that was just -- that's recently come out about george moscone and his life, and it is amazing to think of these two men at hastings, young before they had accomplished all that they would. but -- hello. but mayor brown is speaking after me. i'm introducing you. i'm out of the way. [inaudible]

[laughte [laughter]. >> mayor breed, and other local elected officials that are here, it was so many years ago that things happened in this city hall that should not happen in any city hall, if not any public building in this nation. two sterling examples of people who have been elected to public office, who earned the election by demonstrating in every fashion how their existence stood out as a mark and a guideline for the future, an optimistic future for everybody. unfortunately, their lives were

shortened. this city will never be the same because we always are forced to remember, are forced to recall that dreadful day when a former elected official did something so despicable, so destructive to so many, so destructive to so many families for which they could never be forgiven. thank you, mayor breed, aaron peskin, for reminding me that on this occasion, each of us ought to pause as i suspect before you do when you say a prayer at night.

it causes you to remember something significant. each of us should recall forever so that our conduct never again in any fashion causes anybody under any circumstance to do what was done and to whom it was done. my friend, george moscone, a student at hastings school of law, a fellow janitor of that facility became a mayor of this city. he was really the forerunner to almost everything that has happened in this city since his election, including the election of the first black woman as mayor of this city, and for sure, the first black man who was ever mayor of this

city. george moscone's politics inspired all of us. george moscone's politics led all of us. when i heard the word progressive, it wasn't used to describe george moscone, but i can assure you, every single thing that has happened under the name of progressives came out of the heart and soul of what george moscone really stood for and demonstrated in his capacity as the mayor of this city. harvey milk, and in all the things that people say now about how credibly mature this nation has become with reference to choices that people may or whom they may love, harvey milk, the symbol

of all that was achieved in this day and age on that question. and so when we as a city pause, we really should pause and frankly rejoice, two great people gave their lives to the -- so the rest of us could live in greater freedoms. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, mayor brown, for those inspiring words. and with that, i'd like to introduce jonathan moscone, the son of mayor george moscone. >> hi. last time i was up here speaking, i got married to my husband, darryl carbonaro's

around here somewhere, and willie brown made it possible. 40 years ago, san francisco lost its mayor, george moscone, and we lost our father. you know while i somewhat keep ourselves in the public eye, our family has remained private, opting instead to remember my dad, my mom's husband, as exactly that, dad and husband. we haven't forgotten who -- what he did for this state and this city, but he's the man who taught yus pedro and took us t the movies and to the theater, and whom we didn't see enough of when he was alive and whom he we'd give anything just to see again. five years ago on this very date, i spoke, as i'm speaking

now, and i vowed that our family would never again mourn in public the death of our father. instead, we'd celebrate only his life. that life, which lasted 49 years, zero months, and three days, but who's counting, far outweighs the instance of the flash of time that took him away from us, from all of us. so when i was asked to speak today, of course i said yes because i love to speak. but on this anniversary of that one flash of an instant, i really said that i wouldn't want to if we don't pledge to not mourn the past, but instead look to the legacy of the future. the death of my dad and of

harvey is not tragedy, but as opportunity. when i look at willie brown, mayor breed, and honey mahogany, i see the best of our past, our present, and our future. the honor paid to my father is more than a mere honor. his legacy lives in the continued fight to bend the arc of the moral universe towards justice, and in the struggle to ensure that our city keeps its promise of inclusion and opportunity for all of its people. i am grateful to rafael mandelman and tom temprano, and everyone in their office and everyone at city hall who made today possible and who along with so many community leaders fight for an equitiable future where regardless of race,

gender identity, culture, class or aspiration can thrive. that's san francisco, and i believe my dad would have felt the same. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you so much, jonathan. we truly appreciate the work that you continue to do in your father's honor by supporting and advocating so fiercely for the arts community, and we know that he would have been proud. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: next, i'd like to bring up an incredible person who is well known and well respected all over the country for his work in advocacy, and what he has represented in terms of

carrying on the legacy of harvey milk. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome cleve jones. [applause] >> well, first of all, mayor, i want to thank you for inviting us here today. several of us from the lgbtq community spent yesterday, a significant amount of time on the picket line at the marriott marquis. and i know that all of the workers there are extremely grateful of your support in this struggle which is i believe entering the 55th day of the workers on strike against this very powerful corporation. i think that was an appropriate way to honor the work of harvey milk and george moscone, two men who unds the importance of fighting for the people, and for all the immigrant born, gray and straight, black, brown, and white, that was what

harvey and george stood for. i've been looking through the photographs and the news coverage, and i'm overwhelmed with memory of your father. just the incredible joy and charisma. as someone who was 64 years old and arrived in this city when it was still a felony to sleep with the person that you love the most, i want to thank you again, willie brown, for your work with george moscone to decriminalize us. and people forget, and sometimes i say to young people, you know, it used to be it was a crime just to be gay. and they say you're kp exaggerating. and i say there were two men, willie brown, and george moscone, and because of them, we no longer went to prison for 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,