supervisor weiner: you mentioned -- the harvey milk club? debate as an organization decide to support his nomination? >>right -- nclr -- >> that was a couple years ago. supervisor wiener: but they have not endorsed him as the candidate for this position? >> not that i am aware of, no. >> i am a san francisco resident, and i've worked for a number of community-based organizations. i have known dated for eight years. initially -- through our legal work. our work has given us an extensive contact with communities interacting with law-enforcement, specifically used, drug users, sex workers. i have also called sfpd on multiple occasions to intervene in conflicts. so i know that david's integrity specifically -- he does appreciate the complexity of the work, but i think that is balanced with deep empathy for the various communities that to come into contact with law- enforcement. and i think that will enhance the efforts of the commission to foster accountability, which i think we know is necessary for san francisco to stand behind its police depa

we look across this beautiful building and see the statue of harvey milk. it is important to remember why people like harvey gave their lives. we have come a long way. but we still have some ways to go. it is not just that we have some ways to go outside of san francisco. we still fighting for equality in san francisco -- california. we're fighting for equality at the federal level and across the country. even within san francisco and the lgbt committee, there are issues we need to address. we have high unemployment within our transgendered community. it is important to recommit ourselves to the struggle. the struggle continues. it is important that we do that throughout the year. i want to thank my colleagues on the board of supervisors. i want to thank the entire elected family of the city and county san francisco. i see the city attorney's office. i also want to thank neamayor lee. you have demonstrated you do care about the entirety of san francisco and are committed to making sure the choices made in san francisco in the government reflect the values o

. >> harvey milk was in this parade in 1978. you can see how far we have come. what is so great to see the young people that are so involved. >> i think that harvey milk would be very proud of us, absolutely. >> he would probably say, see i told you. >> just be yourself, and come out. >> thousands hitting the streets of chicago in celebration of gay pride. the city's 42nd annual gay pride parade even illinois mayor. and rahm emanuel and in new-york city, thousands took to the streets. people from all over the world took part in the festivities. they were even made more special by the passing of the legalization of same-sex marriage in that state. this comes just days after the state of new-york passed the same-sex marriage bill. the heightened excitement of festivities down downtown. >> i am from glen cove, n.y. and it shows that the marriage it is across the country and it is great. >> they have made that change, the first step to civil-rights. >> representing the gay community from across america. >> thomas wahl and his partner are calling for the freedom to m

she is joined today by her mother. >> i just graduated from harvey milk civil rights academy. i'll be going into sixth grade this year at everett middle school. students at my school work hard every day. we are planning for our future. the same way the mayor is planning for san francisco's future, not just planned for one-half in private -- planning for what happens in five years now, not just today. in five years, i will be in high school. mayor lee is planning for five years down the road, too, to make sure san francisco is what he calls solvent. it means we will put together [inaudible] [applause] mayor lee: thank you. finally, i would like to invite up to the podium lorenzo tomayo, who just turned 13 this week. he is going into the eighth grade and plans to go to lowell high school. he enjoys playing basketball with his school and with his buddies. he plans to attend camps. he is joined by his father. >> good morning, mayor and board of supervisors. san francisco students should be proud to live, study, and learn in one of the best cities in the world. when students come t

. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> they needed a new mayor at the time. the board got together and appointed dianne feinstein. >> we did not have much to go on and looked at 1978. there were no hints as to who put it on the board, if any discussion occurred about a process. >> what triggered san francisco's search over 30 years later was gavin newsom's election to the office of lieutenant governor. >> i put myself up as a candidate for the tenant governor, won, thanks to the overwhelming support of the city. >> that is when we try to look for someone to take over his final year of the mayoral term. >> it is clear we have to do something in san francisco. we have to pick a mayor. that job was not up to the voters but the board of supervisors. by a majority vote, supervisors are able to choose the interim mayor. that is when the fun began in city hall. who would he be? >> we needed to protect -- perfect the process so that once the board asked us for that process, we could actually have something in place that was well tested that we could prov

it certainly worked during aftermath of mayor mosconi and harvey milk. >> so we may

. >> harvey milk was in this parade in 1978. you can see how far we have,. what is so great it used to see the young people that are so involved. >> i think that harvey milk would be very proud of us, absolutely. >> he would probably say, see i told you. >> just be yourself, and come out. >> thousands hitting the streets of chicago in celebration of gay pride. the city's 42nd annual gay pride parade even illinois mayor. and rahm emanuel and in new-york city, thousands took to the streets. people from all over the world took part in the festivities. there were even made it more special by the passing of the legalization of same-sex marriage and that state. this comes just days after the state of the york passed a same-sex marriage bill. the heightened excitement of festivities down downtown. >> i am from glen cove, n.y. and it shows that the marriage it is across the country and it is great. >> they have made that change, the first step to of so rights. >> representing the gay community from all across america. >> thomas wahl and his partner are calling for t