lee and first lady anita lee, and the man of the our, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] -- the man of the our -- the man of the hour, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] that is the way you make an entrance, right? [applause] well, mayor lee, mrs. lee, and honored guests, for 50 years, the sounds of tony bennett and his rendition of "i left my heart in san francisco" has said to the world that this city by the bay is the capital of love, beauty, and a unique style that made it one of the plan its tourist destinations. mr. bennett, your voice is the voice of san francisco, and this is your day. [applause] we have a fantastic program for you today. we have some local singers inspired by mr. bennett's career, and they will pay tribute to mr. bennett in song. tony bennett, your dedication to young people is known through countless projects such as your exploring the arts foundation and your founding of the frank sinatra school for the arts. you have proved to be a timeless link between artistic generations. and, of cour

i hope you'll join me in bringing forward our first lady of san francisco, anita lee. [applause] we are going to stand together and to the presentation of the awards to our winners. rose is on her way. all of our honorees are receiving certificates from members of the board of supervisors, nancy pelosi. i am going through my list. i want to thank you at all. rose. >> the organization of the year award goes to an incredible organization -- sage. standing against global exploitation project. the project is a nonprofit with the primary aim of bringing an end to human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adults. sage continues to this goal by providing treatment services for survivors. it was founded in 1992. norma devoted her life to end the sex trade in the u.s.. i saw her in action and she was an amazing women. in 2004, it led to a california law that allows prosecutors to charge pimps with child abuse if the prostitute a minor. please join me in giving a big congratulations to standing against global exploitation project. [applause] >> tha

lee and first lady anita lee, and the man of the our, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] -- the man of the our -- the man of the hour, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] that is the way you make an

she has visited the white house and was very close with anita done, your former communications director. she is a paid ply lee contributor. >> she has been part of the political community in washington for a long time. i am sure she has visited the white house frequently under other presidents. john boehner visits the white house all the time too. >> that's where a lot of your friends are cringing, though, david. hillary rosen is not john boehner. she has a lot of friends in the obama white house. >> she is my friend. look, i said several minutes ago that we have an obligation to speak out. hillary herself has acknowledged that her -- that she misspoke and said something that she regretted saying in the way she said it. i accept that. >> let's move on to the economy. the president has been helping and telling the american people he thinks things are finally going to start to get pet ter. you have a couple of encouraging months. last month's job report, only 120,000 jobs created. the government tells us new claims jumped up to 380,000 last week. abc washington post poll numbers. who do you trust to better hand

lee of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, jeff. welcome, everyone. welcome to our season of celebration but i am so delighted to be here tonight. anitavisor winner here. supervisor cohen, fresh from china. our treasure, thank you for being here. thank you for joining us. all of you, for joining us tonight, i really appreciate you coming here to our city hall to really get a community blessing to our tree of hope. this is our sixth year, as jeff stated, and it is one that i have the very personal pleasure of doing this for the first time as your elected mayor. thank you very much for joining us. [applause] this tree of hope has been very special to me, as i have, in the past, participated with good friends like jedd and karen and so many of the hundreds of volunteers over the years who put this petraeus " together. as -- to put this tree together. as he said, all of you are welcome to submit your wishes as to how we can become a better city, better state, better world for everybody. it is quite appropriate that we join so many friends who have been here for years to have done this, people like donna and peter, rita linda, veronica, an