Leading president ial candidates. Indiana punches above its weight when it comes to president s and Vice President s. Benjamin harrison. The greatest of them all, abraham lincoln. Unless you already got a state of course come t the latest twoyear infantry into the sweepstakes is mayor. [applause] we welcome the mayor to bloomington and we thank him fom for coming to be with us. Hes onhe is one of 23 democrats running for the democratic nomination for president. That number may go up by this evening. [applause] two of you are not applauding and i cant figure out why. [laughter] the grand ritual of democracy selection of the u. S. President is no underlay in. The starting out of these and others of course for the host of other offices and eventually the next president. Some of us here believe the thae outcome of these will determine the wellbeing. In my case it is a long, long time. [laughter] we admire and appreciate the mayor. Five years of his private life. Since 2012, hes been mayor
One year was different. In 2004, when our former mayor and now governor newsom, he took the bold step to say this is what we are doing in San Francisco. We are going to issue marriage license to same sex couples and you will come to the city to deal with the lawsuits that led for all of us to join in the fight of this country. This fight started in San Francisco. [cheers and applause] we have so many people joining us here today including couples that were married at the time and getting married again. We have folks who are maybe marrying for the first time. City hall is the place to be every valentines day. In 2004, during the time when we opened the doors on february 12th, that year, the person who was a county clerk issuing all of those marriage licenses, almost 5,000 marriage licenses, nancy alfaro. Thank you for being here. [cheers and applause] where did she go . Nancy . She is now in charge of the 311 center. But shes still doing great work for this city. We have a star studed l
You have documents as part of the file submitted to myself the clerk and Public Comment on each item on the agenda. When your item come up and Public Comment is called lineup on the west side to your right, my left. And not necessary to provide comment we invite to you fill out a card by the doors. If you wish to be recorded for minutes you may submit comment in writing. E mail them to mis the budget and finance clerk at brent. Jalipa sfgov. Org. If you nit e mill tell be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the official time send written comments by u. S. Postal service to city hall 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place room 244, San Francisco, california 94102 and items acted upon today will appear at the board agenda of march fifth unless otherwise stated. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Before we call item one remind everyone we have budget and legislative Analyst Reports for items 69, 11 and 12 on todays agendaful for those items we will have the presentation followed by the budge
Better. We are celebrating the advocacy of so many of the same sex couples who showed up in San Francisco year after year after year asking for the right to do what anyone has the right to do and that is marry the person they love. One year was different. In 2004, when our former mayor and now governor newsom, he took the bold step to say this is what we are doing in San Francisco. We are going to issue marriage license to same sex couples and you will come to the city to deal with the lawsuits that led for all of us to join in the fight of this country. This fight started in San Francisco. [cheers and applause] we have so many people joining us here today including couples that were married at the time and getting married again. We have folks who are maybe marrying for the first time. City hall is the place to be every valentines day. In 2004, during the time when we opened the doors on february 12th, that year, the person who was a county clerk issuing all of those marriage licenses,
For the last eight. Heres hoping to organize an annual to celebrate and recognize d. C. Emancipation act becoming law on april 16th of 1862 and a free of a little over 3000 slave persons held in the district along in the series was named in honor of Benjamin Drummond, who was born around 1843 in nassau, new york. Drummond, a 24 year old black slave owner, was the first patient admitted to naval hospital, now known as the old vic. The hospital, when it opened on october 1st in 1866. Drummond was initially in assassins while serving on the u. S. Morning light. He was actually shot in the leg. He would receive care for that injury. A naval hospital, orleans, on december six, 1864, joining in the navy and came to be a patient in this building on october first of 1866, when he when his boat, he opened so we all dedicate celebration to benjamin charlton. We dedicate this Panel Discussion in which the lives and experience of africanamericans who served in the u. S. To Benjamin Franklin as wel