Whistleblower ordinance. Then, just two years later, he became director of the human rights commission. He served there for five years, until 96, when he became city purchaser, a position through which he was able to support local businesses and most importantly, local minority businesses. In 2000, mayor willie brown appointed him as director of the department of public works, where he oversaw the redesign of the you nated nations plaza, harding park clubhouse, and the tear down of the central tr freeway. In 2005, the mayor appointed him as the highest ranking nonelected official in San Francisco. There, he oversaw 27 city departments, including the citys new 311 call center and the citys technology department. Now, these werent small jobs. Public works has a budget of hundreds of millions, and the city has a budget of billions. With that record of service and accomplishment, he was thrust further into the spotlight in 2011, when gavin newsom moved to sacramento and ed became mayor. No
Your peace, you give me in time of the storm you are the source of my strength you are the strength of my life i lift my hands in total praise to you amen, amen amen, amen amen, amen amen, amen [ applause ]. From everybody in our family, thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers, for the flowers that youve sent, for the donations youve made in his name and for the beautiful memorial outside city hall and in front of our home. We are so deeply touched and moved by this outpouring of love and support. By now, youve heard a lot about who our dad was as a mayor, as a colleague, as a friend and as a person who cared deeply about San Francisco. What you probably have not heard is who he was as a father. For our family, our dad was not only our inspiration but our constant source of humor, laughter and lightness. Most of the time he told jokes that he could barely get through because he was laughing so hard at them himself. Sometimes it was through his texts that he would send us
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creating quite a Carbon Footprint of. The Contemporary Art World is glamorous chic and extravagant and that carries an enormous Carbon Footprint. As peo