Done. I was fascinated by it. Were going to creek. I would recycle you to come up and see the sewer system in minnesota thats why we see this through the plant. A lot of people dont realize how much work sgo goes into cleaning the water were. We offer free service to san good evening, everybody. Lets hear it for the San Francisco display mens anchors. Lets hear it. clapping. im your any objection c for todays hearing thank you for being here for the thai annual harvey milk and encountering moscone. I want to thank you he thank our interpreter for being here and mayor ed lee for soobl us here tonight and reflect autopsying all that happened in november in 1978 and where we are today. I want to recognize in addition our public defender jeffrey is here. Defense attorney george mukdz from your City College Board of trustees and walt is here from senator will keenz office and a gentleman from nancy pelosi office. And the amazing teresa sparks as well so we are here to remember and to honor
Finding solutions to peoples problems and especially during the holidays making sure we talk to another person who got it a little bit better than us come in and help identify city succeed for everybody yes support the season of giving and the nonprofit organizations in our Community Help them help us to succeeded and we have continuous opportunity for those who are succeeding b will help us bring everybody into the rest of the city. Thank you very much for this tribute clapping and speaking about diversity theres a young man who taught me a lot of things oversee the years hose now, of course, the democratic elapse for the state of california hes also that paid attendance and thats congressmen john bird clapping thank you ed. You know if willie brown were here he wouldnt have let those first degree engines go by he would have fired the cohesive laughter but the mayor didnt mess up the fight of the red triple for the tenant against the howards authority efforts the lawyer that led the f
Instructional and particularly the leadership of mukdz and supervisor milk was the beginning of combraidz and understanding diversity. Let me put it simple to you at this point. I dont think i would be standing in front of you all as the mayor of San Francisco but for the leadership of supervisor harvey milk and moscone. Thats how significant i side their contribution here and i make that personal point because they were such leaders of diversity it was hard at that discuss it the make up of the board of supervisors of all the other elected positions the struggles in our our Community Across town whether japan down or china town everything was struggling how to get their viewpoint and recommendation. It was very threatening to do so we must understand the history in order to appreciate how beautiful it is today to be part of a government that windshield wipers that diversity and expresses it everyday when all the officials get to share this limp with me. We still have to structural and
Especially from this young woman we couldnt create a state holiday and but theres something in statute called a day of special significance from teachers and we had a day of special decision 6 for the poppy flower we could have a day of special significant for harvey milk. Its the first of its kind in the country for an lgbt person so on a Party Line Vote we got it to governor schwarzenegger detesting and he voted it. He said he understood and respected the intent of the legislation but that we should keep it in 70 San Francisco kids where harvey milk had had his greatest significance. We came back a second year with our sponsor the quality of california and reintroduced it. I remember so many reporters ask me why do you think oourj urging to get a second response from the governor this time around from last year and my response was well, since this veto message the governors wife nominated harvey milk for the California Hall of fame the the president of the United States barack obama
Gentleman from nancy pelosi office. And the amazing teresa sparks as well so we are here to remember and to honor two extraordinary men mayor George Moscone and supervisor harvey milk. Who together literally changed the face of San Francisco. Were here to keep the flame of their violation brp and their memories alive. Or as ted contend would say the work goes on the cause endures and the dream shall never today. George and heather were two different People Living two different lives who strangely found their fate historically intertweend but they found they had in common was a passion for justice. And a soulful commitment to fight for civil rights aid workings right and customer rights and at that particular time and seniors and fought for children and the disabled they fought for muni any. 1978 was quite a year i want to share with you a short list of those efforts that began in 1978. The council of community you Housing Organization the chow chow leader in the Affordable Housing hous