would just be redundant. i mean, when you hear the mayor speak, when you hear supervisor breed speak about her experience, i just want you to understand that where you start is only where you start, right. it s how you finish and how you finish strong. we are so proud of the fact that you re all leaving here today, you already have a diploma that says san francisco unified school district, right? that s your gate that s your ticket, that s your key to the future. and only you know what that future is going to be. i want you to come back and take my job, seriously. you need to do that to give back to our community. now, a couple of you asked, so, what happened, why are you on crutches? i could tell you, except i promised carl that i wouldn t talk about our audition game when i had to go one on one with him. [laughter] aside from that, mayor lee said he s somebody taller than supervisor wiener. well, he s met somebody shorter than supervisor wiener, too. so, all i want to s
to support and nurture and inspire and up lift you every single day of the year. thank you very much for your hard work. (applause) and now district 8 supervisor, scott wiener. (applause) good morning, and congratulations to all of you. you know, we ve been reading a lot in the paper recently about some challenges at the housing authority, and thank you to mayor lee and to others for really focusing on moving the organization forward. but i think it s always important to keep in mind that, you know, as many challenges as the authority has, we still have a thriving community and we have lots of young people like you who are moving forward and are going to do great things in the community and in your lives. and, so, i think it s always important to keep focusing on the positive, about the amazing community that we have and we re going to turn this around and everything is going to go in a positive direction. you know, i also just want to congratulate the partner here to the
housing authority has face and had has overcome. we know the challenges that our school district has faced and is overcoming. we know the challenges that our law enforcement and our police officers have faced and we are all moving forward. i want to echo the mayor in saying that part of why all of us are here for you is we know that at some point in the very near future, those of us who are sitting in front of you, we re going to be gone. you are the future leadership of our city. you are our future tech workers. you are our future doctors. you are our future lawyers. you are our future elected officials. and like the mayor, i d like to invite you, if any of you are interested in having an internship in the office of district 3 supervisor david chiu, i want you to let me know. but more importantly, i think it s important for you to know just how much we are counting on you to bring san francisco into the 21st century, to be our giants and our warriors. congratulations. (appla
of our city. you are our future tech workers. you are our future doctors. you are our future lawyers. you are our future elected officials. and like the mayor, i d like to invite you, if any of you are interested in having an internship in the office of district 3 supervisor david chiu, i want you to let me know. but more importantly, i think it s important for you to know just how much we are counting on you to bring san francisco into the 21st century, to be our giants and our warriors. congratulations. (applause) and now we will hear from supervisor malia cohen, district 10 supervisor. (applause) good morning, everyone. today is an exciting day! my goodness, all the mothers and father s and uncles and aunts and godmothers, and aunties and sisters and cousins, everyone that brought us to this pointed to, thank you. and i want to highlight something. i think we ve got 126 graduates, right? but 67 of them are from district 10. [cheering and applauding] that s because we
of our city. you are our future tech workers. you are our future doctors. you are our future lawyers. you are our future elected officials. and like the mayor, i d like to invite you, if any of you are interested in having an internship in the office of district 3 supervisor david chiu, i want you to let me know. but more importantly, i think it s important for you to know just how much we are counting on you to bring san francisco into the 21st century, to be our giants and our warriors. congratulations. (applause) and now we will hear from supervisor malia cohen, district 10 supervisor. (applause) good morning, everyone. today is an exciting day! my goodness, all the mothers and father s and uncles and aunts and godmothers, and aunties and sisters and cousins, everyone that brought us to this pointed to, thank you. and i want to highlight something. i think we ve got 126 graduates, right? but 67 of them are from district 10. [cheering and applauding] that s because we