And remarkably effective and enduring. Willie brown is a game changer. Thank you, willie, for all your work, talents, brilliance, heart, your and forgiving a damn. Thank you. [ applause ] on that note, i believe i should bring mayor brown to the stage. Is that correct . Ladies and gentlemen, mayor willie brown. [ applause ] that was remarkable. But then again you are a vocalist. Mr. Mayor, kristin, vernal, vernal was rather reserved tonight. Last week when we were at macys during black History Month, the first thing she said, see it . She has one of those world champions diamond rings. She wont let her husband touch it and she shares with everything and she has two of them now. I thought she would do that again tonight. Its your night. Yes, its my night so you are being cool. I also noticed that david chew ended up with some friends of his. Supervisors. David, would you please take a bow to the rest of your supervisors, malia, campos, the tall man, scottie. Stand up scottie. Let people
You. From the artist ry to king oliver to armstrong from the magic of duke elg ton, the elegance of nat king coal to the prestige of lady day this is formed from the African American communities to the south literally lifted this nation to the status of a super power. [ applause ] mr. Mayor brown, your commitment to the preservation of our american art form resulted in the creation of hundreds of jobs and thousands and thousands of nights of employment for jazz musicians in the city of San Francisco and all over the united states. Jazz musicians and College Students from europe to asia, australia to africa come to perform and visit the San Francisco jazz venues that were created under your leadership of the jazz preservation district. And to the man who dresses like the duke elg ton and was visionary commitment of this art form to date. Mr. Mayor brown, we say thank you, we salute you on behalf of my partners and hundreds of jazz musicians from San Francisco to new york city, chicago t
People. This is evidences not only by examining willies record in public life but i can a test to this personally. When it was a long line of people waiting to see him. A long and varied line. Some people it struck me we have a very broad Cross Section to see people who willie had made time for. I saw this every time i came to city hall to visit mayor brown. While he was certainly making time for me and hes always been very open with me and i appreciate that, willie. Hes never ever not responded when i have reached out adhesion always made time for me. This is a man who made time for people. It represented a very broad Cross Section of the people of San Francisco. That is how it should be. I had no idea of what the outcomes were of those meetings. The fact is mayor brown was giving people access. To him and to city hall but in the same world in this city we have graced to have a willie brown. A man who is not only a bona fide celebrity. Hes a celebrated presence, locally, nationally an
Hes a celebrated presence, locally, nationally and also a dynamic leader. One can easily ascribe the words to his career, dazzling. Its a dazzling career full of deeply significant and dazzling first as weve mentioned. His mayoral inauguration included a party to which 10,000 people attended. Local restaurants provided 10,000 meals to the homeless. Who does that . On that kind of a scale . Willie brown does that. [ applause ] im so glad you are applauding. It gives me time to get water. If i were younger, hipper, i would breakout into a rap right now to talk about his virtues and his life and career. If i were to do that, it might sound Something Like this. You all ready . When you think of willie brown you want no other, hes the one you count as your brother, what else can i say . I cant say no more. Through the streets of San Francisco makes you want to sing. When you think of willie brown we like no other. Hes the kind of dude that you like as your brother. I say hes the kind of dud
Bracing for possible confusion at the Golden Gate Bridge because of what happens next month. And breaking news. A gas leak and an evacuation in San Francisco at noon. Bracing for a mikor change at the golden gate major change at the golden gate. Thats one of the top stories. Good afternoon. Im tori campbell. First, though, were following some breaking news this noontime in San Francisco where a pg e crew is busy working to fix a gas leak in the citys mission district. Newschopper2 is over the area near 24th and bryant streets. Thats where a construction crew hit a 2inch plastic gas line just before 11 00 a. M. Several homes and businesses in the area have been evacuated and some streets in the area have been blocked off as a precaution. Again, these are live pictures from newschopper2. You can see some of the trucks down there and some crews standing by. It looks like some dirt where theyve built a hole in the ground. Now, muni has rerouted service on the 48th quintara. We just spoke t