Good afternoon, everyone, almost good evening, and welcome to San Francisco city hall. Im supervisor scott wiener. I have the honor of representing district 8 including the castro on the board of supervisors. And which district are formerly represented by harvey milk. Supervisor olague likes to remind me we share the district 5 represented by milk. And were here today to remember supervisor harvey milk and mayor George Moscone who were brutally assassinated decades ago. And we gather every year to remember, and not just to remember and to mourn, but also to remember the positives and to remember frankly both of these great men and what they contributed to our community. You know, with respect to harvey milk, there will never, ever be another harvey milk in our community in terms of what he represented for our community in terms of a step forward. We are now elected lgbt peep to office and harvey was such an incredible trail blazer, not . In just getting elected, but in being a great le
It on the steps of the rotunda, that was george and harvey doing that, not us. That was george and harvey doing that. applause and when mayor newsome called the whole world to look for a second time when he said, people should be able to marry anybody whom they love, that was moscone and milk. Literally being channeled through mr. Newsome to do what caused San Francisco to become the center piece of all aspects of openness, all aspects of what this nation should be about. And i tell you in celebrating, just on your own, think about your experience in San Francisco. And i would be willing to almost bet that somewhere in that experience youll find a piece of moscone and a piece of milk. And i must tell you that for me its on a daily basis. Before coming here tonight, i told the mayor, i walked the embarcadaro. I do that quite often. I Wander Around San Francisco. Its always amazing to me because as i Wander Around San Francisco ill see something or experience something that has come as a
Was George Moscone who shepherded the bill that removed criminal penalties between consenting adults in this state that cost people their positions as teachers, as doctors, as nurses, as lawyers in those days. It was a bill that we orchestrated together. And george did what has never been done since, and that is cause the senate to hookup in a 20 to 20 tie in the late dimely was flown in from colorado to break the tie to give us that bill. That set the stage, scott, for all the things that have occurred in this state, and ultimately in this nation on the issue. I must tell you that George Moscone was extraordinary. applause and then george decided he wanted to be the mayor of his city. And believe me, it was a ball having george as mayor of this city. Mr. Mayor, i never had so much fun. [laughter] as i did with george, enjoying every aspect, having been a son of the city, having been raised by a single mother here in this city, and having an extended relationship with the Italian Commu
The city and county of San Francisco like no other. I suspect that much of my love of the city comes from my exposure to george in those very early years. George went through a considerable amount of evolutionary process politically. He allowed john burton to talk him into running for the state legislature. An unsuccessful effort for the state assembly. He went on to become, obviously, a supervisor in the city and county of San Francisco. And in those days it was a different city. It was dramatically different. There was no such thing as a socalled progressive, david campos. There was no such thing as somebody in that category. George moscone, philip burton, represented that which we all now richly enjoy. George went on to become a state senator. And in that capacity, scott, it was George Moscone who shepherded the bill that removed criminal penalties between consenting adults in this state that cost people their positions as teachers, as doctors, as nurses, as lawyers in those days. I
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