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>> good morning, everyone. today is an exciting day! my goodness, all the mothers and fathers 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 weve got 126 graduates, right? but 67 of them are from district 10. [cheering and applauding] >> thats because we are leaders of the pack, are we not? leaders, thats exactly what were talking about here. so, ive just come t...

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. its how you finish and how you finish strong. we are so proud of the fact that youre all leaving here today, you already have a diploma that says san francisco unified school district, right? thats your gate -- thats your ticket, thats your key to the future. and only you know what t...

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, weve 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 its always important to keep in mi...

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, were going to be gone. you are the future leadership of our city. you a...

refreshments and congratulating our graduates.

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, id 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 its 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...

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, id 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 its 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...

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 its always important to keep focusing on the positive, about the amazing community that we have and were going to turn this around and everything is going to go in a positive direction. you know, i also just want to congr...

district, mr. richard karanza. (applause) >> so, good afternoon, good morning, congratulations to the class of 2013. how about another round of applause for them, huh? this is great. (applause) >> anything that i could add 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. its how you finish and how you finish strong. we are so proud...