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
Really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. We get to build the community here. This is different. First of all, this is a great location. It is in a lesspopulated area. Of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. It is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. The people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. We offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. We offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. We offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. There is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. Hello, my name is jennifer. My name is simone. We are
Remember my father and i do speak for my family in this regard. We are always and every day grateful that we live in a city that does not forget. But theres just something wrong in this notion that the day we remember our lost leaders is the most violent day of their lives, which in the case of my family was the most violent day of ours. Its almost as if were giving the senselessness of these deaths way too much respect by centering our love and passion and memory and yearning on the day the beating hearts of these two men, hearts that were so brave, so unflinching, so immensely loving so full of life that they seemed larger than life, the day those beating hearts stopped forever. Because, lets get this straight, george and harvey did not die noblely. There was no opera music. There was nothing heroic. There was nothing romantic to be found in the loss of my dads life. It was a senseless act. And i think why that is after all these years of loving to talk at these beautifully intention
And a pointed to this wonderful city and the region. Appointed i think they would smile, that they would see that their efforts to make this city much more equitable for everybody has been already accomplished. And like supervisor wiener said, the job isnt done, but theres been a lot that has been done. And were proud of it and we want to keep it going. And just look at the crowd here today celebrating this. You see how diverse the city is and continues to be, and that we pledge in our own official capacities, were going to always keep these doors open. Were going to always work to make our diversity benefit the rest of the city for generations and generations to come. This is our commitment. This is why we have these tributetion to remind ourselves of those years when it wasnt very easy at all. When the thought of having a gay person in office was a huge struggle, that people took their lives in risk to actually take up the responsibilities to do so. And now its become part of our dna
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