Jonathan Moscone News Today

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 ...

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 celeb...

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 ...

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 dramati...

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 p...

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 offic...

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 ...

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 leader and always holding his head high for our community. And i know when i was first sworn into office, one of the things that i always kept in mind was something that i understan...

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...

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 ...