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[laughter] no respect. [laughter] fortunate for al williams im almost done. Today we stand on the great shoulders of the folks that have come before us. And i wish you all a very happy and empowering black History Month. I do have one piece of business that id like to share with you. On tuesday, i, along with the cosponsorship of supervisor breed introduced a resolution celebrating the 100th birthday of sister rosa parks and commemorating the modern civil rights leader for her courageous and declaring for her courageousness and declaring february 4th rosa parks day in San Francisco. applause i...

Good afternoon, everyone. All right. Welcome to city hall and happy black History Month here in San Francisco. Nobody got it better than San Francisco. applause thank you, naomi. I want to thank you for that introduction and just a recall of what i said earlier this week. But i also said something else, too, that i want you to continuously know the way i have attempted to manage this great city of ours for everybody. That is, im not shy about asking for help. And when it comes to the challenges we have in the africanamerican community, we need help. And i have been deliberately assembling a ve...

In looking at this effort. I have the honor today to introduce mayor ed lee who has made equality the cornerstone of his career. As a civil rights lawyer, he sued the Housing Authority to improve the standards of living for Public Housing tenants. And he also sued the Fire Department so women and people of color could get equal opportunity. As the director of this citys human rights commission, he expanded contracting opportunities for women and people of color. And today as mayor, he makes sure our City Government reflects the diversity of this great city. On monday we were together, as i men...

Important departments. And ive got to say this. If we cant get the job done with these people in these important positions or some tremendous progress, i dont know where else to look because this is a great start. Yes. applause but we also have tremendous help from people who are helping us create the policies and the accountability in all the different departments. Melva davis, kim brandon, willie adams at the port, chuck collins, [speaker not understood], the reverend amos brown, denise tyson, linda richardson, sonya harris, patricia thomas, veronica honeycut, these are just the names of a f...

Supervisor breed, dr. Amos brown, dr. Honeycut, and all of you to look at our Public Housing and where do we see it going from here, and look into rethinking Public Housing so that it will be accessible for all people of all ethnicities of all races so that we all have dignity in where we live and what our future looks like. And, so, i look forward to working with all of you along with supervisor breed and cohen in looking at this effort. I have the honor today to introduce mayor ed lee who has made equality the cornerstone of his career. As a civil rights lawyer, he sued the Housing Authority...