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Please be seated. Good afternoon. Im rabbi beth singer from congregation emanuel here in San Francisco. It is with such sadness and shock that we are here to acknowledge the untimely death of such a wonderful human being, our beloved mayor, edwin lee. Brianna, tanya, and anita, you can never know how much he will be missed. My hope is that todays service will be a comfort to you. Today, i invoke the phophet, micah, who inquired, what is it that god requires of a human being . Only this, says micah. To do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly. Mayor lee exemplified this vision. Here is one...

Days after his sudden death. It was absolute love for the city that kept him going. We learn more about lee as a father and a husband, a kind man with a big sense of humor as his two daughters share their memories. Hello, im eric thomas. Thank you for joining us. And im carolyn tyler. Im in tonight for dion lim. A celebration for mayor ed lee ended at city hall. Abc7 News Reporter Elissa Harris is there live tonight. Elissa, the memorial venue couldnt contain all those who came out in honor of ed lee. Reporter thats right, people are starting to file out. There was a huge turnout for the celeb...

Story about being assaulted as a young congressional aide more than 40 years ago. Like so many of you, i have a me too story to share. I was working as a congressional staffer. The chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. So i know what its like to keep these things hidden deep down inside. I know what its like to lie awake in bed at night wondering if i was the one who had done something wrong. I know what its like years later to remember that rush of humiliation and anger. Joining me now is congresswoman Jackie Speier of san mateo county. Tur so much for bein...

Friendship engenders trust. You can deal with a person you trust. You cant deal with a person you dont trust. So ed lee spread that trust over the diversity of this city, of our state, of our country, and around the world, so thank you, ed. Well, that was short, but important, and youre tall. So ed lee led us in a wonderful direction of all of the areas that we had to do for this great city, and there are people around the world that have sent that we have received letters, phone calls, emails all around the world saying how wonderful he was. I happened to be with anita and her family earlier ...

But to everyone we met and everywhere we went, mayor lee was like beyonce with a mustache. Ed lee had the qualities of a person whom, if you did an interview of all of the ones that i just spoke about, he would be the only one that would be rated appropriately by the head hunters as to who ought to be mayor. All the rest of us would be considered okay. I think if theres any legacy of ed, its a reminder that life is short. And our wisdom is way too limited to win fleeting victories at other peoples expenses. Eds life was about fry triumph together. He knew that a measure of his success or any p...