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Placement, we are moving towards equality for all with the mayors leadership. Ladies and gentlemen, id like to introduce the 43rd mayor of San Francisco, mayor edwin lee. applause 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....

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 very Important Group of people who are going to help me get the job done. And youve seen some of these people already. They are malia cohen, london breed at the board. They have to face all the different politics. But i know theyre going to be great partners with me be...

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...

And where do we go from here, ms. Breed . You have all the departments that are with the administrator family to help you and supervisor cohen achieve those goals. This year, the theme is at the crossroads of freedom and equality and we stand here 150 years after the emancipation proclamation and 50 years after the march on washington to reflect on our success assess our challenges, and look forward to the future. Just monday at the state of the city address, the mayor talked about some of our challenges, and he has tasked me to work with supervisor cohen, supervisor breed, dr. Amos brown, dr....

Advocates, to be supporters. Where do we go from here . Our time is now to change the course of history in San Francisco. Thank you all so much. [cheering and applauding] thank you, supervisor breed. Id also like to mention weve been joined by senator mark leno. Welcome, mark. Glad to have you here. applause and with that, id like to introduce the city administrator naomi kelly who will also introduce the mayor, ed lee. applause happy black History Month, everyone. We have to be proud that we have two very strong beautiful africanamerican women who are on the board of supervisors. [cheering an...